摘要
语言是思维和情感表达的工具,也是反映社会文化的镜子,包罗万象又细致人微。别看英语语法条条框框,真的把英语放到不同的语言文化环境中,她的适应力是很强的。因此,不仅有papertiger(“纸老虎”)这样的中国英语(ChinaEnglish),也有印度英语“Dotheneedful”,你猜“dotheneedful”是什么意思呢?
When I first worked in India in the early 1990s, in a multinational bank, I received a letter from the friend of a friend of a friend. It requested a job for his daughter andended with the phrase: "Please do the needful."
出处
《英语学习》
2014年第2期35-36,共2页
English Language Learning