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1、Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldⅠ.阅读理解AAsanAsiancountry,Singaporehasareputationforbeinghighlywesternized,withEnglishamongthecountry?sfourofficiallanguages,butacoupleofsignsfoundonlocalbusesthathaverecentlybecomeahitonlinemaysayotherwise.QuitedifferentfromEnglishweknow,thesignread,forex
2、ample,“Herecannotgoin”insteadof“Noentry”,and“Herecanchargephone”insteadof“Chargephonehere”.ThislanguagethatresemblesEnglishiscalledSingaporeanEnglishorSinglish.TheNewYorkTimescallsSinglish“patchwork”becauseSingaporeconsistsofmigrants(移民)fromseveralcountriesincludingChina,Indiaand
3、Malaysia,andtheyallspeaktheirownversionsof“English”.“Everyonewhospeaksitshapesit,”wrotethenewspaper.Forexample,inSinglish,youcaneasilyrecognizeinfluencesfromChinese,includingvocabularysuchas“meesiam”and“dabao”.Sentencestructureslike“toiletwhere”insteadof“where?sthetoilet”alsocome
4、fromChinese.Interestinganddiverseasitmayseem,thetrendforSinglishisworryingSingapore?sgovernment.Itisconcernedthatthedialectisloweringthecountry?sEnglishstandardandmayaffectitsrelationshipwithvisitors.ItevenstartedtheSpeakGoodEnglishMovement.Unfortunately,theproblemisnotsolved.Ins
5、tead,Singlishhasboomed,especiallyamongyoungpeoplewhothinkofitasasignofbeingcoolandawayofidentifyingthemselvesasaSingaporean.ButthisdoesnotmeanthatstandardEnglishisbeingabandonedbyyoungpeople.Infact,theyaremuchmorecapablethanthegovernmentgivescredit—theycanspeakboth.“Weareanationg
6、oodatcodeswitching—weknowthatthewaywespeaktofriendsordriversmustbedifferentfromhowweactatworkorschool,”wroteCheryl,aSingaporeanauthor,inTimemagazine.“Toactivelyurgeustogiveupalanguagethatspeakstotheveryheartofwhoweare,whichsobeautifullyrepresentsthemeltingpotoftheChinese,Indians,
7、MalaysiansandEurasiansthatweare,isshort-sighted,surely.”1.WhydoesSingaporehavemanydifferentversionsofEnglish?A.Itismadeupofmigrants.B.Itishighlywesternized.C.ItisinfluencedbyChinese.D.Itisaffectedbyofficiallanguages.2.WhatisthepurposeofstartingtheSpeakGoodEnglishMovement?A.Tostop
8、thenewtrend.B.Tobettertherelationship.C.
