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英语专八改错部分真题及答案

英语专八改错部分真题及答案

So far as we can tell, all human languages are equally

complete and perfect as instruments of communication: that is,

every language appears to be as well equipped as any other to

say the things its speakers want to say. It may or may not be

appropriate to talk about primitive peoples or cultures, but that

is another matter. Certainly, not all groups of people are equally

competent in nuclear physics or psychology or the cultivation of

rice or the engraving of Benares brass. But this is not the fault of

their language. The Eskimos can speak about snow with a great

deal more precision and subtlety than we can in English, but this

is not because the Eskimo language (one of those sometimes

miscalled ’primitive’) is inherently more precise and subtle

than English. This example does not bring to light a defect in

English, a show of unexpected ’primitiveness’. The position is

simply and obviously that the Eskimos and the English live in

different environments. The English language would be just as

rich in terms for different kinds of snow, presumably, if the

environments in which English was habitually used made such

distinction important. Similarly, we have no reason to doubt that

the Eskimo language could be as precise and subtle on the

subject of motor manufacture or cricket if these topics formed

part of the Eskimos’ life. For obvious historical reasons,

Englishmen in the nineteenth century could not talk about

motorcars with the minute discrimination which is possible today:

cars were not a part of their culture. But they had a host of terms

for horse-drawn vehicles which send us, puzzled, to a historical

dictionary when we are reading Scott or Dickens. How many of

us could distinguish between a chaise, a landau, a victoria, a

brougham, a coupe, a gig, a diligence, a whisky, a calash, a tilbury,

a carriole, a phaeton, and a clarence ?

1 be后插入 as;

2 their改为its;

3 There改为It;

4 Whereas改为But;

5 further 改为much

6 come改为bring;

7 similar改为different;

8 will改为would;

9 as important去掉as;

10 the part去掉the