2024届高三下学期英语培优外刊阅读学案 口头禅话题（含答案）.docxVIP

高三英语培优外刊阅读

班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________

外刊精选｜说话三句不离“like”，美国人的这个口头禅究竟啥意思？

很多人都有常挂在嘴边的话，网络上也流传着很多用口头禅判断性格的说法，比如喜欢说“没事”的人很包容，喜欢说“我觉得”的人很敏感。在美国，“like”作为一种口头禅已经流行了四五十年。“like”是如何演变成美式英语里的口头禅的？口头禅“like”体现了美国人的性格，还是体现了语言发展的规律？

WhereDidOurStrangeUseofLikeComeFrom?

ByJohnMcWhorter

Itsnot,assometimesassumed,thatpeopleusedtotalkformallyorlikebooksanymorethantheydonow.Casualspeech,alwaysandeverywhereinanylanguage,isallaboutshortsentences,oftenunfinished,oftenwithoccasionalhesitations.Butonlyinthelate1970sdidliketakeitsconfidentperchinAmericanEnglish.

Thequestioniswhy.Somepeoplethinkthisusageoflikereflectssomekindofepidemicofuncertaintyamongyoungpeople.Butthecasuallikehasnowbeenentrenchedlongenoughthatmanyofitsusersaregrayingatthetemplesandthensome.Themodernlikeisactuallyasymptomofsomethingmoregeneralabouthowlanguageschangeovertime.

Language,likenature,abhorsavacuum.Alllanguageshaveatendencytoseepintocornersofmeaningandgetexplicitaboutthem,insteadofsimplyleavethemtocontext.Languagelikestogetpicky.

Youpausebeforesayingsomethingthatraisesthetemperatureabit,reflectsanopinionthatmightarouse,pushestheenvelope.Butonemightalsospelloutthehesitationmoreovertly,andthisiswherethecasuallikecomesin.Thecasuallikeisprobablyjustaticthathappenedtocatchon,unconnectedtoanythingpersonalorcultural.Inotherwords,thecasuallikeisjustbusinessasusualwiththeevolutionoflanguage—andthatevolutionoftenconfounds.

【词汇过关】

请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。

1.perch英[pɜːtʃ]美[pɜːrtʃ]n._______________________________

2.epidemic英[ˌepɪˈdemɪk]美[ˌepəˈdemɪk]n._______________________________

3.entrenched英[ɪnˈtrentʃt]美[ɪnˈtrentʃt]adj._______________________________

4.gray英[ɡreɪ]美[ɡreɪ]v._______________________________

5.temple英[ˈtempl]美[ˈtempl]n.______________________