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China waging a war on English?

 

你是哪裡人？身份認同與語言有千絲萬縷的關係。

美劇攻陷內地市場，CEO等英語詞彙泛濫，中央政府遂向英語「宣戰」！

Chinese authorities are waging a war on American culture and the use of English. In mid-May came a flurry of reports in the state media confirming plans announced last fall to reduce the importance of English-language instruction and to expand courses on traditional culture in grade school and high school.

(摘自Global Economics)

 

標題所用的wage，一字多義，你知道怎麼用嗎？

 

wage 薪金

(noun 名詞)

 

  • wage increase / wage rise 加薪
  • a living wage (just enough to live) 僅夠糊口
  • wage freeze 凍薪
  • wage claim (demand an increase in wages) 要求加薪

 

wage vs. salary

一般而言，wage指按小時﹑日﹑週所計的工資，而salary則指月薪。

 

wage 發動

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：to wage a campaign/war

 

a flurry of 突然很多的... 

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：There was a flurry of phone calls.

例子：a flurry of snow, rain, wind / a snow flurry 陣雪; 陣雨; 陣風

 

 

雖云「宣戰」，但這場「文鬥」實際所為何事？

In April, China’s media regulators yanked the popular U.S. television shows The Big Bang Theory, NCIS, and The Good Wife from Chinese streaming websites Sohu (SOHU) and Youku (YOKU). The official party newspaper, People’s Daily, ran two editorials in April bemoaning the use of words borrowed from English when speaking Chinese.

 

yank 猛拉，使勁拉（抽走）

(verb 動詞)

例子：China’s media regulators yanked some popular U.S. television shows from Chinese streaming websites.

 

例子：He likes yanking (on) his sister’s ponytail.

 

yank 美國北部各州的人；北方佬

(noun, informal 名詞，非正式)

 

例子：Yankee

 

bemoan 抱怨; 嘆息; 惋惜

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：The official party newspaper, People’s Daily, ran two editorials in April bemoaning the use of words borrowed from English when speaking Chinese.

 

= moan about (verb 動詞)

= lament (verb 動詞)

例子：He always laments over his bad luck.   他常為自己的不幸而悲嘆。

 

有感新一代年青人崇洋之心日盛，國家主席習近平大力提倡「中國夢」，希望感召內地青年。

Top leader Xi Jinping has popularized the idea of a “Chinese Dream” aimed at providing an alternate source of aspiration for the nation’s youth now seen as blindly pursuing Western values and pleasures.

 

popularise 提倡; 使知名

(verb 動詞)

  • popular 受歡迎的 (adjective 形容詞)
  • popularity 人氣 (noun 名詞)

 

alternate 可替代的；供選擇的；輪流的；交替的

(adjective 形容詞)

 

例子：He works alternate days .   他隔天工作。

 

Kevin 教室

 

aim

(verb 動詞)

 

1) somebody aim for sth or aim to do sth 以… 為目標

例子：He is aiming for the 100m world record.

例子：He is aiming to break the 100m world record.

 

2) aim to do sth (AmE informal) 打算做(某事)

例子：Are you aiming to visit China?

 

3) an action or plan is aimed at achieving sth 以…為目的

例子：The “Chinese Dream” is aimed at providing an alternate source of aspiration for the youth.

 

4) aim at/for 瞄準

例子：He aimed at/for the bird.   他瞄準那隻鳥。

   
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