2013届高考英语二轮专题总复习精选综合能力专练:阅读理解12Iamawriter
Ispendagreatdealofmytimethinkingaboutthepoweroflanguage—thewayitcanevoke(唤起)anemotion,avisualimage,acomplexidea,orasimpletruth
Language_is_the_tool_of_my_trade
AndIusethemall—alltheEnglishesIgrewupwith
BornintoaChinesefamilythathadrecentlyarrivedinCalifornia,I’vebeengivingmorethoughttothekindofEnglishmymotherspeaks
Likeothers,Ihavedescribedittopeopleas“broken”English
ButIfeelembarrassedtosaythat
IthasalwaysbotheredmethatIcanthinkofnowaytodescribeitotherthan“broken”,asifitweredamagedandneededtobefixed,asifitlackedacertainwholeness
I’veheardothertermsused,“limitedEnglish”,forexample
Buttheyseemjustasbad,asifeverythingislimited,includingpeople’sperceptions(认识)ofthelimitedEnglishspeaker
Iknowthisforafact,becausewhenIwasgrowingup,mymother’s“limited”Engl