Gyber
language is popular among Chinese netizens, who create English words to reflect
novel phenomenon in society.
"Gelivable",
combining pinyin of Chinese characters Geili (giving strength) with the English
suffix for adjectives, literally means "giving power" or
"cool". Similarly, "Hengelivable" means "very
cool", and "ungelivable" means "dull, not cool at
all". "Antizen" referred to the group of college graduates who,
earning a meager salary and living in small rented apartments, are like the
tiny and laborious ants.
David
Tool, a professor with the Beijing International Studies University said it’s
very interesting to combine Chinese with English to create new words. “English
is no longer mysterious to the Chinese people. They can use the language in a
flexible way according to their own experiences,” he said. Chinese words and
expressions were created, as well, by netizens. One example was “Suan Ni Hen”.
This three-charessions were created, as well, by netizens. One example was “Suan
Ni Hen”. This three-character expression, which originally meant “you win” with
the first character carrying the same pronunciation as garlic in Chinese, is
used to satirize(讽刺)high garlic and food prices this winter.
Chinese
people use the character “bei” before a verb to show a passive voice, and it is
used by netizens to show the helplessness in front of false conclusions and
fake media reports. For instance, “zisha” means “suicide” while “beizisha”
means “be officially presumed to have committed suicide”, and xiaokang means
“fairly comfortable life” while “beixiaokang” means “be said to be living a
fairly comfortable life”.
Wu
Zhongmin, a professor at the Party School of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of China, saw the phenomenon of word creation as a natural
response of young people to social issues. “Cyber language is more vivid and it
shortens people’s distances,” he said.
1.The passage
mainly tells us that
.
A.cyber language is popular among all people
B.cyber language is of great fun
C.cyber language needs to be taught at coolege
D.cyber language in China is popular for it’s
relation with society
2.Which of the
following is NOT true?
A.Ungeilivable means “dull, not cool at all”.
B.Antizens live in small rented apartments with
small salaries.
C.Suan Ni Hen refers to the highest food prices
ever.
D.Beixiaokang means “be said” to be living a
comfortable life.
3.What can we
infer from the phenomenon of word creation?
A.It’s getting more difficult to understand cyber
language.
B.Young people are more likely to respond to
nature.
C.Social phenomena are more easily reflected in
cyber language.
D.The best way to create new cyber words is to
combine Chinese and English.
4.Chinese
netizens created English words by
.
A.combining pinyin of Chinese characters with the
English suffix
B.using the character carrying the same
pronunciaton
C.combining Chinese characters with the English
D.putting the character “bei” before an English
word