美式英语入侵英国：好莱坞电影、流行小说势不可挡
<p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="written">written</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="owe">owe</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Hollywood">Hollywood</span> <span word="films">films</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="Dickens">Dickens</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="Shakespeare">Shakespeare</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="findings">findings</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="children">children</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="writing">writing</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="anything">anything</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="by">by</span>.</p><p>如果一项对儿童作文的研究结果可靠的话，那么比起狄更斯或莎士比亚等英国文坛巨匠，书面英语的未来受好莱坞电影的影响会更大。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="analysis">analysis</span> <span word="of">of</span> 74,000 <span word="short">short</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="written">written</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="littered">littered</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Americanisms">Americanisms</span>, <span word="exclamation">exclamation</span> <span word="marks">marks</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="references">references</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="celebrities">celebrities</span>.</p><p>对74000篇儿童短文的分析发现，这些文字作品中俨然处处可见美式英语、感叹号和明星姓名。</p><p><span word="Researchers">Researchers</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="looked">looked</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="entries">entries</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="competition">competition</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="increasingly">increasingly</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="garbage">garbage</span>, <span word="trash">trash</span> <span word="can">can</span>, <span word="sidewalk">sidewalk</span>, <span word="candy">candy</span>, <span word="sneakers">sneakers</span>, <span word="soda">soda</span>, <span word="cranky">cranky</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="flashlight">flashlight</span>.</p><p>研究人员阅读了全国作文比赛的参赛作品后发现，，孩子们正越来越多地使用一些美式英语词汇，比如：<span word="garbage">garbage</span>（垃圾）, <span word="trash">trash</span> <span word="can">can</span>（垃圾桶）， <span word="sidewalk">sidewalk</span>（人行道）, <span word="candy">candy</span>（糖果）, <span word="sneakers">sneakers</span>（胶底运动鞋）, <span word="soda">soda</span>（苏打水）, <span word="cranky">cranky</span>（暴躁的） <span word="and">and</span> <span word="flashlight">flashlight</span>（手电筒）。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="stories">stories</span>, <span word="written">written</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="pupils">pupils</span> <span word="aged">aged</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="to">to</span> 13, <span word="show">show</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="fairy">fairy</span> <span word="cakes">cakes</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="referred">referred</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="cupcakes">cupcakes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dinner">dinner</span> <span word="jacket">jacket</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tuxedo">tuxedo</span>. ‘<span word="Smart">Smart</span>’ <span word="is">is</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="for">for</span> ‘<span word="clever">clever</span>’ <span word="and">and</span> ‘<span word="cranky">cranky</span>’ <span word="for">for</span> ‘<span word="irritable">irritable</span>’.</p><p>这些短篇作文出自7-13岁孩子们之手，小学生们用纸杯蛋糕(<span word="cupcakes">cupcakes</span>)来代替仙女蛋糕（<span word="fairy">fairy</span> <span word="cakes">cakes</span>），晚礼服(<span word="dinner">dinner</span> <span word="jacket">jacket</span>)则变成了无尾礼服(<span word="tuxedo">tuxedo</span>)。常用美式英语还有‘<span word="smart">smart</span>’现在也替代了英式用词’<span word="clever">clever</span>’来表示聪明之意，而表达暴躁古怪之意的’<span word="cranky">cranky</span>’也取代了’<span word="irritable">irritable</span>’。</p>
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