2018年高考英语一轮复习 unit 2 english around the world话题(含解析)新人教版必修1
2018年高考英语一轮复习 unit 2 english around the world话题(含解析)新人教版必修1
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1、Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldBritishEnglish and American English英式英语vs美式英语BritishandAmericanletterwriterstotheFinancialTimeshavespentthepastfewweekscrappingoverwhether“one-time”isabetterphrasethan“one-off”,howfarcricketmetaphorstravelandwhether“backstop”comesfrombaseball
2、orfromtheolderEnglishgameofrounders.过去几周,英国和美国读者致信英国《金融时报》展开激辩,辩题包括“一次性”用“one-time”还是“one-off”来表达更好、板球术语的比喻用法能流传多广,以及“接球手”(backstop)一词是来源于美式棒球还是历史更悠久的英国圆场棒球。One UK correspondent expressed irritation over the Americans who would have said “thepast several weeks” rather
3、 than the “past few” in sentences such as the one above.一名英国读者对美国人把“过去几周”说成“the past several weeks”而不是“past few”表达了反感。Asub-themewastheinfiltrationofAmericanandBritishwordsintoeachother’sspeechandhowbadthiswas.WhenBritsuseAmericanwords,theirmorefastidiouscompatriotstak
6、亚•韦伯斯特(Noah Webster)出版了《美国英语词典》(An American Dictionary of the English Language),而美式英语并不打算寻求大西洋彼岸的承认。尽管韦伯斯特编纂了这样一部词典,但两国的语言其实从未产生太多差异,英式和美式英语一直亲如兄弟,而就像许多兄弟姐妹一样,它们也会“拌嘴”。EnglishexpressionscontributedbyChinainrecentyears中式英语席卷全球OnthevideowebsiteofTheWallStreetJournal,awo