英语听力小短文-正式语言和非正式语言

英语听力小短文

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正式语言和非正式语言

You probable have noticed that people express similar ideas

in different ways depending on the situation they are in.

This is very natural. All languages have two general levels

of usage

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a fomal level and an informal level. English is

no exception. The diffenrence in these two levels is the

situation in which you use a particular level.

你或许注意到人们会用不同的方式表达类似的观点，这取决于他们所

处的环境。这种 现象很自然。所有语言都有两个普遍的使用层次——

正式层面和非正式层面。英语也不例 外。两个层次的区别在于你使用

语言的语境。

Formal language is the kind of language you find in

textbooks, reference books and in business letters. You would

also use formal English in compositions and essays that you

write in school. Informal language is used in conversation

with colleagues, family members and friends, and when we

write personal notes of letters to close friends.

正式语言是在课本、参考书和商业信函中出现的语言。你也会 在学校

布置的作文的论文中使用正式语言。非正式语言是在与同事、家人和

朋友交流时使用的，以及我们在写个人笔记或给好朋友写信时也会用

到。

Formal language is different from informal language in

several ways. First, formal language tends to be more polite.

What we may find interesting is that it usually takes more

words to be polite. For example, I might say to a friend or a

family member

probably would say,