1 I think lawyers mistakenly believe complex language enhances the mystique of the law.
2 Not long ago, a foreign visitor whose English is extremely good told me of his embarrassment in a tea shop.
3 Meanwhile individual schools are moving on their own to redress the imbalance between teaching and research.
4We have created a faculty of scholars frequently so narrow in their studies and specialized in their scholarship they are simply incapable of teaching introductory courses.
5 Then the players find out the lottery is not particularly good bet and they find other forms of gambling.
6 The English language is in very good shape. It is changing in its own undiscoverable way, but it is not going rotten like a plum dropping off a tree.
7 There has always been a close cultural link, or tie between Britain and English-speaking America, not only in literature but also in the popular arts, especially music.
8 We must just make the best of things as they come along.
9 But once I made the decision, I went at it with all flags flying.
10Autumn’s mellow hand was upon the woods, as they owned already, touched with gold and red and olive.
解析:
1我认为律师们有一个错误的想法,即复杂的语言能增加法律的深奥性。
2不久前,一位英语极好的外国客人告诉我他在一家小吃店里的窘状。
3与此同时,各学校正采取步骤纠正教学与科研不平衡的状况。
4我们已经造就出一批学者,他们的研究范围常常如此之窄,学问如此之专门,以致他们简直无法胜任入门课程的教学。
5后来玩彩券的人发现买彩券并不是特别有利的赌博方式,于是就找到其他形式的赌博。
6英语目前的情况很好,它正按照它那不易为人发现的方式在起着变化,而不是像一只树上掉下的李子那样在逐渐腐烂。
7在英国和说英语的美国之间,不仅在文学方面,而且在流行艺术,特别是音乐方面,一直有着密切的接触和联系。
8当然,事情发生后,我们还得要尽力去补救.
9不过,我一旦做出决定,就大张旗鼓地去进行了。
10秋季的成熟的手已经在抚摸树木,它们顺从秋季的到来,染上了金黄、丹红和橄榄绿。
转载请注明出处。