“文化Culture”领衔《韦氏词典》2014年度热词.pdfVIP

智 课 网 雅 思 备 考 资 料 “文化Culture”领衔《韦氏词典》2014年度热词 SPRINGFIELD, MASS., December 15, 2014—Merriam-Webster Inc., Americas leading dictionary publisher, has announced its top ten Words of the Year for 2014. This years list was compiled by analyzing the top lookups in the online dictionary at Merriam-W and focusing on the words that showed the greatest increase in lookups this year as compared to last year. The results, based on approximately 100 million lookups a month, shed light on topics and ideas that sparked the nations interest in 2014. 出版大名鼎鼎的《韦氏词典》的美国梅里厄姆-韦伯斯特公司(Merri am-Webster Inc.)于12月15日公布了2014年度十大词语。今年榜单的 编辑是在分析了Merriam-W在线词典上查询最多的基础上 ，并聚焦于同去年相比查询上升最快的词语得出。这份结果，基于一个 月里大约1亿次的查询，清楚地显示出2014年全民感兴趣的话题和观点 。 The Word of the Year, with the greatest number of lookups and a significant increase over last year, is culture. Culture is not associated with any one event, but instead dominated the headlines this year, on topics ranging from celebrity culture to rape culture to company culture. In years past, lookups for the word culture spiked in the fall, as students encountered the word in titles and descriptions of courses and books, but this year lookups have moved from seasonal to persistent, as culture has become a term frequently used in discussions of social phenomena. 年度拥有大量查询数和同去年相比急速上升的热词是文化(culture) 。文化不和任何一个事件相关，但是反而在今年霸占了头条，话题的范 围从“名流文化”到“强奸文化”到“企业文化”都有。在过去十几年 里，查询“文化”这个词在秋季增加，因为学生会在标题和课程及书本 的描述里碰到这个词，但是今年，查询数从季节性的变成了长久性的， 因为 “文化”已经成为一个可以经常用于文化现象讨论的热词。 阅读双语新闻关注热点，轻松积累雅思背景材料 Culture is a word that we seem to be relying on more and more. It allows us to identify and isolate an idea, issue, or group with seriousness, explains Peter Sokolowski, Editor at Large for Merriam-Webster. And its efficient: we talk about the culture of a group rather than saying the typical habits, attitudes, and behaviors of that group. So we think that it may be the increased use of this newer sense of the wor