2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解寒假选练(5)(III)
2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解寒假选练(5)(III)【由山东省xx高考仿真冲刺卷(6)改编】阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。“Long time
2 0 1 9 - 2 0 2 0 年 高 考 英 语 二 轮 复 习 阅 读 理 解 寒 假 选 练 ( 5 ) ( I I I ) xx 【 由 山 东 省 高 考 仿 真 冲 刺 卷 ( 6 ) 】 改 编 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。 “Longtimenosee”isaveryinterestingsentence.WhenIfirstreadthissentencefrom anAmericanfriend’semail,Ilaughed.IthoughtitwasaperfectexampleofChinglish. Obviously,itisaword-by-wordliteraltranslationoftheChinesegreetingswitharuled Englishgrammarandstructure!Lateron,myfriendtoldmethatitisastandardAmerican greeting.Iwastoothrilledtobelieveher.Herwordscouldnotconvincemeatall.SoIdida researchongoogle..Tomysurprise,thereareover60thousandwebpagescontaining “Longtimenosee.”Thissentencehasbeenwidelyusedinemails,letters,newspapers, movies,books,oranyotherpossibleplaces.Thoughitissortofinformal,itispartofthe languagethatAmericansusedaily.Ironically,ifyoutypethisphraseinMicrosoftWord,the softwarewilltellyouthatthegrammarneedstobecorrected. NobodyknowstheoriginofthisChinglishsentence.Somepeoplebelievethatitcame fromCharlieChan’smovies.Inthe1930s,Hollywoodmoviemakerssuccessfullycreateda worldwidefamousChinesedetectivenamed“CharlieChan”onwidescreens.DetectiveChan likestoteachAmericanssomeChinesewisdombyquotingConfucius.“Longtimenosee” washistrademark.SoonafterCharlieChan,“Longtimenosee”becameapopularphrase intherealworldwiththankstothepopularityofthesemovies. SomescholarsrefertoAmericaasahugepotofstew.Allkindsofculturearemixedin thestewtogether,andtheychangethecolorandtasteofeachother.AmericanChinese, thoughaminorityethnic(少数民族的成员)groupintheUnitedStates,isalsocontributing somechangestothestew!Languageisusuallythefirstthingtobeinfluencedinthemixed stew. YoucanhavesomeotherexamplesthanadoptionsfromChinese,suchaspizzafrom Italian,susifromJapanese,anddéjàvufromFrenchetc.Thereisalonglist!Americans donotjustsimplyborrowsomethingfromothers.Theywillmodifyitandmakeittheirown, soyouwouldnotbesurprisedtofindatofuandpeanutbutterhamburgerinarestaurant,or tobuyabottleoficedChinesegreenteawithhoneyinagrocerystore.SinceAmericans

