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1、MotherTongue(母语)byAmyTanMotherTongue(母语)AmyTan [1]Iamawriter.Andbythatdefinition,Iamsomeonewhohasalwayslovedlanguage.Iamfascinatedbylanguageindailylife.Ispendagreatdealofmytimethinkingaboutthepoweroflanguage—thewayitcanevokeanemotion,avisualimage,acomplexid
2、ea,orasimpletruth.Languageisthetoolofmytrade.AndIusethemall—alltheEnglishesIgrewupwith. [2]Recently,IwasmadekeenlyawareofthedifferentEnglishesIdouse.Iwasgivingatalktoalargegroupofpeople,thesametalkIhadalreadygiventohalfadozenothergroups.Thenatureofthetalkw
3、asaboutmywriting,mylife,andmybook,TheJoyLuckClub.ThetalkwasgoingalongwellenoughuntilIrememberedonemajordifferencethatmadethewholetalksoundwrong.Mymotherwasintheroom.Anditwasperhapsthefirsttimeshehadheardmegivealengthyspeech,usingthekindofEnglishIhaveneverus
4、edwithher—aspeechfilledwithcarefullyconstructedgrammaticalphrases,burdened,itsuddenlyseemedtome,withnominalizedforms,pastperfecttenses,conditionalphrases,alltheformsofstandardEnglishthatIhadlearnedinschoolandthroughbooks,theformsofEnglishIdidnotuseathomewit
5、hmymother.[3]Justlastweek,Iwaswalkingdownthestreetwithmymother,andIagainfoundmyselfconsciousoftheEnglishIwasusing,theEnglishIdousewithher.WeweretalkingaboutthepriceofnewandusedfurnitureandIheardmyselfsayingthis:"Notwastemoneythatway."Myhusbandwaswithusaswel
6、l,andhedidn'tnoticeanyswitchinmyEnglish.AndthenIrealizedwhy.It'sbecauseoverthetwentyyearsthatwehavebeentogetherI'veoftenusedthesamekindofEnglishwithhim,andsometimesheevenusesitwithme.Ithasbecomeourlanguageofintimacy,adifferentsortofEnglishthatrelatestofamil
7、ytalk,thelanguageIgrewupwith. [4]Youshouldknowthatmymother'sexpressivecommandofEnglishdoesn'treflecthowmuchsheactuallyunderstands[N].Shereadsfinancialreports,listenstoWallStreetWeek(aTVfinancialnewsprogram),conversesdailywithherstockbroker,andreadsmanytypes
8、ofbookswithease.Yetsomeofmyfriendstellmetheyonlyunderstand50percentofwhatmymothersays.Somesaytheyunderstand80to90percent.Somesaytheyunderstandnoneofit,asifshewerespeakingpureChinese.Buttome,mymother'sE
