Anchors on China Central Television will need to do some fast talking to replace

Anchors on China Central Television (CCTV)will need to do some fast talking to replace the popular English acronyms(首字母缩略词) they’re now banned fromusing. Shanghai Daily reports that “anchors at  (CCTV) have been bannedfrom saying the English acronyms NBA, CBA, GDP, and the like in theirprograms.”

The replacement for those handy acronyms?Chinese presenters must use the full Chinese name, standardized by the StateAdministration of Radio, Film and Television.

Although CCTV presenters must already havea score of at least 94 in their government-rated oral Mandarin proficiency exam, saying the full name of organizations like the CBA or WTO ― 10 and 6 character’slong separately ― is sure to challenge even the most skillful anchors. CCTVsports anchor Sun Zhengping tells Shanghai Daily, “A full Chinese explanationof the English initials must be followed if my tongue slips. It is a littletrouble but a necessary one because not every audience member can understandthe initials.”

Although the government isn’t giving anyofficial explanation for the shift, it is believed to have to do with aproposal by Huang Youyi, director of the China International Publishing Group,at March’s NPC meeting. In his speech, Huang said, “With more and morepublications mixing Chinese with English, measures and regulations should beadopted to avoid English invading Chinese. If we don’t pay attention and don’ttake measures to stop the expansion of mixing Chinese with English, Chinesewon’t be a pure language in a couple of years.”

Although China is far from the firstcountry to take measures to protect local languages (the French and Québécoisbeat them to it by a long way), acronyms are more about saving time than theyare about corrupting a language, we would think. Good luck to the CCTVanchors. 

1. CCTV anchors have to “do some fasttalking” because they can no longer ______.

         A.speak as slowly as they like                            B.mix English into Chinese

         C.use shortened Chinese expressions             D.have so much time for their program

2. When Sun Zhengping said “if my tongueslips”, he meant “if I _____”.

         A.habitually use an English acronym                B.speak a little bit too fast

         C.make a mistake in pronunciation                  D.say something impolite or improper

3. What’s Huang Youyi’s proposal?

         A.Using full English names instead of short forms.

         B.Translating Chinese terms into proper English.

         C.Avoiding Chinese words mixing into English.

         D.Keeping our mother tongue as a pure language.

4. What’s the main idea of the lastparagraph？

         A.China has fallen behind in the matter.         B.The ban is not necessary.

         C.Chinese shouldn’t be corrupted.                D.CCTV anchors will have a hard time.

试题答案

【答案】

 B

 A

 D

 B

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