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选择性必修第三册UNIT1ART

Ⅰ.阅读理解(限时7分钟)

InmanycasualdiscussionsoflanguageandtheInternet,itscommontohear

abouthow“socialmedialanguage”isruininglanguage.Somepeoplearguethat

technologyhasmadeuslazyabouthowwespeakandwrite.Andmajormediasuchas

theBBCandTheDailyMailhaveallbemoanedthewayinwhichpeople

communicatethroughtechnology.

Ofcourse,languagedoeschangewhenitsusedtowritemessagesonline.Social

medialanguageisanevolution(进化)oflanguage.Itseventhefocusofthefieldof

linguistics(语言学)calledComputer-MediatedCommunication(CMC).Thisfield

concentratesonthestudyofinteractionbroughtaboutbytechnologylikecomputers,

mobilephonesandtablets.

Peoplehavebeenmakingcomplaintsaboutlanguagebeing“ruined”foraslong

astheyvebeenwritingandspeaking.InaTEDTalk,linguistJohnMcWhortershared

storiesofpeoplebeingannoyedaboutlanguagechangethroughtheages.InAD63,

forexample,aRomanscholarcomplainedthatstudentsofLatinwerewritinginan

“artificiallanguage”.Infact,thiswritingwasanewlanguagethatwouldbecome

French!

Today,peopleareabletocommunicaterapidlyusingawidevarietyoftoolsand

technologies.Perhapsnolinguisticdevelopmentbetterindicateschangesintheways

wecommunicatethanthepopularemoticon(表情符).

Theemoticon“∶)”isavisualperformanceofasmileyfaceturnedsideways.

Althoughanemoticonmaylooklikeasmile,afrownoranyotherkindoffacial

expressions,itdoesntreallyrepresentaface.Instead,itsintendedtoexpressafeeling,

suchas“Imhappy”or“justjoking”.

Wordsthatrepresentthesefeelingsarewhatlinguistscalldiscourseparticles(小

品词).Thesearelittlepi