(
课件网) Unit 2 Extended reading & project Check homework Phrases borrowed words This comes as no surprise. given that... Sb / Sth is not alone. be borrowed into ... come about tend to do ... in the native tongue in the current age of globbalization communications technology bring different cultures closer together the source language at a faster pace (be) related to technological developments be integrated into ... bilingual speakers almost unknowingly refer to Chinese martial arts be replaced with be in use Phrases an outcome of language development oppose adopting words from other cultures make interventions keep their native language pure defend their identity under this circumstance a matter of survival reject outside influences be pessimistic about hesitate about absorb foreign words into its daily vocabulary formal academic restrictions on... with new-found ease novel ideas a completely isolated language for better or for worse the tendency to do ... go out of style What do you know about ‘borrowed words’ Borrowed words are words from other languages that are used in their original form, or a slightly different form, in another language. 外来语 扑克(poker) 休克(shock) Tofu(豆腐) Kung fu(功夫) “The restaurant‘s fried tofu is delicious.” Is there anything special about this sentence Well, all the words except “the” and “is” are borrowed from other languages! This comes as no surprise, given that English has borrowed words from more than 300 different languages, including Latin, Greek, French and Chinese. However, English is not alone in borrowing words from other languages—borrowed words can be found in almost all languages. For example, English words that are borrowed into the Chinese language include “bacon”, “tank” and “golf”. Word borrowing comes about when two cultures with different languages interact. This tends to happen when there is no suitable word for an object or idea in the native tongue. This phenomenon has been occurring for thousands of years. In the current age of globalization, when communications technology brings different cultures closer together, words are even more likely to be borrowed straight from the source language at a faster pace than ever before, especially those related to technological developments, such as “email” and “Internet”. Though borrowing words has become faster, the process is still complex, and ittakes time before new words are integrated into everyday speech. At first, the borrowed word is only used by bilingual speakers. It then spreads to people who do not know the original language, and they will change the pronunciation to fit the way they speak, almost unknowingly. An example of this is the word “kung fu”, which refers to Chinese martial arts. This word comes from Chinese gongfu. Over time, the sounds that are difficult to pronounce have been replaced with more familiar ones. The longer a borrowed word has been in ... ...
