“记住你马上死去”篇一:硕士教材第三版课后习题翻译英语翻译Unit11
ForEnglishisakiller
ItisEnglishthathaskilledoffCumbric,Cornish,NornandManx
TherearestillpartsoftheseislandswheresizeablecommunitiesspeaklanguagesthatweretherebeforeEnglish
YetEnglishiseverywhereineverydayuseandunderstoodbyallorvirtuallyall,constitutingsuchathreattothethreeremainingCelticlanguages,Irish,ScottishGaelic,andWelsh
thattheirlong-termfuturemustbeconsidered
verygreatlyatrisk
由于英语是个杀手
正是英语造成了康瑞克、康尼施、诺恩、曼科斯等语言的消亡
在其中一部分岛上还有相当多的人使用在英语到来之前就已存在的语言
然而,英语在日常生活中无处不在
所有的人或几乎所有的人都明白英语
英语对现存的凯尔特语——爱尔兰语、苏格兰盖尔语及威尔士语的威胁是如此之大,它们的将来岌岌可危
Healsoassociatedsuchpolicieswithaprejudicewhichhecallslinguisticism(aconditionparalleltoracismandsexism)
AsPhillipsonseesit,leadinginstitutionsandindividualswithinthepredominantlywhiteEnglish-speakingworld,have(bydesignord