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1、失传的英语词汇重出江湖 原文 Terms of endearmentin the English language like“darling”and“my dove”have been usedfor hundreds of years, but others fell out of favor.Now you can find out more about lots of phrasesov er the past thousand yearsin a vastdatabaseofEnglish words and phrasesthatsjust beenpublishe d online
2、. Doctor Mark Alexander is seniorlecturer of English at Glasgow University.Valory San derson askedhim for more examples of phrasesor words that have now becomeobsolete. So why doesthe language changedramatically over the years? So about 70% of English is borrowed. We just borrow a better word or a d
3、ifferent word forvariet y. So words like“belly”try to get replaced by the Latin“abdomen”.Justbecausepeoplelike sho w off. They like variation in their life. Or sometimes becausethe middle-classesadopt a term w hich distinguishes them from the working classesand so on. For along time, the animal shee
4、pand the meat that you got from a sheep was“sheep”.Andthen after the French came over in Norman Conquest, you then hadwords like“mutton”appearing which is the French for“sheep”.And“mutt ons”apply to the meat. Youcan seehow society haschanged very quickly just by looking at word s, for example“foreig
5、n people”.And you can seesome very offensive terms and beenreplaced in lateryears with much nicer terms. Samefor woman. A lot of the terms for woman in the historyof English are quite offensive. Doctor Mark Alexander. Google saysit was drawing its Internet-connected glasses, the so-called Google gla
6、sses.The comp any will stop taking orders for the product from next week, but insists itscommitted to developin g future versions of the glasses. Our technology correspondentRory Cathleen-Jonesreports. When Google glass first went on saletwo years agoto a selectgroup of softwaredevelopers, it wa s h
7、eld as a futuristic product which could changethe way we live. Thesmart glassesallowed user s to receive information from the Internet in a small screenedperchedabove their right eye. It coul d also take photos andvideos, and give directions. Butafter the initial enthusiasm, doubts began t o grow. T
8、here was concern about theprivacy implications of the device. And it was bannedfrom some restaurantsand cinemas.Some usersfelt it made them look strange and stoppedwearing it in public. Now Google hasannouncedthat it will endthe experimental program and stop making gl assin its presentform. The comp
9、any insists that its smart glassesteamwill continue its work with the aimof bringing out new versions at an unspecified datein the future. 2 页：词汇 1.obsoleteadj.废旧的，过时的 Versioning doesnot obsoletethe servicedevelopment life cycle, but it enables the lifecycle to pla y outover successivegenerations. 版
10、本治理并不会使服务开发生命周期过时，而会允许生命周期扩展到多个连续的代。 2.perch v.栖息 The birds like to fly and perch on rooftops, but none have flown away. 火鸡喜欢飞，喜欢在房顶栖息，但没有一只飞走。 3.futuristic adj. 未来主义的 These 20 futuristic hydrogen vehicle conceptdesigns aresome the coolest conceptdesigns that wed like to seerolling down the highway
11、soon. 这 20 种未来派的氢燃料概念车的设计是最酷的概念设计，不久之后，我们可能能看到 它们行驶在公路上。 4.offensive adj.冒犯的 Offensive is the bestdefence. 进攻是最好的防御。 5.endearment n.亲爱的表达 I usethe term know-it-all with endearmentbecausethe selections, revealed today, aregood. 我之所以钟爱 “ 万事通 ” 这种说法，是因为今天公布的阵容非比寻常。 第 3 页：语法 1.They like variation in the
12、ir life. Or sometimesbecause the middle-classesadopt a termwhic h distinguishesthem from the workingclassesand soon. distinguishefrom与.区别 Such forces are clearly distinguished from non-combatants by their uniforms and the factthat the y bear arms. 这种武装人员从他们的制服及携带武器可以清楚的区分出非参战人员。 Fee-only is to be di
13、stinguished from fee-based, which meansthat a financial plannermay be receiving commissions on someproducts in addition to what clients pay them. 区别于 “ 只收费 ” 的“ 托管费 ” 是指规划师除了客户付给他们的报酬还有可能收到来自于 所推销理财产品的回扣。 2.Terms of endearment in the English language like“darling”and“my dove”havebeenuse dfor hundred
14、sof years, but others fell out of favor. fall out of favour受冷落 Striker Craig Bellamy is already on his way out of the club after falling out of favour, whileManci nis decisionto back Hart to earnhis spurshas prompted yet more fall-out. 失宠的前锋贝拉米已经在离开俱乐部的路上了，然而曼奇尼力挺的乔哈特在首场比赛取 得的成功也会引起更多的是非。 He hasfall
15、en out of favour with his classmates. 他已经不再受同学们的欢迎了. 第 4 页：参考译文 英语里的昵称“darling” 和 “my dove” 等已经流传百年， 但有些词汇却备受冷落。如今， 大量的英语词汇和短语被发布在网上，从中你可以找到一千年以来更多的英语表达。马 克 亚历山大博士是格拉斯哥大学的高级英语讲师。瓦洛里 桑德森向他请教更多的英语 废词和短语。 多年来，为什么语言的变化如此之大？ 70%左右的英语词汇都是借过来的。为丰富英语词汇， 我们借来了更好的或不同的单词。 所以像 ”belly” 这样的单词就逐渐被拉丁语“abdomen” 替代了。
16、就是因为人们都爱卖弄， 喜欢生活中的多样性。或者因为中产阶级想使用一个不一样的词和工人阶级区分开来， 诸如此类。曾经有很长一段时间， 羊和羊肉都叫作 “sheep” ， 但法国诺曼征服之后， ”mutton” 一词出现了，它在法语中是“ 羊肉 ” 的意思，就这样，”mutton” 成了英语中 “ 羊肉” 。从词 汇就能看出社会的变化有多快，比方说“ 外国人 ” 这个词在以前的表达中极具攻击色彩， 后来被更加友善的表达替代。“ 女人” 也一样。历史上关于女人的英语表达也十分无礼。 马克 亚历山大博士。 谷歌称目前正在召回联网眼镜，即所谓的谷歌眼镜。从下周起，谷歌将停止接受谷歌眼 镜订单，但强调公司将致力于开发谷歌眼镜的未来版本。本台科技记者罗里 凯瑟林 琼 斯报道。 两年前谷歌眼镜上市时，首先发售给一些软件设计师，它的定位是可以改变人类生活方 式的未来主义产品。这款智能眼镜可以使用户通过右眼上方的小屏幕接收互联网信息， 也能拍摄照片或视频，还能指路。但最初的热情消退以后，质疑也就接踵而来。有人担 心该设备可能触及隐私，所以一些餐厅和电影院里都禁
