20142016年英语六级真题原文与答案.docx

2014-6-1

Textinghaslongbeenbemoaned(哀叹)asthedownfall01thewrittenword,penmanshipforilliterates,asonecriticcalledit.TowhichtheproperresponseisLOL.Textingproperlyisnt,writingatall.Itsaspokenlanguagethatisgettingricherandmorecomplexbytheyear.

First,somehistoricalperspective.Writingwasonlyinvented5,500yearsago,whereaslanguageprobablytracesbackatleast80,000years.Thustalkingcamefirst;writingisjustacraftthatcamealonglater.Assuch,thefirstwritingwasbasedonthewaypeopletalk,withshortsentences.However,whiletalkingislargelysubconsciousandrapid,writingisdeliberateandslow.Overtime,writerstookadvantageofthisandstartedcraftinglong-windedsentencessuchasthisone:Thewholeengagementlastedabove12hours,tillthegradualretreatofthePersianswaschangedintoadisorderlyflight,ofwhichtheshamefulexamplewasgivenbytheprincipalleadersand...

Noonetalkslikethatcasually-orshould.Butitisnaturaltodesiretodosoforspecialoccasions.Intheolddays,wedidntmuchwriteliketalkingbecausetherewasnomechanismtoreproducethespeedofconversation.Buttextingandinstantmessagingdo-andarevolutionhasbegun.Itinvolvesthecrudemechanicsofwriting,butinitseconomy,spontaneityandevenvulgarity,textingisactuallyanewkindoftalking,withitsownkindofgrammarandconventions.

TakeLOL.Itdoesntactuallymeanlaughingoutloudinaliteralsenseanymore.LOLhasevolvedintosomethingmuchsubtlerandsophisticatedandisusedevenwhennothingisremotelyamusing.JocelyntextsWherehaveyoubeen?andAnnabelletextsbackLOLatthelibrarystudyingfortwohours.LOLsignalsbasicempathy( 同感)betweentexters,easingtensionandcreatingasenseofequality.Insteadofhavingaliteralmeaning,itdoessomething-conveyinganattitude-justliketheedendingconveyspasttenseratherthanmeaninganything.LOL,ofallt