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THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE (U210)
英語的過去、現在與未來
"The treatment of issues related to gender and minorities is exemplary." Peter Trudgill, University of Lausanne - External assessor.
This series provides an exploration of the development of English and its current use as an international language spoken by 1,000 million people around the world. They deal with such question as:
How and why has the language changed over time? How do varieties of English differ around the world? On what are ideas about good and bad English founded, and how valid are they? What makes language use into art? How do we learn English? How can we make sense of debates about the teaching of grammar in schools? English has become a dominant language internationally. How is it used to inform, persuade and influence? Does English as an international language contribute to greater international integration or is it bound up with cultural and linguistic imperialism?
英語已成為一種國際語言。本系列探索英語的發展和介紹這超過十億人口使用的語言怎樣隨著時間變化不斷地演進。
1. AN A-Z OF ENGLISH (U210/01V)
英語面面觀
From 'accent' to 'zero' - a rapid tour of themes, ideas and issues that are bound up with the English language. People with a wide range of views on English, from countries as far apart as India, Jamaica, France, Singapore, the USA and Scotland, including linguists, poets and teachers are presented here to represent the diversity of English. This diversity includes the different forms that English takes - in writing as well as speech - varieties of English such as Scots and Creole, and the different settings in which English is used.
英語在世界各地有不同的使用方法。本節目探討人們對英語的不同態度和運用的習慣。原版英文發音。
24 mins.
English version
2. AN ENGLISH ACCENT (U210/02V)
英語標準口音
This programme is about accent - the British accent Received Pronunciation (RP). Although only spoken by a relatively small number of people, these people occupy powerful positions in English life and in the rest of the world. We look at the pronunciation features that characterize RP, at how people react to the RP accent and its speakers, and at how RP is changing.
採用標準英式英語的人數目很少，但為什麼英國迄今仍以一個人講英文的口音和腔調來做衡量社會地位的重要指標。原版英文發音。
24 mins.
English version
3. ENGLISH ONLY IN AMERICA? (U210/03V)
美國只需要英語嗎?
Should English be the official language of America? More and more Americans think it should be. The increasing number of US Spanish speakers, along with speakers of other languages are seen by some Americans to pose a threat to their way of life. If only English is used for everything official, some believe the country will stay united. In this programme campaigning groups from Washington present their case for English only, while in California the case is argued for bilingual rights. The programme also covers the use of English in the workplace.
越來越多的美國人相信只有英語用作唯一的官方語言，國家才可以維持統一。本片中還包含了在日常工作中英語的用法。原版英文發音。
24 mins.
English version
4. ANIMATED ENGLISH: THE CREATURE COMFORTS STORY (U210/04V)
生動的英語
This programme looks at a series of popular TV advertisements for electrical power, which feature animated models of animals and a script made up of edited comments in a British regional accent. We see how the advertisements were made, and follow the process of editing down the speech recordings. Issues such as forms of speech, cultural assumptions about regional accents and use of language in advertising are raised.
探討不同廣告中的語言形式。摻雜口音等文化背景以及廣告語言。原版英文發音。
24 mins.
English version
5. THE GOLDEN THREAD: ENGLISH AND OTHER LANGUAGES (U210/05V)
金色的線：英語和其他語言
Millions of people around the world learn English as their second or third language. We look at what it is like to grow up speaking English as a language in a community where more than one language is used. How do these people learn English? When do they choose to use English? What does it mean to them and how do they reflect on it as they grow older? What did earlier generations think? We meet a range of people including professional writers, children and their parents, from Singapore and Wales, both of which have bilingual populations.
世界上數以億計人口以學習英語為第二或第三語言。訪問採用雙語的國家，探討當地人如何能夠在一個多語言的社區裡學習英語。原版英文發音。
24 mins.
English version
6. AN ENGLISH EDUCATION (U210/06V)
英語教學?
English-medium education is popular throughout the world, but it is not without its critics. This programme follows three families in the south Indian city of Bangalore, who have chosen to send their children to three very different kinds of English-medium schools, and also talks to critics of this kind of schooling. Bangalore has grown very rapidly and now less than a third of the population are speakers of the state language - Kannada. There has been a powerful pro-Kannada language movement since the 1970s, with Government Orders stating that no new English-medium schools would receive approval. The number of British-medium schools has continued to grow however, with many feeling that an English-medium education is a sign of better education and, therefore, helps when looking for jobs.
以英語為教學語言在世界各地都很普及，但當中亦有批評的聲音。本節目介紹印度三個家庭把子女送往採用英語授課的學校。原版英文發音。
24 mins.
English version
7. NEWS STORIES (U210/07V)
新聞故事
This investigation into the use of verbal and visual communication in television news reporting highlights the difference between news in the newspapers and on TV. We join a group of BBC trainees as they learn to write scripts for TV news broadcasts. The BBC staff insist on the serious nature of news reporting and feel that they have a responsibility to their viewers to record and state as accurately as possible what is happening in the world. We next look at extracts from a BBC TV comedy, The Day Today, which is used by the BBC for training its TV journalists because it demonstrates all the ways of showing news that they are being taught to avoid.
探討報紙和電視新聞內容的撰寫的不同之處。介紹BBC如何訓練記者採用正確的書寫態度和方法。原版英文發音。
24 mins.
English version
8. ENGLISH, ENGLISH EVERYWHERE (U210/08V)
無處不在的英語
English is now the dominant language spoken by over a billion people and second language users now outnumber native speakers. All of this is having a profound effect on the language and how it is perceived around the world. This programme looks at the different contexts and countries in which the language dominates in education, pop music, advertising and the Internet. It explores the pros and cons of this dominance and the ways in which it is actually changing the language.
無論是教育、流行音樂、廣告又或是互聯網，英語的應用佔非常重要的地位。本節目探討這優勢對英語本身所帶來的好與壞或影響。原版英文發音。
24 mins.
English version
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