研究生英语第四单元.pptVIP

Unit4THEFUTUREOFENGLISHparagraph8—118.ButasEnglishspreads,willitbeabletomaintainitspresentform?Probablynot.Butwhyshouldit?Everysuccessfuleffortatstandardizationseldomsucceeds.Theschoolma’amhasbeentryingsincetheRevolutiontobringAmericanEnglishtoherrules,butitgoesonsprouting,anditwilleventuallyconquertheEnglishofEngland.schoolma’amn.afemaleschoolteacher学校女教师sproutvi.growordevelopquickly长出新芽；迅速发展conquervt.gaincontrolover征服theAmericanRevolution(1775-1783)但是随着英语的广泛传播，它是否能够保持现在的形式？也许不能。但为什么要保持现在的形式呢？每次使英语规范化的所谓的成功的努力其实很少成功。自从大革命以来，学校女教师一直努力使美式英语遵守语法规则，但是，美式英语仍然在不断发展，最终必将征服英国英语。9.Theguessindeedisrathertooeasytobequitesporting.EnglishhasbeenyieldingtoAmericanforfiftyyearspart,andsincetheturnofthecenturyithasbeenyieldingataconstantlyacceleratedrate.Theflowofnoveltiesinvocabulary,inidiom,eveninpronunciation,isnowoverwhelminglyeastward.vt.increasethespeedof加快速度noveltyn.sth.new,invention;thequalityofbeingnew新颖，新鲜感WeseldomborrowanEnglishwordorphraseanymore,thoughweusedtoborrowmany;buttheEnglishtakeinourinventionsalmostasfastaswecanlaunchthem.TheAmericanmovie,Isuppose,islargelyresponsibleforthischange,butthereareunquestionablydeepercausestoo.Englishisstillabittight,abitstiff,morethanalittleartificial.ButAmericanhasgoneondevelopingwithalmostElizabethanprodigality.Alltheprocessesofword-formationthatwereinoperationinShakespeare’sEnglandarestillinoperationhere,andtheyproduceasteadystreamofneologismsthathewouldhaverelishedasjoyfullyasherelishedthenoveltiesactuallyproducedinhistime.neologismn.anewly-coinedword,phrase,orexpression新词，旧词新义n.extremeabundance;recklesswastefulness;profusegenerosity丰富，大量；浪费，奢侈relishvt.takepleasurein从……中得到乐趣种种结局很容易猜出，甚至是可以肯定的。在过