时间:2019-02-04 作者:英语课 分类:阅读空间


英语课

   在很多地方,经常可以看到有关Chinglish(中式英语)的文章,但一般都是中国人写的。不过我看到一篇长文,也是有关Chinglish的,但却是美国人写的,很有意思。这篇长文的标题是Chinglish 2 English(从中式英语到标准英语),作者是浙江大学的美国外教Chuck Allanson,内容则是Chuck在中国五年任教期间所听到、所看到的各种Chinglish说法。


  比如Chuck第一次来中国,下飞机后,负责接待他的东北某大学英语系陈老师说:您刚到,我们吃点饭吧。我们要点Chinese dumpling(饺子)和Chinese beancurd(豆腐),您看可以吗?Chuck以前从未听说过这两种东西,但出于好奇,就说可以,结果饭菜端上来一看,原来就是ravioli(饺子,来自意大利语)和tofu(豆腐,来自日语)。Chuck当时心里暗想,这两种东西,国际上早已经有通用的说法(ravioli和tofu),他们中国人为什么还要用那种生僻的说法呢?以后Chuck跟陈先生混熟了,就问他,当初你为什么不说ravioli和tofu呢?陈先生听了大吃一惊,连忙解释说,我真的不知道这两个词,而且我们的《英汉词典》上也没有这两个词。
  于是Chuck开始意识到,中国的英语教师、英语课本、甚至英语词典肯定存在问题,否则不可能发生这种事情。在中国五年的任教期间,Chuck收集了大量的Chinglish说法,从中挑选出一组最常见的,编写了上面提到的那篇长文。下面就是这些Chinglish说法,其中每行第一部分是汉语说法,第二部分是Chinglish说法,第三部分则是英语的标准说法。
  ① 欢迎你到... ② welcome you to ... ③ welcome to ...
  ① 永远记住你 ② remember you forever ③ always remember you(没有人能活到forever)
  ① 祝你有个... ② wish you have a ... ③ I wish you a ...
  ① 给你 ② give you ③ here you are
  ① 很喜欢... ② very like ... ③ like ... very much
  ① 黄头发 ② yellow hair ③ blond/blonde(西方人没有yellow hair的说法)
  ① 厕所 ② WC ③ men's room/women's room/restroom
  ① 真遗憾 ② it's a pity ③ that's too bad/it's a shame(it's a pity说法太老)
  ① 裤子 ② trousers ③ pants/slacks/jeans
  ① 修理 ② mend ③ fix/repair
  ① 入口 ② way in ③ entrance
  ① 出口 ② way out ③ exit(way out在口语中是crazy的意思)
  ① 勤奋 ② diligent ③ hardworking/studious/conscientious
  ① 应该 ② should ③ must/shall

标签: 中式英语
学英语单词
.frx
air-water system
akbank
anti-scour wall
aquatic science
backscattering spectrometry (BS)
Bartolommeo, Fra
beach music
beats the hell out of me
block Gauss-Seidel method
blot out something
breakfast times
business benefits
cargocultist
CD duplicator
Ceroxylon andicola
chaincoccous
change in design clause
chirita primuloides ohwi
circumscribing sphere
color stabilizer
colorfulness of a perceived color
colwyd
consistency restriction
continuous acting controller
cosmic teapot
cutinize
direnfeld
diverse linkage group
drawing card
dumplings in orange sauce
electronic computer and stored program automatic drafter
embossing stylus
Esicon
exsudation cyst
extending structure
extraction steam for factories
feeder height
finite-amplitude instability
flatlines
flocculating chamber
fluxing lime
forest-land tax
gage tolerance
general purpose trunk
glacks
grid-cathode circuit
hepatogastric
hydromatic
income differences
inner toe
intercolonially
ixometer
Jugiong
lecanopagus
lie on ... back
Llanrhystud
Lorenzo
maximum diameter of enlarged bore
mesodermal mesenchyme
microchromatoplate
migratory behaviour
mood lighting
multi-handicapped
multiturn coil
mydatoxin
over-relaxation factor
pass dividend
pc-relative addressing
photolectric recorde
pinzn
political vacuum
preliminary refining
problem of representation
pseudocyclic photophosphorylation
quiescent value
recoilers
reflecting hologram
renal arterial thrombosis
rentfrow
restrictive trade practices act 1956
retaining current
retrospectivity
reversing propeller
sdmi
seeding location
sibling-in-law
siltings
solifuge
spheric balance spring
stywarde
system for coordination of peripheral equipment
tender the olive branch
the type
to speak the truth
transistor switch
treatance
uncometary
underfellow
virna
wood stain
zinc can