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有奖『翻译练习』(第十八期)
大家好,『翻译练习』(第十八期)与大家见面了,感谢大家的参与,我们会对积极参与的朋友予以奖励。我们争取每周发布一期,希望大家共同探讨翻译的问题,让我们一起进步。
英语是世界上最美丽的语言之一,已是当今无可争辩的世界语言。学好,用好英语至关重要,可是落后的教育制度往往会拖累英语教育的发展,打击学习者的积极性。不信请看:)
不过,我们坚决反对抄袭,一经发现,轻则扣钱,重则扣威望。怕怕~~~~ :(
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What a noble medium the English language is. It is not possible to write a page without experiencing positive pleasure at the richness and variety, the flexibility and the profoundness of our mother-tongue. If an English writer cannot say what he has to say in English, and in simple English, it is probably not worth saying. What a pity that English is not more generally studied. I am not going to attack classical education. No one who has the slightest pretension to literary tastes can be insensible to its attraction. But I confess our present educational system excites in my mind grave misgivings, which I cannot believe is the best or even reasonable, a system that thrusts upon reluctant and uncomprehending multitudes treasures which can only be appreciated by the privileged and gifted few. To the vast majority of children who attend our public schools, classical education is from beginning to end long, useless and meaningless. If I am told that classical subjects are the best preparation for the study of English, I reply that by far this preparatory stage is incomplete and without deriving any of the benefits which are promised as its result. |
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