高级英语- Pub Talk and the King的简要介绍

如有侵权，请联系网站删除，仅供学习与交流【精品文档】第PAGE3页高级英语-PubTalkandtheKing的简要介绍TheSummaryofPubTalkandtheKing’sEnglishThearticledescribestheconversationisthemostsociableofallhumanactivitiesanditisanactivityonlyofhumans.Thecharmofconversationisthatitdoesn’treallystartfromanywhere,andnoonehasanyideawhereitwillgo.Conversationisnotformakingapoint.Thereisnowinninginconversation.Barconversationhasitsspecialcharm.Barfriendsarenotdeeplyinvolvedineachother’slives,buttheycanhaveanykindsofconversationfreely.Onenightinthebar,whentheauthorandhiscompanionshaveaconversationdesultorilyhereandthere,oneofthemsaysthattheKing’sEnglishislaiddownasEnglishisatermofcriticism,whichbecomesafocusbetweenthemandbecomesafocalsubject.Therewouldberesistanceinthelowerclassestoanyattemptbyanupperclasstolaydownrulesfor“Englishasitshouldbespoken.”TherearelanguagebarriersbetweentheSaxonchurlsandtheirNormanconquerorsandthereisadeepclassriftinthecultureofEnglandaftertheNormanConquest.BybuildingtheirFrenchagainsttheSaxonpeasants’ownlanguage,thenewrulingclasshasbuiltaculturalbarrieragainsthim.King’sEnglishcomesintouseinthe16thcentury,andafterfivecenturiesofgrowth,oftusslingwiththeFrenchandabsorbingit,EnglishhascomeintotheirownandbecomeauniversallanguageinEngland.Wordsarenotthemselvesareality,butonlyrepresentationsofit,andtheKing’sEnglishisaclassrepresentationofreality.TheKing’sEnglishisamodel,butitshouldn’tbeanultimatum.Infact,eventhemosteducatedandliteratepeopledonotuseStandardEnglishallthetimeintheirconversation.Thebotheraboutteachingchimpanzeeshowtotalkisthattheywillprobablytrytotalksenseandsoruinconversion.