abstract是什么意思英语短文-英语短文：英国人的英语最难懂

2021年1月12日发(作者：陆铭)
英语短文

英语短文：英国人的英语最难懂




If native speakers of English are not to become
international corporate pariahs, they will need to learn how
to speak global English – in other words, to communicate with
non-native speakers.
如果英语母语人士不想被国际商业界所遗弃 ，他们需要去
学习如何讲通用英语——换言之，就是和非母语人士沟通。
Resentment at the complexity of native speakers’
English is widespread in international business. During a
study carried out at Kone Elevators of Finland, one Finnish
manager blurted out: “The British are the worst . . . It is
much more difficult to understand their English than that of
other nationalities. When we non-native speakers of English
talk, it is much easier to understand. We have the same limited
vocabulary.”
在国际商界，针对母语人士英语复杂性的不 满普遍存在。
在芬兰通力电梯进行的一项调查中，一位芬兰经理人脱口而出：“英
国人最差劲了 ……他们讲的英语是所有国家中最难懂的。而我们这些
非英语母语人士所说的话，要容易理解得多。我们 都拥有同样有限的
词汇量。”
How can native speakers of English make themselves
more comprehensible and more likeable? The most obvious way
is to learn someone else’s language. The great benefit of
learning other languages is that you have some idea of what
non-native speakers are up against. However, news this week
that fewer than half of English schoolchildren are learning
a foreign language suggests that this is not going to be a
profitable route for many.
英语母语人士怎样才能使自己更容易为人理解和喜爱呢？
最明显的方法，就是学习其他人的语言。学习其 它语言的一大好处就
是你可以对其它非母语人士的问题有所了解。然而，有消息称，只有
不到半 数的英国学童在学习一门外语，说明对很多人来说，以上建议
并不是好方法。
So what should native English-speakers do to make
themselves better understood? First, slow down, but not to the
point where members of your audience think you are patronising
them. Second, avoid idiomatic and metaphorical expressions:
that’s the way the cookie crumbles, people in glass houses,