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  3. My summr hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2 go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3: -@kids FTF, ILNY, its gr8. Can you understand this se

My summr hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2 go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3: -@kids FTF, ILNY, its gr8. Can you understand this se

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问题     My summr hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2 go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3: -@kids FTF, ILNY, its gr8.
    Can you understand this sentence? If you can’t, don’t feel too bad: neither could the middle school teacher in Scotland who received this as homework from one of her students. This is Netspeak: the language of computerized communication found in Internet chat rooms, instant messages (IM), and text messages on mobile phones. Netspeak in a collection of abbreviations (cuz = because) , acronyms (BRB =Be Right Back ) , and symbols (CU B4 clss = see you before class ). To newcomers (newbies in Netspeak) , it can look like a completely foreign language. So, what is the ‘translation’ of the sentence above? My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend, and their three screaming kids face to face, I love New York; it’s great.
    Language purists, school teachers, and parents everywhere say this new form of writing, with its disregard for proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar, threatens to destroy the English language. It is blamed for a perceived increase in spelling and grammatical errors in students’ writing in school work. School boards, teachers, and parent groups call for zero tolerance of Netspeak, for fear that the writing of the new generation might become completely incomprehensible and the language itself could become corrupted.

    Everyone should just relax, say linguists and language scholars. While there certainly is a need to ensure students learn the standard rules of writing, the phenomenon of Netspeak and writing on the Internet, they claim, is actually doing more good than harm.
    David Crystal, a language historian at the University of Wales in the UK, argues that Netspeak and the Internet are developing new forms of creative language use that provide a strong motivation for literacy (读写能力). Crystal points out that through personal home pages and blogs, the almost lost art of diary keeping has been revived. Stanford University linguist Geoffrey Nunberg agrees. ’ People get better at writing by writing,’ he claims, and online chatting and instant messages are getting young people to write more than ever before. ’ I think you could argue that the kids who are now doing text messaging, email, and instant messages will end up writing at least as well as, and possibly better than, their parents or than any generation in history.’
    Linguists further argue that electronic messages should be considered a new medium of communication and not judged on the standard rules of writing. This new medium has features of both spoken and written English, but has more in common with speaking than traditional writing due to its nearly instantaneous, interactive nature. Like spoken language, it is considerably shorter, utilizes a more limited range of vocabulary, and is more relaxed in grammar rules.

    Linguist James Milroy notes that people have been complaining about the supposed decline in English for centuries. Every generation, without exception, has believed that young people are destroying the language. And you can bet your bottom dollar that when today’s teenagers become tomorrow’s parents, they too will accuse their children of ruining the language. Milroy argues that there is no evidence that young people have any deficiency in their language in comparison with previous generations. From a linguist’s point of view, languages do not and cannot become ’ corrupted’; they simply change to the needs of each new generation.
    However, Netspeak enthusiasts do acknowledge the importance of teaching young people how to speak and write proper English. ’ Children have to be taught about their language,’ Crystal said. ’ They have to learn about the importance of Standard English as a medium of educated communication.’ Cynthia McVey, psychology lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University, agrees. ’ I can understand the frustration of teachers and I think it’s important that they get across to their pupils that text messaging is for fun, but that learning to write proper English is vital for their career or future study.’
Perhaps we should give teenagers a little more credit anyway. Erim, aged 12, has become fluent in Netspeak in just two months, but knows it is not appropriate to use it in school. ’ I wouldn’t use text language in my homework. Texting is for fun, not for school, and I think you would have to be a bit silly to get them mixed up.’
    Many educators and parents are concerned that the younger generation is corrupting.
    English through Netspeak, the language young people use to【A1】________on the Internet and through text messages on their mobile phones. Language experts, however,claim that Netspeak isn’t【A2】________, but actually helping the language. For one thing, it develops new forms of creative language that provide【A3】________for literacy, and secondly it encourages more writing. Experts claim that all generations believe their language is being【A4】________by new generations. In reality, languages do not become ‘bad’, but only changed. Linguists do say, however, that【A5】________should be taught in schools, and that students should know when and when not to use Netspeak.
【A4】
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答案corrupted／destroyed／ruined
解析 文章第七段第二句提到“无一例外，每一代人都认为年轻人正在摧毁语言。”也就是说几乎每一代人都相信他们的语言正在被新一代破坏。空缺处填入与“破坏／摧毁”语义相关的动词皆可，并且需要使用过去分词形式表示被动含义。因此，应填入corrupted／destroyed／ruined。
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