英语，文化和交流

Chinglish纠错

       Chinglish, 没人不知道吧。中国式的英语，小时候上海人把它叫做洋泾浜，现如今洋泾浜英语到处出现在我们周围，生活中，工作中等等。有人说洋泾浜是为了逗乐，有人说纯粹是无意识的。下面我就举几个例子。仅为博得大家一笑。

• 首当其冲的，当属Long time no see. 这虽然是中国式英语，但在美国，加拿大这句slang已经被越来越多的人所接受，因此它也变得“合法化”了。如果你想换种说法， 可以试试这句：“It's been a while."
• Cherish the flowers.  这句话你们甚至可以在政府部门看到。更别说居民小区里了。国外很简单。"Don't walk on it"

• Change lane, notice behind.   正确的说法是: Keep space.

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哭，希拉里失败了

我不关心政治，但同为女性，我还是希望她能赢，尽管在这之前我就觉得她赢的机会不大，Obama更出色些。我还是希望美国历史能走出划时代的一步。正如希拉里说的，这个梦想以前她的妈妈不能做，他的奶奶不能做，可是她做了。虽然，最后未能成事。但，总有一天，美国会有个女总统的。

这是纽约时报的一篇希拉里退出竞选的演讲稿。

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/us/politics/07text-clinton.html?pagewanted=1&_r=3&adxnnlx=1213171548-79TIQ8zTjCGviaNygmRDDA

我特别喜欢她演讲中的四个"fought for". 美国领。光线低沉，半天了都没人在楼道出现。三到五层以及第八层楼道口安有小牛奶箱，绿色房子造型，透过自身的孔被大铁钉铆导人的讲演还是比较注重实际的，从民众的角度出发。立意很明确，他们关心的是什么？在意的是什么？

we fought for the single mom with the young daughter, juggling work and school, who told me, "I'm doing it all to better myself for her."

We fought for the woman who grabbed my hand and asked me, "What are you going to do to make sure I have health care?" and began to cry, because even though she works three jobs, she can't afford insurance.

We fought for the young man in the Marine Corps t-shirt who waited months for medical care and said, "Take care of my buddies over there, and then will you please take care of me?"

We fought for all those who've lost jobs and health care, who can't afford gas or groceries or college, who have felt invisible to their president these last seven years.

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