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1、Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldⅠ.阅读理解Thebest-knownexampleofexternal(外部的)influencecausinglanguagechangeisthe“Americanization”ofworldculture,whichhascausedEnglishwordstoappearincitystreetsallovertheworld.Theeffectismostnoticeableinpopmusic.ForeigngroupsoftenrecordinEnglish,andthewordsarepickedup
2、andrepeatedinthesamelanguageeverywhere,evenbychildrenwhootherwisehavelittleornocommandofthelanguage.IoncemetaBrazilianchildofabouttenwhocouldcount“one,two,three”,butonlybyaddingthewords“o’clock,fouro’clockrock”attheend.SomepeopleareoftenstronglycriticaloftheinfluenceofEnglishontheirlangua
3、ge—especiallywhenanEnglishwordreplacesatraditionalword.In1977,FrancepassedalawbanningtheuseofEnglishwordsinofficialsituationsifanequivalent(意义相同的)Frenchexpressionexisted—butthelawseemedtobehonouredmoreinthebreakingthanintheobserving.Someothercountrieshaveconsideredintroducingasimilarlawde
4、spitetheevidencethatsuchlawshaveverylittleeffect,andthatthearrivalofloanwords(外来词)cangreatlyenrichalanguage(asindeedinthecaseofEnglishitself,whichhasalonghistoryofwelcomingforeignwords).However,noteveryoneiscritical.Inparticular,commercialfirmsandadvertisersarewellawareofthepotentialselli
5、ngpowerthattheuseofEnglishvocabularycanbring.InJapan,Englishisevenusedintelevisioncommercials,despitethefactthatthemajorityofviewerswouldnotunderstandexactlywhatwasbeingsaid:theexcellenceimpliedbythemereuseofEnglishisapparentlyenoughtocommandthestrategytotheadvertisers.Mostoftheinfluenceo
6、fEnglishisuponthevocabularyofforeignlanguages,butsurveysareslowlybringingtolightseveralcaseswherewordorderorwordstructurehasbeenaffected.Sentencesofthetype“Thebooksellswell”,usinganactiveconstructionforapassivemeaning,havebeguntoappearinDanish(Bogensoelgergodt).SeverallanguageskeeptheEngl
7、ishpluralendingwhentheymakeuseofaloanword,anddonottranslateitintothenativeform,e.g.drinks.Therearemanyothersuchcases.1.WhycouldtheBrazilianchildspeak“one,two,three”inEnglish?A.Becausehehadseenthesewordseverywhereinthestreet.B.BecausehehadlearnthowtotellthetimeinEngl
