世界英語(yǔ)
Dr. Jill, I hear you're going on a trip nextweek.
吉爾博士，我聽(tīng)說(shuō)你下周要去旅行。
Yes, I'm going to Sri Lanka and India.
是的，我要去斯里蘭卡和印度。
I haven't been there in ten years.
我已經(jīng)十年沒(méi)去過(guò)那里了。
I loved the elephant rescue center.
我喜歡大象救援中心。
Are you studying the languages they speak there?
你在學(xué)習(xí)他們?cè)谀抢镎f(shuō)的語(yǔ)言嗎？
You know me pretty well!
你很了解我！
I did learn some Tamil, but they speak English there, too!
我確實(shí)學(xué)了一些泰米爾語(yǔ)，但那里的人也說(shuō)英語(yǔ)！
Of course.
當(dāng)然了。
It's a bit different, isn't it?
兩種語(yǔ)言有點(diǎn)區(qū)別，對(duì)吧？
Yes, they borrow some words from Hindi, like my favorite stop--the chai wallah.
是的，他們借用了印地語(yǔ)中的一些詞，比如我最喜歡的一站--阿拉普扎。
You've been to South Africa, haven't you?
你去過(guò)南非，對(duì)吧？
Their English is different from ours, too.
他們的英語(yǔ)也和我們的不同。
I was surprised when my friend said he'd "pick me" at seven o'clock for dinner.
我朋友說(shuō)他會(huì)在七點(diǎn)鐘來(lái)“接我”吃晚飯時(shí)，我很驚訝。
And when I lived in Japan there were some English words I didn't understand.
我住在日本的時(shí)候，有一些英語(yǔ)單詞我不懂。
You've traveled a lot--what do you think of all these different ways to speak English?
你去過(guò)很多地方旅游--你對(duì)這些說(shuō)英語(yǔ)的不同方式有什么看法？
I think they're great!
我覺(jué)得很棒！
It's really interesting to hear how people have made English fit their own culture.
聽(tīng)到人們?nèi)绾巫層⒄Z(yǔ)適應(yīng)自己的文化真的很有趣。
The experts call these varieties World Englishes.
專(zhuān)家們稱(chēng)這些變種為世界英語(yǔ)。
So many of my students ask, "How can I sound like an American?"
我的很多學(xué)生都會(huì)問(wèn)：“我怎么才能聽(tīng)起來(lái)像個(gè)美國(guó)人？
I tell them, "Be proud of the way you speak English."
我告訴他們：“為你說(shuō)英語(yǔ)的方式感到驕傲。”
Yes!
是的！
We like hearing people with different ways of speaking English.
我們喜歡聽(tīng)人們用不同的方式說(shuō)英語(yǔ)。
Now I can tell them, "You're speaking a 'World English.'
現(xiàn)在我可以告訴他們，“你說(shuō)的是‘世界英語(yǔ)’。
Be proud of it!"
感到驕傲吧！”
And that's Everyday Grammar!
以上就是今天的《每日語(yǔ)法》！
