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1、十分钟英语史No.1盎格鲁-撒克逊人No.1Anglo-SaxonTheHistoryofEnglishinTenMinutes.Chapter1.Anglo-SaxonorwhateverhappentotheJutes.十分钟了解英语历史。第一章,盎格鲁撒克逊人或发生在朱特人的任何事。TheEnglishlanguagebeginswiththephrase‘UpYoursCaesar!’astheRomansleaveBritainandalotofGermanictribesstartfloodingin,tribessuchastheAnglesan
2、dtheSaxons–whotogethergaveusthetermAnglo-Saxon,andtheJutes–whodidn’t.英语以这句话开头,去你的凯撒!当罗马人离开英国,大量日耳曼部落开始涌入。例如盎格鲁和撒克逊人。他们留下这个盎格鲁撒克逊人的叫法。以及没留下痕迹的朱特人。TheRomansleftsomeverystraightroadsbehind,butnotmuchoftheirLatinlanguage.TheAnglo-Saxonvocabwasmuchmoreusefulasitwasmainlywordsforsimpleeve
3、rydaythingslike‘house’,‘woman’,‘loaf’and‘werewolf’.罗马人留下了一些笔直的道路,但是关于拉丁语的不多。盎格鲁撒克逊的语汇更有帮助因为他们都是关于简单的日常用语,像房子,女人,面包,狼人。Fourofourdaysoftheweek-Tuesday,Wednesday,ThursdayandFridaywerenamedinhonourofAnglo-Saxongods,buttheydidn’tbotherwithSaturday,SundayandMondayastheyhadallgoneoffforalo
4、ngweekend.我们一周的四天,周二,周三,周四和周五提名为祭拜盎格鲁撒克逊的上帝的日子。但是周六,周日和周一并不打扰人们的正常生活,因为人们都出去度假了。Whiletheywereaway,ChristianmissionariesstoleinbringingwiththemleafletsaboutjumblesalesandmoreLatin.Christianitywasahitwiththelocalsandmadethemmuchhappiertotakeonfunkynewwordslike‘martyr’,‘bishop’and‘font
5、’.1当他们离开的时候,基督教传教士潜进了,带着传单小册子。为了慈善汇款和更多的拉丁语。基督教给当地人带来震动,让他们乐于接受极具表现力的新词,比如殉道者,主教,洗礼盆。AlongcametheVikings,withtheiraction-manwordslike‘drag’,‘ransack’,‘thrust’and‘die’,andaloveofpickledherring.Theymayhaverapedandpillagedbuttherewerealsointo‘give’and‘take’–twoofaround2000wordsthatthey
6、gaveEnglish,aswellasthephrase‘watchoutforthatmanwiththeenormousaxe.’同时到来的还有北欧海盗说着的话,比如拖,彻底搜索,刺,死亡,喜欢腌制鲱鱼。他们可能强奸或抢劫,但是也会喜欢给予和索取。这是他们带来的2000个词汇中的两个,还有句话,他们挥舞着巨大的斧头说,小心一点!No.2诺曼人入侵No.2TheNormanConquestTheHistoryofEnglishinTenMinutes.ChapterTwo,TheNormanConquestorExcuseMyEnglish.十分钟了解英语
7、历史。第二章,诺曼人入侵或原谅我的英语1066.Truetohisname,WilliamtheConquerorinvadesEngland,bringingnewconceptsfromacrossthechannel,liketheFrenchlanguage,theDoomsdayBookandtheduty-freeGalois'smultipack.Frenchwas‘derigueur’forallofficialbusiness,withwordslike‘judge’,‘jury’,‘evidence’and‘justice’comingin
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