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1、是地道英语还是中式英语？一一是个问题ByJosh,刘鹏、朱一章译I’vebeenlivinginChinaawhilenow…longenoughtoobservethelong-termdeterioration（退化）ofmyownnativelanguageabilities,aswellasthoseofmyfellowEnglishspeakers.Thisdeteriorationcantakedifferentforms,oneofwhichisageneraldecayofone’svocabulary.Althoughitisaveryrealphenomenon（t
2、heotherdayIused“export”whenImeanttouse“deport”，whichisreallykindofpathetic）,thiskindoflossofmasteryisduetolackofexposure,whetheritisthroughmediaorhumaninteractionwithothernativespeakers.Itwouldhappeninanycountry,tospeakersofanylanguage,giventhatone’snativelanguageisnotbeingsufficientlyexercised.
3、WhatI’dliketotalkaboutisamuchmoreinsidious（阴险的，暗中危害的，以一种难以捉摸或隐秘的方式危害的）formoflinguisticdeterioration.Itssourceis,specifically，Chineseculture,anditstargetisEnglishspeakers.IfyouareanativespeakerofEnglishlivinginChina,youmayhavealreadyfallenvictim.Ifindmyselfoccasionallysaying“mai’’insteadof“buy’be
4、causetheChinesewordfor“buy”（买）soundsalmostthesameas“buy”，exceptfortheinitialconsonant.BelowIgivesomeofthecommonwaysthattheChineseenvironmentstrikesdownthenativespeaker’slinguisticcompetence.NetbarInChinese,they’recalled“M吧”.Thisisfine.Wegenerallycallthem“Internetcafes”inEnglish.TheChineseseemtot
5、hinkthat“网吧”shouldbetranslatedas“netbar”inEnglish,andmanyunwary（粗心的）foreignershaveevenbeenbeguiled（诱骗，诱惑）bythisidea.ForEnglishteachers,it'susuallyoneofthefirstnonstandardusagetocreepin.NamecardlntheEnglish-speakingworld,businesspeoplehavelotsofbusinessmeetingstodiscussbusiness.Ontheseoccasionsof
6、business,businesspeopleexchangespeciallyprintedpiecesofpaperknownasbusinesscards.InChinaeveryonecallsthem“namecards,”ostensibly（表面上）becauseinChinesetheyarecalled“名片’’and“namecard”isamoredirecttranslation.Theuseof“namecard”isverywidespreadamongforeignerslivinginChina.IndoingbusinesswiththeChinese
7、,theyseemtoforgettheword“businesscard”extremelyquickly.HouseMostChinesepeopleliveinapartments.Theyrefertotheseastheir“家”（homes）•Whentheypurchasetheseapartments,theysaytheyarebuyinga“房子”•Thiswordisfrequentlytranslatedas“house
