unit五S-dictation.pptx

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Having listened to both Chinese and English,Im suspicious of comparisons between the two languages,as I notice the,1.,r,_,challenges they each present.English speakers say Chinese is extremely difficult because different words can be,2.,d,_,by very subtle variations in tone.English is often,3.,b,_,with the label of,4.,i,_,a language of too many broken rules.,Even more dangerous,in my view,is the temptation to view the,5.,g,_,between different languages and behavior in translation.To listen to my mother speak English,an outside,6.,s,_,might make the,7.,d,_,that she has no concept of the,8.,t,_,differences of past and future or that she is gender blind because she refers to my husband as she.If one were not careful,one might also generalize that all Chinese people take an indirect route to get to the point.It is,rather,my mothers individual tendency to,9.,o,_,her language and wander around a bit.,I worry that the dominant society may see Chinese people from a limited perspective,10.,h,_,us in with the stereotype.I worry that the seemingly innocent stereotype may lead to actual,11.,i,_,and be part of the reason why there are few Chinese in top management positions,or in the main,12.,j,_,or political sectors.I worry about the power of language:If one says anything enough times,it might become true,with or without,13.,m,_,intent.,Could this be why the Chinese friends of my parents generation are willing to accept the generalization?,Why are you complaining?one of them said to me.If people think we are modest and polite,let them think that.Wouldnt Americans appreciate such an,14.,h,_,description?,And I do believe that anyone would take the description as a compliment at first.But after a while,it annoys,as if the only things that people heard one say were what had been filtered through the,15.,s,_,of social,16.,n,_,:Im so pleased to meet you.Ive heard many wonderful things about you.,These remarks are not representative of new ideas,honest emotions,or considered thought.Like a piece of bread,they are only the,17.,c,_,of the interaction,or what is said from the polite distance of social contexts:greetings,farewells,convenient excuses,and the like.This generalization,therefore,is not a true,18.,c,_,of Chinese culture but only a stereotype of our,19.,e,_,behavior.,So how does one say yes and no in Chinese?my friends may ask carefully.,At this,20.,j,_,I do agree in part with The New York Times Magazine article.There is no one word for yes or no,but not out of necessity to be discreet.If anything,I would say the Chinese equivalent of answering yes or no is specific to what is asked.,1.r,eciprocal,2.denoted,3.bracketed,4.inconsistency,5.gulf,6.spectator,7.deduction,8.temporal,9.ornament,10.hedge,11.intolerance,12.judiciary,13.malicious,14.honorary,15.sieve,16.niceties,17.crust,posite,19.exterior,20.junction,