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    页数:269
    定价:5.99 英镑
    上传日期:2005-6-27 0:00:00

    MOTHER TONGUE: THE STORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

    Book ID/图书代码: 06880005B05840

    English Summary/英文概要: ’More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to...’

    Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of English. From its mongrel origins to its status as the world’s most-spoken tongue; its apparent simplicity to its deceptive complexity; its vibrant swearing to its uncertain spelling and pronunciation, Bryson covers all this as well as the many curious eccentricities that make it as maddening to learn as it is flexible to use.

    Bill Bryson’s classic Mother Tongue is a highly readable and hilarious tale of how English came to be the world’s language.

    Chinese Summary/中文概要: ●全球有近10亿人使用英语或学习英语,每天我们都在努力学英语,说英语,但有多少人真的了解英语?历史上的首句英语说了什么?英语为什么有那么多没有道理的规则,为什么“四”是four,“四十”就不是fourty?同样说英语的英国人和美国人,为什么也会鸡同鸭讲?这一切,《布莱森英语简史》都可以回答你!

    ●闻名世界的文化观察大师比尔·布莱森扒完《万物简史》再揭英语老底!在《布莱森英语简史》一书中,比尔·布莱森摇身一变,化身语言历史学家,谈古道今、旁征博引,对世界上头一个成功的营销案例——英语——空前大起底。

    ●《布莱森英语简史》不仅是一本另类的英语学习读物,它更是一部欧洲文化发展史和一部信息丰富的英语百科全书,当然你也可以把它当作一本英式经典笑话大合集来阅读。总之,阅读《布莱森英语简史》,掌握另类英语学习法,真的会让你从10亿英语学习者中脱颖而出。(DB)

    Awards/获奖情况:●这是一本帮助你迅速了解英语世界的图书。英语已经渗透到生活的方方面面,据统计,目前全球共有15亿人说英语,但其中以英语为母语的只有不到4亿人。如果非要学习和了解一门语言,不如从它有趣的历史开始,或许传统的英语课程并不能够满足这一要求,但这本包罗万象的英语史科普书,一定能给你提供一些参考和启发。

    ●不论是学习英语,还是看待西方世界,通过这本书,你的视野都会被拓宽,你也会更了解语言对文化和历史的重要影响。

    ● 这本书适合以下人群:

    一、英语爱好者。对于语言学习者来说,作者将很多词汇、语法、词源等有价值的英语知识,都潜藏在每一个故事当中,让你可以不知不觉地掌握全面、系统的英语知识。

    二、英语教学者。如果你正从事英语教学工作,那就更不能错过这本书。你的课程受众无论年龄大小,都能从这本书里找到适合他们的故事,你也能为自己的课程增添更多趣味和魅力。

    三、文化涉猎者。即使你没有打算系统地学习英语,你难免也会沉醉于《布莱森英语简史》。这部由世界知名文化观察大师所写的书,就像是一本贯穿全球语言文化的故事会,而作者就像刚环游世界归来的老朋友,与你相约在惬意的傍晚,向你讲述这一路的奇趣见闻。

    ●《出版人周刊》《纽约时报书评》《波士顿环球报》《洛杉矶时报》以及新东方北美项目高级主管王梅盛赞推荐!

    Not only fascinating but extremely funny (Angus Deayton)

    The sort of linguistics I like, anecdotal, full of revelations, and with not one dull paragraph (Ruth Rendell Sunday Times)

    A gold mine of language-anecdote, information, curiosity. A suprise on every page... enthralling (Observer)

    Delightful, amusing and provoking... A joyful celebration of our wonderful language, which is packed with curiosities and enlightenment on every page (Sunday Express)

    A delightful survey - though with its good humour, wealth of anecdote, and boyish enthusiasm, "romp" would be a better word. (David Crystal)

    About the Author/作者介绍: 比尔·布莱森 Bill Bryson

    ●当今英语世界非常多产且“能逗乐”的游记作家之一,文化观察大师,其诙谐嘲谑的风格堪称一绝。作品包括旅游类随笔、科普著作、语言历史研究等,其中《万物简史》《布莱森英语简史》《“小不列颠”札记》《一脚踩进小美国》全球销量逾百万册,一直雄踞《纽约时报》《泰晤士报》畅销书榜。2004年,《万物简史》获得英国皇家学会安万特奖。

    ●布莱森1951年出生于美国艾奥瓦州,21岁起,开始在世界各地旅行,1977年,定居伦敦,自此在英国生活了近二十年,曾任职于《泰晤士报》与《独立报》,同时也为《纽约时报》《国家地理》撰文。2005年至2011年,担任英国杜伦大学校长。比尔·布莱森获得过詹姆斯·乔伊斯奖、塞缪尔·约翰逊奖,是大英帝国官佐勋章获得者,也是英国皇家学会荣誉会员。他拥有2所大学的文学学位,还获得了9所英国知名大学荣誉博士学位。2005年,他设立了布莱森奖,以鼓励科学创新的青少年。

    Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and grew up there, but has spent most of his adult life in Britain. He has worked for a number of newspapers, including The Times and the Independent. His books on the English language include Mother Tongue and Troublesome Words, both published by Penguin.

    Bill Bryson is the author of several bestsellers including The Lost Continent, Neither Here Nor There, Notes from a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods, Notes from a Big Country, Down Under, A Short History of Nearly Everything, One Summer: America 1927 and his memoir, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. His most recent bestseller is The Road to Little Dribbling.

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