托福阅读机经背景材料：观众起诉NHK电视台.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料 托福阅读机经背景材料：观众起诉NHK电视台 摘要： 托福阅读机经背景材料：观众起诉NHK电视台。小马过河托福频道为各位考生整理供各位考生参考使用，下面就请大家跟随小编一起来了解这些背景知识吧。  A disgruntled viewer is suing Japans national broadcaster for mental distress caused by an excessive use of words borrowed from English.  一位观众因不满日本电视台过多使用英语外来语，以“精神痛苦”为由将日本国家广播公司NHK告上法庭。  Hoji Takahashi, 71, is seeking 1.4 million yen in damages from NHK.The basis of his concern is that Japan is being too Americanised, his lawyer Mutsuo Miyata told the news agency AFP.  71岁的高桥鹏二(音译)向NHK索赔140万日元(约合人民币88213元)。“他主要担心日本过度美国化，”他的代理律师宫田康弘(音译)向法新社解释说。  English became more prevalent in Japan after World War II during the US-led occupation. This was followed by a growing interest in American pop culture.  二战后美国占领日本期间，英语在日本得到广泛普及，美国流行文化也日益成为日本民众追随的对象。  The countrys modern vocabulary is littered with borrowed words, many of which are changed to fit the Japanese phonic structure.  很多外来词汇也由此进入到现代日语词汇中，其中许多被转化成日语发音。  Mr Takahashi, who is a member of a campaign group supporting the Japanese language, highlighted words such as toraburu (trouble), risuku (risk) and shisutemu (system) in NHKs news and entertainment programmes. He accused NHK of irresponsibility by refusing to use native Japanese equivalents.  高桥鹏二是保护日语组织的成员，他指出像trouble，system，risk等词在NHK的新闻和娱乐节目中经常出现。他指责NHK不负责任地使用这些外来词汇，而拒绝使用日语中原有的对等词汇。  With Japanese society increasingly Americanised, Takahashi believes that NHK, as Japans national broadcaster, shouldnt go with the trend, but remain determined to prioritise the use of Japanese, which he thinks would go a long way toward protecting Japanese culture, Mr Miyata told the Japan Times on Wednesday.  “日本社会越来越美国化，他相信NHK作为国家级传播机构不应该跟随潮流，而应该坚决以优先使用日语为原则，这样才能保护日本文化。”高桥鹏二的律师周三对《日本时代报》表示。  Mr Takahashi filed his complaint on Tuesday with the Nagoya District Court in the central region of Japan, the newspaper said.NHK said it would not comment until it had studied