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
Abyad
aggregate model of the economy
Al 'Uzayr
all work,all-work
alternate history
anodize, anodising
atomic polarity
besmircher
binary point
bow screw
branch ledger
bubbles
check this out
christia
complementary non-return-to-zero change on one
constant speed shaft
cop-shop
couples-only
culture and education expenses
deficit covering financing
degreaser
disconcertion
double-bevel butt weld K
dual federalism
ebb out
edgetone amplifier
eilats
electric discharge laser
electromagnetic ship
electron shielding
epilogisms
event response
exterior-strengthening and sweat-reducing prescription
face grinding wheel
flash vaporization
gatemixer
Genemī
gerontophiles
haircast
half-size card
highest intercostal vein
horizontal arch element
horn bowsprit
hydraulic power line
identical twelvemonth period
in the use of
interrogator-responsor
involucrums
Jazi
jdas
jet-hop
Jianyang
let sb in on a secret
limiter electrode
logic driver
Lower Permian
maso
mean sea-level
Mebryl
Medemblik
misconversions
mounted cylinder
outstand
overdyes
Paint L.
parent gelatin
phanelle
Phenethylhydrazine
pinp
posterior scrotal branches
postexed
prefinalist
pseudoelastin
repressilators
reworked tuff
ring castelia
roadway bucket
run an enterprise
sangui-
scheduling software
self-lubrication
slew-rope
slow-thinking
snorkel head valve
snow guns
soap-operas
spinning fluid
stationary bubble
storage access time
strutted one's stuff
system diagonostics
thiooxidant
treacle sleep
unbeseeming
unitisation
variola vaccinia
vizcayas
Warren's test
well and good
westby
World Food bank
wrec