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1、Unit1travellanguageTheAcademieFrancasiehasfordecadesbeenthewatchdogovertheFrenchlanguage.Afewyearsago,FrenchsensitivitytotheinfluxofEnglishwordsbecamesogreatthatlawforthepurificationofFrenchwasadopted.Thelawcoverseventechnicalapplications.Forexample,intheory,itisnowcompusloryinFran
2、cetorefertotheBoeing747asagros-porteur,leasingascredit-bail,etc.thelistisverylonganddetailedandappliestoallfacetsoflife.Mr.Chirac,theFrenchPresident,mightwellexpandonthislistandcomeupwithsomenewFrenchtermsforwordssuchas“internet”or“bytestream”justtonameacouple.Themindbogglesatwhatt
3、heworldmightface.Unfortunately(orperhapsnot),theEnglishlanguageisnotsoprotected.Quiteapartfromtheunforgivabledeviationsfromtheking’sEnglishprevlentinAmerica,where“honour”iscommonlywrittenas“honor”and“night”as“nite,”manywell-testedhasalsobeengivenewmeanings,makingcommunicationsomewh
4、atdifficult.Forexample,thebootofacarhasbecometobecalledatrunk–awordreservedinEnglandforthemainpartofatree.Thebonnetisahood,goodoldnappiesarediapers,andababy’smatineejacketisavest.It’sobviousthatthetwocountriesareindeedseparatedbywhatoncewasacommonlanguage!FromanAmericanpointofview,
5、ofcourse,itcouldbearguedthattheBritishspeakEnglishwithaspeechdeficiency.EvenworseEnglish,however,isinuse.Anyonewhotravelsinforeigncountriesandobservesitonmenusandposters,inhotels,andindeedineverydaylifecantestifythatwhatusedtobetheking’slingohasbecomeintheseplacesbutapoorrelationth
6、ereof.Allowmetoelaborate.ThetravelwriterPerrotPhillipshastakenpainstohighlightsomeofhisexperiences,whichIfeelshouldnotbewithheldfromawiderreadership.HereferstoaDutchbulbcataloguewhichpromisedcustomers“aspeedyexecution”andtoanEastBerlincloakroomsignthatrequestedgueststo“pleasehungyo
7、urselfhere.”Onehopesthatnobodytooktheadviceliterally.TotheseIcanaddsomeofmyownexperiences,encounteredinlongyearsoftravelingtheworld.Therewas,forexample,theobservationinanOstendnoveltyshopthat“revoltingnewideas”werebeingmarketed,andtheboastofsomeBombaybakersthat“weareNo.1loafers,bes
8、tvaluesinwholetown.”Ireali
