完形填空 “Long time no see is a very interesting sentence．When I first read this sen

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“Long time no see”is a very interesting sentence．When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s email, I laughed．I thought it was a perfect 1 of Chinglish．

Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greetings with a 2 English grammar and structure!Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American 3．I was too thrilled(震惊的)to believe her．Her words could not 4 me at all．So I did a 5 on google．com．To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages 6“Long time no see”．This sentence has been 7 used in emails, letters, newspapers, movies, books, or any other possible place．Though it is 8 informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily．9, if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the 10 will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected．

Nobody knows the 11 of this Chinglish sentence．Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies．In 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully 12 a world wide famous Chinese detective named“Charlie Chan”on wide screens．Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom 13 quoting(引用)Confucius．“Long time no see”was his trademark．Soon after Charlie Chan,“Long time no see”became a 14 phrase in the real world 15 the popularity of these movies．

Some people 16 America to a huge melting pot(大熔炉)．All kinds of culture are 17 in the pot together, and they 18 the color and taste of each other．American Chinese, though a minority ethnic(少数的)group in the United States, is also 19 some changes to the stew!(混杂物)Language is usually the first thing to be 20 in the mixed pot．

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