填空题
Today we'll discuss a common linguistic phenomenon in English—slang. The features of
slang are listed as follows:
Ⅰ. Slang affects the English (1)______ (1)______
A. New words added for social, scientific or artistic reasons
B. Slang—the social new words troubling conservative linguists
Ⅱ. Slang is young people's way of say.
A. Created by (2)______ (2)______
—Reason: seek social status
—Result: looked down upon by adults
considered unintelligent and (3)______ (3)______
B. The conservative view: lack of standard English due to an education deficiency
C. Possible solution: use kids' (4)______to help them learn standard English.
(4)______
Ⅲ. Slang is usually used by people of (5)______status. (5)______
A. People who do not like slang are usually prejudiced
—they do not want to hear other ways of talking.
B. Much slang comes from (6)______ (6)______
Ⅳ. Slang equals change of language
A. Change of a language is to fit the (7)______of society (7)______
—e.g.: In Shakespeare's time, many contractions used today were considered poor
English.
B. People who oppose slang and new dialects of English
—do not realize the way people speak (8)______time; (8)______
—prove themselves to be intolerant of change.
C. Language will be thought of (9)______in the future: (9)______
1. people talk via the Internet now;
2. the Internet has its own language-computer slang;
e.g.: acronyms, used by the Netizens
3. cyber-slang is not accepted by conservatives;
4. it will probably appear in standard (10)______ (10)______
Ⅴ. Conclusion: slang brings changes to language and prejudice against it is groundless.