(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
A Japanese man is angry with Japan's television company NHK. He is tired of hearing so many English words on TV. Mr Hoji Takahashi, 71, says he is stressed every time he hears an English loanword on NHK. He is taking NHK to court. He wants the TV company to pay him 1.4 million yen ($14,300) for his "mental distress". Mr Takahashi's lawyer told the AFP news agency that Japanese TV is too "Americanised". Takahashi doesn't understand why NHK uses words borrowed from English instead of Japanese words. He said NHK should use Japanese and not loanwords for vocabulary such as "toraburu" (trouble), "risuku" (risk) and "shisutemu" (system). He said this would help protect Japanese culture.
Mr Takahashi started a small group called "The Treat Japanese as Important Association". He started it after he wrote to NHK but got no reply. He said NHK does not care about his opinions. Takahashi said older Japanese people often have problems with the many loanwords on NHK. He said they have trouble understanding what announcers on NHK say. He told reporters: "Young people can probably understand a lot of this stuff, but for older people like myself, I don't know what it means." The Japanese language has thousands of words borrowed from English and other languages. It uses a special alphabet called katakana to write them. It also changes the pronunciation to fit with Japanese phonics.
中文翻译
一名日本男子对日本电视公司(日本广播协会)愤愤不已
高桥鹏二发起了一个名叫“重视日语”的小团体
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重点讲解
1.tired of 厌烦
例句:Businessmen are tired of politicians talking the economy down.
商人厌烦政客们贬低经济的重要性.
2.borrow from 借用
例句:Japanese has borrowed heavily from English.
日语借用了很多英语词汇
。3.take to court 打官司
例句:If she gets that far, Jane may get legal aid to take her case to court.
如果走到那个地步,简也许能得到法律援助去打官司
。4.instead of 而不是
例句:Will you go to the party instead of me?
你替我赴宴好吗?
听力题目
1.What TV company is the man angry with?
a) Japan Today
b) BBC
c) NHK
d) CNN
2.Where is he taking the TV company?
a) to court
b) to the USA
c) to dinner
d) to a language school
3.How much money does he want in yen?
a) 4.1 million
b) 14,300
c) 13,400
d) 1.4 million
4.What did the man's lawyer say he felt about Japanese TV?
a) there aren't enough Japanese actors
b) it's too Americanised
c) there should be more news
d) it's boring
5.What would using only Japanese words protect?
a) English
b) systems
c) Japanese culture
d) loanwords
6.What kind of answer did he get after he wrote to the TV company?
a) an angry reply
b) no answer
c) one full of loanwords
d) a long one
7.Who did he say has problems with loanwords?
a) Americans
b) announcers at the TV company
c) everyone
d) older people
8.Who did he say could understand loanwords?
a) British people
b) young people
c) everyone
d) announcers at the TV company
9.How many loanwords are there in Japanese?
a) thousands
b) fewer than the Japanese loanwords in English
c) 17,873
d) a few
10.What changes to fit with Japanese phonics?
a) TV announcers
b) dictionaries
c) spelling
d) the pronunciation of loanwords
听力答案
1.c
2.a
3.d
4.b
5.c
6.d
7.b
8.d
9.a
10.d