首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
【F1】Americans no longer expect public figures, whether in speech or in writing, to command the English language with skill and g
【F1】Americans no longer expect public figures, whether in speech or in writing, to command the English language with skill and g
admin
2018-05-23
50
问题
【F1】
Americans no longer expect public figures, whether in speech or in writing, to command the English language with skill and gift, nor do they aspire to such command themselves.
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.
Blaming the permissive 1960s is nothing new, but this is not yet another criticism against the decline in education.【F2】
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.
【F3】
But the cult of the authentic and the personal, "doing our own thing," has spelt the death of formal speech, writing, poetry and music.
While even the modestly educated sought an elevated tone when they put pen to paper before the 1960s, even the most well regarded writing since then has sought to capture spoken English on the page. Equally, in poetry, the highly personal, performative genre is the only form that could claim real liveliness. In both oral and written English, talking is triumphing over speaking, spontaneity over craft.
Illustrated with an entertaining array of examples from both high and low culture, the trend that Mr. McWhorter documents is unmistakable. But it is less clear, to take the question of his subtitle, why we should, like, care.【F4】
As a linguist, he acknowledges that all varieties of human language, including nonstandard ones like Black English, can be powerfully expressive—there exists no language or dialect in the world that cannot convey complex ideas.
He is not arguing, as many do, that we can no longer think straight because we do not talk proper.
【F5】
Russians have a deep love for their own language and carry large chunks of memorized poetry in their heads, while Italian politicians tend to elaborate speech that would seem old-fashioned to most English-speakers.
Mr. McWhorter acknowledges that formal language is not strictly necessary, and proposes no radical education reforms—he is really grieving over the loss of something beautiful more than useful. We now take our English "on paper plates instead of china." A shame, perhaps, but probably an inevitable one.
【F1】
选项
答案
美国人已不再期待公众人物能在演讲或写作中运用技巧和文采来驾驭英语,而公众人物自己也不再渴望这样。
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/VH6Z777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Imagineaworldinwhichweareassignedanumberthatindicateshowinfluentialweare.Thisnumberwouldhelpdetermine【C1】___
Airpollutionkilledaboutsevenmillionpeoplelastyear,makingittheworld’ssinglebiggestenvironmentalhealthrisk,theW
HowdoyouexplaineconomicsinplainEnglish?TheFederalReserveBankofNewYorkhasbeenansweringthequestionwithaneven
HowdoyouexplaineconomicsinplainEnglish?TheFederalReserveBankofNewYorkhasbeenansweringthequestionwithaneven
Somepeoplearefriendlydrunks,whereasothersarehostile,potentiallyposingadangertothemselvesandothers.Thedifferenc
Somepeoplearefriendlydrunks,whereasothersarehostile,potentiallyposingadangertothemselvesandothers.Thedifferenc
Whatwouldtheworldlooklikewithoutthedollardomination?USofficialsare【C1】______outadealtoendthegovernmentshutdow
Life,atleastforaseed,isbetteroutintheworld.【R1】______Seedsknowhowtogetaround.【R2】______Buttheyallhavethes
Duringtheday,Leipzig’sairportisquiet.Itisatnightthattheairfieldcomestolife.Nexttotherunwayayellowwarehous
Allflights______becauseoftheterribleweather,theyhadtogotherebytrain.
随机试题
A.支气管血管扩张B.肺血管扩张C.呼吸性碱中毒D.部分肺泡通气不足E.部分肺泡血流不足过度通气可导致
甲向乙购买原材料,为支付货款,甲向乙出具金额为50万元的商业汇票一张,丙银行对该汇票进行了承兑。后乙不慎将该汇票丢失,被丁拾到。乙立即向付款人丙银行办理了挂失止付手续。下列哪些选项是正确的?(2014年卷三75题)
下列关于修建性详细规划特点的表述不正确的是()。
某工程钢筋混凝土独立基础的工程量为60m3,已知直接费等于18.6万元,间接费费率为12%,利润率5.5%,税率3.14%(假定其余费用项目不计),则该分项工程的利润应为( )万元。
“溪曲三三水,山环六六峰”描绘的是( )的秀美景色。
甲、乙、丙三个乡都拿出同样多的钱买一批化肥。买好后,甲、丙两个乡都比乙乡多18吨,因此甲乡和丙乡各给乙乡1800元。问每吨化肥的价格是多少元?
有n个结点的二叉树,已知叶结点个数为n0。写出求度为1的结点的个数的n1的计算公式。
根据《合同法》的规定,可撤销合同中,当事人行使撤销权的期限是1年,超过1年的,撤销权归于消灭。该1年期间属于()。
BrowningintroducedanewformtoEnglishpoetry,thatis______.
WriteacompositionentitledACampaignSpeechfortheMonitor.Youshouldwriteatleast150wordsaccordingtotheoutlinegiv
最新回复
(
0
)