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
absolute value of a complex number
aliovalent
alligator clip
almandine (almandite)
alpha plateau
amaralin
anthropophagical
arrissing tool
at daytime
balace
barmitzvah
begs
bipubiotomy
Carinish
Caserta, Prov.di
centre of mass coordinates
circle phasor diagram
circulation of vector
cleaning between the rolls
Constitutional Union Party
customer's guarantee liability
ditches
equal marginal sacrifice
focal plane scanning device
Fort Thomas
frenulum labiorum pudendi
fuel assembly failure detection
future-generation missile
get clear of
glycogenes
green signal repeater relay
grounded cathode amplifier
guangxiense
gyrorudder
hand dyeing
heareth
hemiscotosis
IMOO
inerubescent
instrument-panel light
IPPA
iracundity
isobaric energy transport
John Bartlett
kwans
lager
large tortoiseshells
lie face downwards
long-term projection
main circuit breaker
mechanical strain gage
method of river diversion
microdisk
mitral commissurotome
multiple periodic
multiple retort (underfeed) stoker
nonlinear least squares (nls) estimation
Norwegianise
not all beer and skittles
off-line trusted third party
optical transport hierarchy
pairt
passive fabric element
PCI (peripheral command indicator)
peaceful
phosphonate
piercefield
plasma bottle
polishing file
polsfoot
premedia
quickbeam
rational vane hydraulic motor
required procedure
revolving credit technique
Rodiuran
Sancy diamond
scotales
series-opposing connection
shackfork
single fiber
sleepy cod
small austere airfield
surreption
syndicated loan market
tag wire
takes notice
telephone test
the hatches, catches matches and despatches
theologise
thigmesthesia
thrawns
tillering ability
torchmaking
upraught
USE-NET
vanity publisher
velar sound
wandoand
wicht
worth
zooxanthellates