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As the English language has changed at a fast speed in this century, so has
As the English language has changed at a fast speed in this century, so has
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2023-09-14
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As the English language has changed at a fast speed in this century, so has the use of the English language.
After the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was founded in 1927, the particular style of speech of the BBC announcers was recognized as Standard English or Received Pronunciation (RP) English. Now, most people still consider that the pronunciation and delivery of BBC announcers is the clearest and most understandable spoken English.
English has had a strong association with class and social status. However, since the Second World War there has been a considerable change of attitude towards speech snobbery, and hallmarks of class distinction such as styles of speech have been gradually discarded, especially by the younger generation.
As the need has arisen, new words have been invented or found from other languages and incorporated into English. Similarly, old words and expressions have been discarded as their usefulness has diminished or the fashions have passed. This also happens to styles and modes of speech which became fashionable at a particular time and in specific circumstances.
By the end of the 1960s it became apparent that it was not necessary to speak Standard English or even correct grammar to become popular, successful and rich. The fashionable speech of the day was no longer the prerogative of a privileged class but rather a defiant expression of class lessness.
The greatest single influence of the shaping of the English language in modem times is the American English. Over the last 25 years the English used by many people, particularly by those in the media, advertising and show business, has become more and more mid-Atlantic in style, delivery and accent.
In the 1970s, fashion favoured stressless pronunciation and a language full of jargon, slang and "in" words, much of it quite incomprehensible to the outside world. What is considered modem and fashionable in Britain today is often not the kind of English taught in schools and colleges. [br] It can be concluded from the passage that______.
选项
A、Standard English is taught in school and colleges
B、the young people are defiant because they refuse to speak standard English
C、English language is influenced by American English in the last 25 years
D、there has been a great change in the English language in this century
答案
D
解析
A(学校里教的是标准英语),标准英语即BBC英语,显然学校不可能都在教BBC英语。B(年轻人拒讲标准英语因为他们是叛逆的)年轻人的反叛主要是不想在讲话时显出阶级差别,事实上二战后很多人都这样,不仅是年轻人,因此不能据此一点就说明年轻人是反叛的。因为语言的影响是一个长期的过程,而不可能说在特定一段时间影响,故C也不对。D正好说明了全文的主旨,即第一段的那句话。
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