(46) The English language is being destroyed by a "deadly virus of management-speak" which has infected the mouths and minds of politicians like Tony Blair and George W. Bush, a leading UK journalist said recently.
The British Prime Minister and his ally the U.S. President are mangling the language, destroying its meaning by avoiding the use of verbs, twisting nouns into verbs, and endlessly repeating phrases until they become "zombified".
"It’s deeply depressing," says John Humphrys, one of Britain’s leading political journalists and the author of a new book "Lost for Words". Humphys’book laments the growth of "cliched, dumbed-down, inflated and bogus management-speak" which he says now passes for English.
(47) In particular he criticizes political leaders for being sucked into using meaningless phrases and unimaginative words to disguise policies or protect themselves from resp
(46) The English language is being destroyed by a "deadly virus of management-speak" which has infected the mouths and minds of politicians like Tony Blair and George W. Bush, a leading UK journalist said recently.
The British Prime Minister and his ally the U.S. President are mangling the language, destroying its meaning by avoiding the use of verbs, twisting nouns into verbs, and endlessly repeating phrases until they become "zombified".
"It’s deeply depressing," says John Humphrys, one of Britain’s leading political journalists and the author of a new book "Lost for Words". Humphys’book laments the growth of "cliched, dumbed-down, inflated and bogus management-speak" which he says now passes for English.
(47) In particular he criticizes political leaders for being sucked into using meaningless phrases and unimaginative words to disguise policies or protect themselves from resp
Title English Language Testing Service
Conducted The British Council
by 10 Spring Gardens, London SW1A 2BN
Tel: London (01) 930 8466
and
University of Cambridge Local Examinations
Syndicate
Syndicate Buildings, 1 Hills Road, Cambridge CB1 2EU
Tel: Cambridge (0223) 6 1 1 1
Status An English Language test recognized by governmental, academic ( 学术的) and professional bodies in the UK for admission purposes.
Levels A description of each candidate’s performance is produced according to a system of language mastery bands. These bands range from very low levels of performance ( Bands 1 and 2) to extremely effective levels (Band 8 and 9)
Availability (报名方法)
The Service is available in British Council centres throughout the world and in regional centres in the UK. When entering for the Test candidates must choose an appropriate Module ( 专业) according to their field of study. Modules are av
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