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
外语
"Doors and windows can’t keep them out; airport immigration officers can’t stop them and the Internet is an absolute reproductio
"Doors and windows can’t keep them out; airport immigration officers can’t stop them and the Internet is an absolute reproductio
admin
2010-05-26
36
问题
"Doors and windows can’t keep them out; airport immigration officers can’t stop them and the Internet is an absolute reproduction soil. They seem harmless in small doses, but large imports threaten Japan’s very uniqueness," say critics. "They are foreign words and they are infecting the Japanese language".
"Sometimes I feel like I need a translator to understand my own language," says Yoke Fujimura with little anger, a 60-year-old Tokyo restaurant worker. "It’s becoming incomprehensible."
It’s not only Japan who is on the defensive. Countries around the globe are wet through their hands over the rapid spread of American English. Coca-Cola, for example, is one of the most recognized terms on Earth.
It is made worse for Japan, however, by its unique writing system. The country writes all imported utterances—except Chinese—in a different script called katakana(片假名). It is the only country to maintain such a distinction. Katakana takes far more space to write than kanji—the core pictograph (象形文字) characters that the Japanese borrowed from China 1,500 years ago. Because it stands out, readers complain that sentences packed with foreign words start to resemble extended strings of lights. As if that weren’ t enough, katakana terms tend to get confusing. For example, digital camera first appears as degitaru kamera. Then they became the more ear-pleasing digi kamey. But kamey is also the Japanese word for turtle. "It’s very frustrating not knowing what young people are talking about," says humorously Minom Shiratori, a 53-year-old bus driver. "Sometimes I can’t tell if they’re discussing cameras or turtles."
In a hid to stop the flood of katakana, the government has formed a Foreign Words Committee to find suitable Japanese replacements. The committee is slightly different from French-style language police, which try to support a law that forbids advertising in English. Rather, committee members and traditionalists hope a sustained campaign of persuasion, gentle criticism and leadership by example can turn the tide.
Which conclusion can be drawn based on the opinions of the Japanese people (in Paragraph 2 and 4 of this passage) ?
选项
A、The elders are more strongly in favor of replacing the foreign words than young people.
B、All the people dislike speaking the foreign words, such as "digi kamey".
C、They are so old that it is necessary to give some language assistance by a specialist.
D、People’s work determines the language they speak.
答案
A
解析
老年人更希望换掉外来词。从第二段和第四段两个老人所讲的话中可以看出,他们对日本语言目前的情况都比较理解。结合文章中所举的有关年轻人与digital camera的例子,最有可能的推断就是:老年人比年轻人更支持换掉外来词。所以选A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/tnV7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
A、Becauseboysandgirlsarebeingpreparedfordifferentsocialroles.B、Becauseboysaremorecourageous.C、Becausetoymakers
DowningStreetisthemostexclusivestreetinBritain,notbecauseitonlyhasthreehousesalongitsshort【B1】______,norpart
DowningStreetisthemostexclusivestreetinBritain,notbecauseitonlyhasthreehousesalongitsshort【B1】______,norpart
A、Hehashadthirteendecayedteeth.B、Hedoesn’thaveasingledecayedtooth.C、Hehasfewerdecayedteeththanotherpeopleof
MostAmericansenjoymovingfromplacetoplaceveryoften.Insomestatesonlyonehouse【C1】______fivehaspeoplelivinginit
Napoleondeclared,"Victorybelongstothemostpersevering."Uponcarefulstudywefindperseverancedependsuponthreethingsp
Technologyisanothergreatforceforchange.Inpart,technologyhascausedthepopulationexplosion;manyofuswon’tnowbea
Allchildrenare【B1】______ofhavingfriends,althoughhighselfesteemreallyhelpsthem【B2】______,saysKathyNoll.Nollisthe
Personalexperiences,culture,religion,andageinfluenceaperson’s【S1】______aboutdeath.Manypeoplefeardeath.Othersref
TheNameGameEachyear,businessexecutivesaroundtheworldstruggletofindoriginalandcatchynamesfortheircompanies
随机试题
领导有效性评价的核心是
FIDIC合同条件规定:当某项目或工作因变更导致实际工程量超过或少于标书工程量表上注明工程量的()时,应考虑单价调整。
由于风险集中,试车期安装工程一切险的保险费通常大约占整个工期的保险费的()。
在财政政策的五个目标:价格稳定、充分就业、经济增长、公平分配和国际收支平衡中,()应被列为财政政策的首要目标。
甲股份有限公司(以下简称甲公司),2017年度所有者权益相关情况如下:(1)2017年年初未分配利润为600万元,资本公积为2000万元,盈余公积为3000万元。(2)2月1日,为扩大经营规模,发行股票500万股,每股面值1元,每股发行价格为4元,
社会治安秩序包括国家工作秩序、社会公共秩序、公民生活秩序和交通环境秩序。()
某商店出售甲、乙两种货物,已知甲货物的数量比乙货物多40%,每件的售价比乙货物多25%,卖完所有东西以后.店主发现实际平均每件货物的售价为330元。问实际上每件甲货物的售价为多少元?
苏联解体、东欧剧变的根本相同原因是()。
【两税法】天津师范大学2014年历史学基础真题;东北师范大学2015年历史学综合真题;黑龙江大学2015年历史学基础真题;内蒙古大学2015年中国史真题;湖南大学2016年中国史真题;辽宁大学2016年历史学专业基础真题
某公司分配给人事部、培训部和销售部的IP地址块分别为192.67.159.224/27、192.67.159.208/28和192.67.159.192/28,这三个地址块经聚合后的地址块为()。
最新回复
(
0
)