STANDARD ENGLISH AND DIALECTS
What is standard English? Is it spoken in Britain, the US, Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand? Believe it or not, there is no such thing as standard English.Many people believe the English spoken on TV and the radio is① standard English.This is because in the early days of radio, those who reported the news② were expected to speak excellent English.However, on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak③.
標(biāo)準(zhǔn)英語(yǔ)和方言
什么是標(biāo)準(zhǔn)英語(yǔ)？是在英國(guó)、美國(guó)、加拿大、澳大利亞、印度和新西蘭所說(shuō)的英語(yǔ)嗎？信不信由你，(世界上)沒(méi)有什么標(biāo)準(zhǔn)英語(yǔ)。許多人認(rèn)為，電視和收音機(jī)里所說(shuō)的就是標(biāo)準(zhǔn)英語(yǔ)。這是因?yàn)樵谠缙诘碾娕_(tái)節(jié)目里，人們期望新聞播音員所說(shuō)的英語(yǔ)是最好的英語(yǔ)。然而，在電視和收音機(jī)里，你也會(huì)聽(tīng)出人們?cè)谡f(shuō)話(huà)時(shí)的差異。
[助讀講解] ①過(guò)去分詞短語(yǔ)spoken on TV and the radio作后置定語(yǔ)，修飾the English。②who 引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾先行詞those。③people speak 為定語(yǔ)從句，修飾the way，省略了作狀語(yǔ)的引導(dǎo)詞that或者in which。
When people use words and expressions(詞語(yǔ)；表示) different from the “standard language”④， it is called a dialect.American English has many dialects, especially the midwestern(中西部的), southern, African(非洲的；非洲人的) American and Spanish(西班牙的) dialects.Even in some parts of the USA, two people from neighbouring⑤ towns speak a little differently.American English has so many dialects because people have come from all over the world.
當(dāng)人們使用不同于“標(biāo)準(zhǔn)語(yǔ)言”的單詞和表達(dá)方式時(shí)，那種語(yǔ)言就被稱(chēng)為方言。 美國(guó)英語(yǔ)有許多方言，特別是中西部和南部地區(qū)的方言，以及黑人和西班牙人的方言。甚至在美國(guó)有些地區(qū)，即使是相鄰城鎮(zhèn)的兩個(gè)人所說(shuō)的語(yǔ)言都可能稍有不同。美國(guó)英語(yǔ)之所以有這么多的方言是因?yàn)槊绹?guó)人來(lái)自世界各地的緣故。
