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
-stigmine
a. noam chomskies
acerina
adjacent group dependent code
adjust and control
anchor order
Aonia
asperly
assclowns
Awngi
batch fractionating
Bermann's rule
biparted hyperboloid
Buddha-nature
caesiumantimony
calm type
calssified ad
cascom
CD MO
chassriau
choice of technique
chronicle.com
ciliation
civ
completism
crescent ajustable wrench
crushpad
deminiaturize
deputy county head
diameter of impression
doctorize
double roll press
draconian revenue measure
dum casta
Duty comes before pleasure.
El Nancito
equilibrium parity zone
etc. attached to
fakelore
family Tenebrionidae
fluorapatite
flush right
French embossing
FS (frequency standard)
genus thevetias
gneissic quartzite
Go down like a cup of cold sick
government economic regulation
hard pavement
hi-lite
hydrostatic force meter
hypochordal longmuscle
image-making
incubation medium recovery
kagak
Lamorinda
leetles
limit of operation
lock-hopper system
mamma accessoriae
measuring and folding machine
metopic point
middlewoman
nazarenus
non-directiveness
nonbooks
obstacle-free zone
overwrite modulation
padding of oscillator
pass out cold
pier head
pigmented paravenous choriore-tinal atrophy
Proto-Altaic
proving grounds
Quatrefages'angle
ratio of runoff
re-expressions
replaceable tool insert
resolve motion-rate control
rufous-tailed hawk
scalloped potatoes
secondary output voltage
semicircular niche
set people at loggerheads
skeet skirt
slide scale
sports competition
stone drier
subclass Branchiopoda
the chance
three-inch
to think alike
tricephalic
tube amplifier
Umzinto
unplundered
volcanic geothermal region
volitional movement
winkles out
working an angle
yoke assembly
zone collection