“持續”讀特朗普推特,真能提升英語自信?在翻吧裏,曾經有一篇文章分析特朗普的語言風格,撰文,認爲特朗普雖然在講話裏用的都是四五年級的“學生詞彙”,可是他的一些表達,確實讓人感覺並不像一個大企業總裁應有的素質。
其實特朗普的“大嘴”功力不一般。他的語言自帶魔性,聽上去笨拙可笑,美國媒體甚至發明了Trumpspeak、Trumpese來描述特朗普這種讓人無法抗拒的語言風格。
在英語世界裏,特朗普說的話,美國人還是聽個基本明白。可是,對于非英語國家的人來說,要明白特朗普的話,那可就很費一番功夫了。有很多外國人在聽完特朗普的演講之後,紛紛到Twitter上吐槽——不是對特朗普的“奇談妙論”發表意見,而是說根本聽不太懂同傳譯者翻譯之後是什麽意思!
事實上,從2016年大選的時候,大家都領教過他“小學生一般的英語水平”,有網友甚至還開玩笑“聽他說話,誤以爲自己的聽力水平一夜之間突飛猛進!”批中國,批穆斯林,質疑奧巴馬出生僞證,活生生把大選變成了一場鬧劇:
I think that we should definitely disallow any Muslims from coming in. (批穆斯林)
I always said I wanted to know if it was real. There is certainly a chance that he was not born in this country. Now if he was not born in this country, that means he can’t be president.(質疑奧巴馬出生證僞造)
好吧,說了這麽多,爲了照顧更多沒看到的吃瓜觀衆,我們就來簡單介紹一下所謂的“川普式”英語:
“川普式”英語有個最大的特點就是簡單。簡單到什麽地步呢?下面是個圖解例子,請自行感受:
當然,我們的川大叔更青睐的還是後面的表達方式呢。備考四級的筒子們可以來找一找丟了一地的…….即使是這樣,川大叔還是一臉傲嬌的說起他的自創式英語:
我就是我,顔色不一樣的煙火。
更需要說的是!!!媒體還專門總結了特朗普最愛用的單詞清單,快來看看,你們都認識幾個?
小編表示,這種特別容易聽懂的川普英語簡直就是你英語入門磚啊…..廢話不多說了,下面我們來系統的學習一下大叔的“川普式”英語:
前面我們也已經提到了簡單這個特點,除了兩張圖解,下面這些例子會讓你更深入的了解所謂的說簡單話(Keep it simple)是何種感念?
We must be smart!
我們應該放聰明點!
I’m really rich.
我真的很有錢。
Politicians are all talk, no action.
政客就知道耍嘴皮子,從來不行動。
你以爲就這樣了?美國有個用來界定文章難度的Flesch-Kincaid測試。經測試,特朗普的語言竟然跟四年級小孩差不多…….
哈哈哈哈哈,小編也忍不住變的魔性起來了……….
再舉個例子:
We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets.我們將戰鬥在海灘上,我們將戰鬥在敵人登陸的地方,我們將戰鬥在田野和街道上。
這是英國前首相丘吉爾說的一句話,不得不說,這段排比使用簡直棒棒哒!有沒有?然而,你再來看看川大叔的版本,是不是畫風突變?
We’re going to do a wall; we’re going to have a big, fat beautiful door on the wall; we’re going to have people come in, but they’re going to come in legally.
小學生的詞彙+重複的句式,是不是非常可愛?沒錯,喜歡不斷重複重複重複說……..
下面,在說說川大叔喜歡用“very”- very very這件事,可以說是十分頻繁的使用使用這類加強語氣的詞……
比如:
You have to be very vigilant as to who you have and where you’re coming from. The assimilation is very, very difficult.
你有哪些人、你從哪來,這些你必須十分警惕,因爲把他們吸收進來非常非常難。
We will do very, very well, very, very well.
我們會做得非常非常好,非常非常好。
比如,使用最高級:
Hillary Clinton was the worst secretary of state in the history of the United States.
希拉裏是美國史上最差的國務卿。
總之,諸如此類。
最後,要說的是“川普式”英語的愛跑題和喜歡用修辭法。大家一定不知道川大叔喜歡在闡述自己觀點的時候插入一些無關緊要的話,或者跟你唠唠家常啥的:
You know, one of the things with the, with our Japanese relationship, and I’m a big fan of Japan, by the way, I have many, many friends there. I do business with Japan. But, that, if we are attacked, they don’t have to do anything.
你知道,關于對日關系我想說的一點就是——順便說下,我有很多很多朋友在那,我跟日本人做生意——但是,如果我們被襲擊了,日本不需要做什麽。
還有就是,川普叔有個修辭手法,英語中叫做punch line,意思是說一個笑話或某段文本末尾的妙語、警句、點題的話。
比如,一句話明明應該這麽說:You can’t solve a problem until you find out what the root cause is.爲了讓重點的root cause出現在最後,他改成了:You can’t solve a problem until you find out what’s the root cause.
如果你有一點英語基礎,瞬間能提升英語level的利器就是詞彙(vocabulary)了。複雜的句式先別亂用,幾個高大上一點的詞彙就能裝B成功~先定一個小目標,超越川普詞彙量,你可以做到~畢竟人家詞彙量在最近十五任美國總統中創了新低,小學四年級水平。
首先把學過的very +最常用字的組合忘掉,用高級一點的詞彙代替,很多大家都知道但是就是不常用,要養成習慣多用。
比川式英語高級的61個詞
very rude– vulgar
very short– brief
very boring– dull; monotonous
very cold– freezing
very hot– scorching
very slow– sluggish
very fast– rapid
very tired– exhausted
very poor– impoverished
very rich– wealthy
very happy– delighted
very dirty– filthy
very clean– spotless
very expensive- pricy, costly
very simple– straight forward
very fat– obese
very wet– soaked
very famous– distinguished
very angry– furious
very big– massive
very giant- gigantic
very beautiful- gorgeous
very neat– immaculate
very creative– innovative
very good– marvelous; superb; fantanstic; awesome; fabulous; incredible; terrific; excellent (這幾個詞女兒幼兒園讀物裏總結的很全面了,輪著用即可)
very delicious/tasty/yummy– scrumptious (也是幼兒園讀物裏的詞)
very funny– hilarious
very bad– awful
very smart– intelligent
very sad– sorrowful
very upset– distraught
very bright– luminous
very busy– swamped
very careful– cautious
very clear– obvious
very colorful– vibrant
very confused– perplexed
very mean– cruel
very messy– slovenly
very nice– kind
very often– frequently
very old–ancient
very open– transparent
very exciting– exhilarating (exhilarated adj.)
very weak– frail
very hungry– starving
very lazy– indolent
very long– extensive
very loose– slack
very skinny– skeleta
very smooth– sleek (形容我們大祖國高鐵完美, 也可以形容下圖這種)
very soft– downy (eg. downy fur)
very sure– certain
very angry– furious
very crowded– bustling
very ugly– hideous
very easy– effortless
very sweet– thoughtful
very cute– adorable
very bad– ferocious
very important– crucial, critical
P.S. 代替詞彙僅列出了最常見意思,更多含義請查字典,有細微差別的地方不一一贅述了,自己體會。語言首要是交流工具,先讓人聽懂你再開始修飾,別弄巧成拙,發音後面也會講,想看請點贊~
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