高级英语第三版张汉熙.docVIP

Lesso?n One And it is an activ?ity only of human?s. And conve?rsati?on is an activ?ity found? only among? human? being?s. Conve?rsati?on is not for makin?g a point?. Conve?rsati?on is not for persu?ading? other?s to accep?t our ideas? or point?s of views?. In fact, the best conve?rsati?onali?sts are those? who are prepa?red to lose. In fact , peopl?e who are good at conve?rsati?on will not argue? to win or force? other?s to accep?t his ideas?. Bar frien?ds are not deepl?y invol?ved in each other?’s lives?. Peopl?e who meet each other? for a drink? in the bar of a pub are not close? frien?ds for they are not deepl?y absor?bed in each other?’s priva?te lives?. ....it could? still? go ignor?antly? on ... The conve?rsati?on could? go on witho?ut anybo?dy knowi?ng who was right? or wrong?. There? are cattl?e in the field?s ,but we sit down to beef. These? anima?ls are calle?d cattl?e when they are alive? and feed in the field?s , but when we sit down at the table? to eat, we call their? meet beef. The new rulin?g class? had built? a cultu?ral barri?er again?st him by build?ing their? Frenc?h again?st his own langu?age. The new rulin?g class? by using? Frenc?h inste?ad of Engli?sh made it hard for the Engli?sh to accep?t or absor?b the cultu?re of the ruler?s. Engli?sh had come royal?ly into its own. Engli?sh recei?ved prope?r recog?nitio?n and was used by the King once more. The phras?e has alway?s been used a littl?e pejor?ative?ly and even facet?iousl?y by the lower? class?es. The phras?e , the King’s Engli?sh ,has alway?s been used disre?spect?fully? and jokin?gly by the lower? class?es.(The worki?ng peopl?e often? mock the prope?r and forma?l langu?age of the educa?ted peopl?e.) The rebel?lion again?st a cultu?ral domin?ance is still? there?. As the early? Saxon? peasa?nts , the worki?ng peopl?e still? have a spiri?t of oppos?ition? to the cultu?ral autho?rity of the rulin?g class?. There? is alway?s a great? dange?r that “ words? will harde?n into thing?s for us.