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  Americans began to change the sound of their speech after the Revolution-ary War in 1776.They wanted to separate themselves from the British in language as they had separated themselves from the British government.Webster published The American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828.It established rules for speaking and spelling the words used in American English.

The different languages of the immigrants who came to the United States also helped make American English different from British English.Sometimes Americans and British people do not understand each other because of different word meanings.All these differences led British writer George Bemard Shaw to joke that Britain and America are two countries separated by the same language.

翻译

1776年美国独立战争后，美国人开始改变他们的口音。他们脱离了英国的统治，想在语言方面与英国人区分开。1828年，韦伯斯特出版了《美国英语词典》，为美式英语的使用制定了口语和拼写规则。

再加上来到美国的移民操着不同的语言，也让美式英语和英式英语得以区分开来。由于词义的差别，美国人和英国人有时听不懂对方在说什么。因为这一系列差异，英国作家萧伯纳曾打趣地说：英国和美国是被同一种语言分开的两个国家。

         Why is a mere 4% of the population left-handed?

         One theory centers on the two halves of the brain, each of which functions differentily. The predominant left half of the brain, which controls the right half of the body, makes it more skillful in reading, writing and speaking, and makes most people right-handeed.” Lefties”, however, are the product of an inversion. They also work best with the left side of their bodies.

         There is no doubt that all exist in a “right-handed society”, which manufactures most basics for the 96%.But don’t forget many of the greatest geniuses are left-handed, including Leonardo da Vinci.

翻译：

    为什么仅4%的人是左撇子？

    有理论认为这与分工不同的左右两个大脑半球有关。左脑更占优势，控制着右侧身体，使我们在阅读、写作、口语方面更加娴熟，所以大多数人都是右撇子。而“左撇子”产生的原因则恰恰相反，且他们搭配身体左侧部位取得的效果最好。

    我们无疑生活在一个“右撇子社会”，社会生产的绝大部分必需品都定位于这96%的右撇子。不过也别忘了，许多天才就是左撇子，列奥纳多•达•芬奇便是其中之一。