SECTION 2

Moe :

OK,/I understand.// But what about English in the USA?// Did a lot of English-speaking people/sail across the Atlantic Ocean to America?//

Mr. Brown :

Good guess,/Moe!// They went to the North American continent/to avoid religious conflicts/in the 17th century.// They created more new words/in their daily lives.//

Moe :

I know/there are some differences/in American and British English,/like “elevator” and “lift.”//

Mr. Brown :

Also,/the same word can be used/to refer to different things.// For example,/“pants” in the USA are trousers.// In the UK,/it means underwear.// By the way,/do you know/that English is used in many other countries/as an official language?//