Politics an the English language（英汉对照）.docVIP

Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way， but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it.大多数为英语而烦心的人都会承认，英语的处境不佳，并且我们不能通过有意识的行动而使这种情形有所改观。Our civilization is decadent and our language--so the argument runs--must inevitably share in the general collapse.我们的文明颓废不堪，语言也不能幸免，她不可避免的成为整体衰落的一份子。It follows that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism， like preferring candles to electric light or hansom cabs to aeroplanes. 随之而来，任何反对滥用语言的努力都是感情上的复古主义者，就像那些倾向于蜡烛而非电灯，或是偏爱马车而非飞机的努