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1、Unit2 EnglisharoundtheworldⅠ.阅读理解A Thebest-knownexampleofouterinfluencecausinglanguagechangeisthe“Americanization”ofworldculture,whichhascausedEnglishwordstoappearallovertheworld.Theeffectismostnoticeableinpopmusic.ForeigngroupsoftenrecordinEnglish,andthewordsa
2、repickedupandrepeatedeverywhere,evenbychildrenwhootherwisehavelittleornocommandofthelanguage.IoncemetaBrazilianchildofabouttenwhocouldcount“one,two,three”,butonlybyaddingthewords“o’clock,fouro’clockrock”attheend. Somepeopleareoftenstronglycriticaloftheinfluence
3、ofEnglishontheirlanguage—especiallywhenanEnglishwordreplacesatraditionalword.In1977,FrancepassedalawbanningtheuseofEnglishwordsinofficialsituationsifanequivalent(意义相同的)Frenchexpressionexisted—butthelawseemedtobehonouredmoreinthebreakingthanintheobserving.Someoth
4、ercountrieshaveconsideredintroducingasimilarlawdespitetheevidencethatsuchlawshaveverylittleeffect,andthatthearrivalofloanwords(外来词)cangreatlyenrichalanguage(asindeedinthecaseofEnglishitself,whichhasalonghistoryofwelcomingforeignwords) However,noteveryoneiscriti
5、cal.Inparticular,commercialfirmsandadvertisersarewellawareofthepotentialsellingpowerthattheuseofEnglishvocabularycanbring.InJapan,Englishisevenusedintelevisioncommercials,despitethefactthatthemajorityofviewerswouldnotunderstandexactlywhatwasbeingsaid:theexcellen
6、ceimpliedbythemereuseofEnglishisapparentlyenoughtocommandthestrategytotheadvertisers. MostoftheinfluenceofEnglishisuponthevocabularyofforeignlanguages,butsurveysareslowlybringingtolightseveralcaseswherewordorderorwordstructurehasbeenaffected.Sentencesofthetype“
7、Thebooksellswell”,usinganactiveconstructionforapassivemeaning,havebeguntoappearinDanish(Bogensoelgergodt).SeverallanguageskeeptheEnglishpluralendingwhentheymakeuseofaloanword,anddonottranslateitintothenativeform,e.g.drinks.Therearemanyothersuchcases.1.Whycouldth
8、eBrazilianchildspeak“one,two,three”inEnglish?A.Becausehehadseenthesewordseverywhereinthestreet.B.BecausehehadlearnthowtotellthetimeinEnglish.C.Becausehehadmadehimself
