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The fear of Americanization of the planet is more ideological paranoia (多疑) than reality. There is no doubt that, with globaliza
The fear of Americanization of the planet is more ideological paranoia (多疑) than reality. There is no doubt that, with globaliza
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The fear of Americanization of the planet is more ideological paranoia (多疑) than reality. There is no doubt that, with globalization, English has become the general language of our time, as was Latin in the Middle Ages. And it will continue its ascent, since it is an indispensable instrument for international transactions and communication. But does this mean that English necessarily develops at the expense of the other great languages? Absolutely not. In fact, the opposite is true. The vanishing of borders and an increasingly inter-dependent world have created incentives for new generations to learn and assimilate other cultures, not merely as a hobby, but also out of necessity, because the ability to speak several languages and navigate comfortably in different cultures has become crucial for professional success.
Consider the case of Spanish. Half a century ago, Spanish speakers were an inward- looking community; we projected ourselves in only very limited ways beyond our traditional linguistic confines. Today, Spanish is dynamic and thriving, gaining beachheads or even vast landholdings on all five continents. That there are between 25 and 30 million Spanish speakers in the United States today explains why the two recent US presidential candidates-the Texas governor George W. Bush and the vice-president A1 Gore--campaigned not only in English, but also in Spanish.
How many millions of young men and women around the globe have responded to the challenges of globalization by learning Japanese, German, Mandarin, Cantonese, Russian or French? Fortunately, this tendency will only increase in the coming years. That is why the best defence of our own cultures and languages is to promote them vigorously throughout this new world, not to persist in the naive pretense of vaccinating them against the menace of English. Those who propose such remedies speak much about culture, but they tend to be ignorant people who mask their true vocation: nationalism. And if there is anything at odds with the universalist propensities of culture, it is the exclusionary vision that nationalist perspectives try to impose on cultural life. The most admirable lesson that cultures teach us is that they need not be protected by bureaucrats or commissars, or com fined behind iron bars, or isolated by customs services, in order to remain alive and exuberant; to the contrary, such efforts would only wither or even trivialize culture. Cultures must live freely, constantly jousting with different cultures. This renovates and renews them, allowing them to evolve and adapt to the continuous flow of life. In antiquity, Latin did not kill Greek; to the contrary, the artistic originality and intellectual depth of Hellenic culture permeated Roman civilization and, through it, the poems of Homer and the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle reached the entire world. Globalization will not make lo- cal cultures disappear; in a framework of worldwide openness, all that is valuable and worthy of survival in local cultures will find fertile ground in which to bloom.
In the last paragraph, the author uses which of the following in making his point?
选项
A、Comparison and contrast.
B、Definition of terms and classification.
C、Metaphor and simile.
D、Rhetorical question and specific example.
答案
D
解析
该题要求理解作者在第三段阐述观点时所用的方法。D项为正确答案:该段的第一句为修辞性疑问句,该类问句形式上是疑问句,其效果就相当于一个陈述句;在文章的后半部分,作者列举了希腊文化在拉丁罗马文化中生存这一事实,说明文化是可以共存的。
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