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The Review of Notting Hill
Though the plot of the film Notting Hill is very simple, the film is still widely regarded as a claical romantic film by thousands of film lovers.The film succefully shapes a typical British gentleman whose grace is fully expreed by his British English.The leading actor Hugh Grant, who was selected the most elegant man in Britain, shows the charm of British English to us.Compared with causal American English, which has many retroflex /r/ in its pronunciation, British English(Received Pronunciation)is more rigorous.The pronunciation of British English is like a cup of black tea which is mellower while that of American English is like a bottle of cola which is tastier.British English pays more attention to the tone and rhythm than American English, as a result, British English sounds more cadenced.Perhaps for the reason that Britain was ruled by French for several hundred years, the pronunciation of British English is a little bit similar to French, the most beautiful language in the world.In the film, the pet phrase of the hero – “Do you want a cup of tea?” is a good example to reflect the grace of British English.I can not describe very vividly the feeling that British English brings to me, however, it is really a kind of pleasure.Though the hero speaks British English while the heroine speaks American English, there are not many conflicts reflected between these two kinds of English in the film.However, the comparison of British English and American English is very obvious throughout the whole film – the cadence of British English versus the placid of American English.Despite the fact that we can not draw a conclusion that which kind of pronunciation is better, the claical Received Pronunciation is really a choice for us to learn.Many English learners are blowing hot and cold about which pronunciation to learn and I was used to among them.However, after watching the film, I was deeply attracted by British English.
