今日长难句
In his latest book, Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care, John McWhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and conservative views, sees the triumph of 1960s counter-culture as responsible for the decline of formal English.(Text4,2005)
degradation / ˌdeɡrəˈdeiʃn / n.毁坏;恶化
like / laik / adv.(非正式口语,思考说下句话、解释或举例时用)嗯,呃;大概,可能
linguist / ˈliŋɡwist / n.语言学家
controversialist / ˌkɔntrəˈvə:ʃəlist / n.争论者
liberal / ˈlibərəl / adj.自由的
conservative / kənˈsə:vətiv / adj.保守的;守旧的
triumph / ˈtraiʌmf / adj.巨大成功;伟大胜利
counter- / ˈkauntə(r) / (构成名词、动词、形容词和副词)逆;反对;相反;对立
responsible / riˈspɔnsəbl / adj.负责的
(be) responsible for 为......负责;是......的原因
decline / diˈklain / n.减少;下降;衰落
formal / ˈfɔ:ml / adj.正式的;正规的
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翻译
约翰·麦荷特,一位语言学家和混杂着自由派与保守派观点的善辩者,在其新书《做我们自己的事:语言和音乐的退化,以及为什么我们应该,呃,在意》中认为,20世纪60年代反文化运动的胜利是导致正式英语退化的原因。
预告明日长难句
Mr. McWhorter’s academic speciality is language history and change, and he sees the gradual disappearance of “whom”, for example, to be natural and no more regrettable than the loss of the case-endings of Old English.(Text4,2005)