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1、精品资料CanEnglishbedethroned翻译译文........................................精品资料CanEnglishbedethroned翻译译文........................................精品资料CanEnglishbedethroned翻译译文........................................精品资料CanEnglishbedethroned?RolandJ.-L.Breton,geolinguistande

2、meritusprofessorattheUniversityofParisVIII.MajorlanguagesotherthanEnglisharespokenbyoverhalfthepeopleontheplanet.Whatcanbedonetogivethemmorecloutininternationalbodies?Backin1919,U.S.PresidentWoodrowWilsonmanagedtohavetheTreatyofVersailles,whichendedtheFirstWorldWarb

3、etweenGermanyandtheAllies,writteninEnglishaswellasFrench.Sincethen,Englishhastakenrootindiplomacyandgraduallyineconomicrelationsandthemedia.Thelanguagenowseemssettohaveamonopolyastheworldwidemediumofcommunication.Asthe21stcenturybegins,fastereconomicglobalizationisg

4、oinghandinhandwiththegrowinguseofEnglish.MoreandmorepeoplearebeingencouragedtouseorsendmessagesinEnglishratherthanintheirownlanguage.Manydonotmind.Theyseethisaspartofthe........................................精品资料unavoidabletrendtowardsworldwideuniformityandameanswh

5、erebyagrowingnumberofpeoplecancommunicatedirectlywitheachother.Fromthispointofview,thespreadofEnglishmaybeseenasapositivedevelopmentwhichsavesresourcesandmakesculturalexchangeeasier.Afterall,itmightbesaid,theadvanceofEnglishisnotaimedatkillingofflocallanguagesbutiss

6、implyameansofreachingawideraudience.Perhaps.Butacceptingthatasthelastwordignoresthedeep-rootedtiesbetweenindividualfreedomandpoliticalpower,betweenthelinguistic,socialandeconomicmechanismswhichineverysocietyunderpinrelationsbetweenpeopleandgroupsandbetweencultureand

7、communities.Apersonmakesamarkthroughhisorherabilitytousethemostusefullanguageorlanguages.Andoverseveralgenerations,themostusefullanguageeliminatestheothers.........................................精品资料Culturalimperialismismuchmoresubtlethaneconomicimperialism,whichis

8、itselflesstangibleandvisiblethanpoliticalandmilitaryimperialism,whoseexcessesareobviousandeasytodenounce.Itwouldbewrongtosaythattheworlddo