Day504｜《经济学人》- 有关标准英语的讨论

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外刊精读笔记 Day504

有关标准英语的讨论


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第 504 篇精读笔记部分分享


<hr/>1. 文章来源

  文章来源：
《经济学人》是一份由伦敦经济学人报纸有限公司出版的杂志，创办于1843年9月，创办人詹姆士·威尔逊。
杂志的大多数文章写得机智，幽默，有力度，严肃又不失诙谐，并且注重于如何在最小的篇幅内告诉读者最多的信息。
《经济学人》作为考研英语题源报刊的重要来源之一，其单词与考研英语单词的重合度较高。杂志中的长难句，及其行文结构都很值得学习。

  文章标题：
Standing up for standard
支持标准英语

  文章概要：
文章选自《经济学人》。文章的主题是标准英语。和人们所想的不同，标准英语并不是唯一正确的英语。它的用法也只是从某一种方言当中流传而来的。目前语言界中掀起了一场有关标准英语是否值得单独拎出来进行教学的讨论。
文章770词左右，推荐阅读～
<hr/>2. 文章结构梳理



<hr/>3. 原文（para 1）

TEACHING ENGLISH as a first language is not easy—many youngsters leave school feeling they never quite mastered its finer points. Recently some commentators have been wondering whether the standard version of English really deserves to be singled out as “proper” and worthy of teaching at all. The debate they set off has been unedifying because of entrenched views that have as much to do with politics as with language.
<hr/>4. 精读笔记（para 1）

第一句

TEACHING ENGLISH as a first language is not easy—many youngsters leave school feeling they never quite mastered its finerpoints.
把英语当作第一语言来教学并不容易。许多年轻人离开学校时，感觉自己并没有完全掌握这门语言的精髓。

  point
n. a particular quality or feature that sb/sth has 特点；特性；特征。eg：Tact is not six of her strong points. 她不善于圆通处事。/ Read the manual to learn the program's finer points (= small details). 读一下手册，以了解这一程序的细节。

第二句

Recently some commentators have been wondering whether the standard version of English really deserves to be singled out as “proper” and worthy of teaching at all.
近期，一些评论员一直在思考，标准英语是否真的值得被单独拎出，作为真正“正确”及值得教学的英语。

  single sb/sth out
to choose one person or thing from a group for special attention, especially criticism or praise （为给予批评、表扬等）单独挑出。eg：It's not fair the way my sister is always singled out for special treatment. 我妹妹总是受到特殊照顾，这不公平。

第三句

The debate they set off has been unedifying because of entrenched views that have as much to do with politics as with language.
他们挑起的这场辩论令人感到厌恶，因为那些根深蒂固的观点不仅和语言有关，也和政治有关。

  set sth off
to cause an activity or event, often a series of events, to begin or happen 引起，引发（常指一系列事件）。eg：The court's initial verdict in the police officers' trial set off serious riots. 法庭审理这起警官案件作出的初审判决引起了严重的暴乱。

  unedifying /ʌnˈɛdɪfʌɪɪŋ/
adj. unpleasant and embarrassing 令人厌恶的，丢脸的。eg：the unedifying spectacle of players attacking the referee 运动员攻击裁判的难堪场面

  entrenched /ɪnˈtrɛn(t)ʃt/
adj. Entrenched ideas are so fixed or have existed for so long that they cannot be changed. 牢固确立的；根深蒂固的；积重难返的。eg：It's very difficult to change attitudes that have become so deeply entrenched over the years. 改变多年以来形成的根深蒂固的旧看法是很困难的。
<hr/>5. 完整翻译

TEACHING ENGLISH as a first language is not easy—many youngsters leave school feeling they never quite mastered its finer points. Recently some commentators have been wondering whether the standard version of English really deserves to be singled out as “proper” and worthy of teaching at all. The debate they set off has been unedifying because of entrenched views that have as much to do with politics as with language.
把英语当作第一语言来教学并不容易。许多年轻人离开学校时，感觉自己并没有完全掌握这门语言的精髓。近期，一些评论员一直在思考，标准英语是否真的值得被单独拎出，作为真正“正确”及值得教学的英语。他们挑起的这场辩论令人感到厌恶，因为那些根深蒂固的观点不仅和语言有关，也和政治有关。

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