BEIJING - TV viewers may no longer be able to hear English abbreviations（缩写）, like "NBA" (National Basketball Association), from mainland broadcasters.
China Central Television (CCTV) and Beijing Television (BTV) confirmed to China Daily on Tuesday that they had received a notice from a related government department, asking them to avoid using certain English abbreviations in Chinese programs.
The channels, however, did not reveal exactly how many English abbreviations are listed in the notice.
The Hangzhou-based Today Morning Express reported on Tuesday that a number of provincial television stations have also received the notice.
Broadcasters and journalists have been asked to provide Chinese explanations for unavoidable English abbreviations in their programs, the report said.
The notice not only limits the use of English abbreviations in sports news, but also in economic and political news. Abbreviations such as "GDP" (gross domestic product), "WTO" (World Trade Organization) and "CPI" (consumer price index) will also be substituted with their Chinese pronunciations, it said.
The country's top watchdog on television and radio, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, refused to comment.
The move comes after a growing number of national legislators and political advisors called for preventive measures to preserve the purity of the Chinese language.
"If we don't pay attention and don't take measures to stop mixing Chinese with English, the Chinese language won't remain pure in a couple of years," said Huang Youyi, editor-in-chief of the China International Publishing Group and secretary-general of the Translators' Association of China.
"In the long run, Chinese will lose its role as an independent linguistic system for passing on information and expressing human feelings," he told China Daily in an earlier interview.
According to his proposal, all documents and speeches of top government officials should be written in pure Chinese, without the use of English abbreviations such as GDP, WTO or CPI.
His proposal also noted that a law or regulation should be introduced to serve as a guideline for the use of foreign words in domestic publications, and that a national translation committee should be set up to translate foreign names and technical terms, which can then be published on a website.
The restricted use of English abbreviations on Chinese television programs has provoked a debate among scholars.
"It makes no sense to introduce a regulation to prevent the use of English in the Chinese language in the face of globalization," Liu Yaoying, a professor at the Communication University of China, said on Tuesday. "It is cultural conservatism."
"If Western countries can accept some Chinglish words, why can't the Chinese language be mixed with English?"
The Singaporean newspaper New Straits Times and London's Daily Telegraph both used Chinese Pinyin Lianghui in their reports about the annual meeting of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, rather than using English to paraphrase the proceedings.
Governments of some Western countries have also attempted to preserve the purity of their languages.
For example, France is a country known for its linguistic pride. Its government outlaws advertising in English and mandates a 40 percent quota of French songs on the radio, according to a Christian Science Monitor report.
1.Who issued the ban on English abbreviation?
A. China Central Television. B. Beijing Television.
C. an authority department. D. a number of national political advisors.
2.The purpose for which was the ban proposed was __________.
A. to preserve the purity of the Chinese language
B. to improve our international communication
C. to standardize the functioning of radio and TV stations
D. to prevent foreign languages interfere with teach of Chinese in schools
3.By calling the regulation “cultural conservatism”, Mr Liu Yaoying meant to show his _________ for the move.
A. approval B. criticism C. appreciation D. disappointment
4.The most likely opinion of the writer of this news report tends to be _________ towards the newly introduced regulation.
A. critical B. positive C. negative D. neutral
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Rest is critical to life and work and a positive attitude towards rest needs to be maintained. Enough rest is significant to our body and mind 1a lack of adequate rest, as well as __2__ attitudes to rest, will do great harm to our health.
Rest is vital to our ability to 3at our best. Recent news stories report that scientists are learning surprising things about the importance of sleep. There is enough __4_ suggesting that rest will refresh us, 5our body and mind to work efficiently. Besides, rest is important for 6that; it is helpful in setting 7goals and deciding what goals to attain first. Those who are caught up in extremely busy lives 8the time to think about what they are doing and to make objective 9, which blocks the maximization of their 10.
On the contrary, lack of adequate rest damages brain function, so much so that sleep experts have been able to 11drops in IQ in patients who are 12of sleep. Other studies have presented a negative effect on body movements in sleep-wanting subjects. It should not, therefore, be a 13that the California Highway Patrol has stated that sleep-wanting drivers are as great a 14to road safety as are drunken drivers.
However, rest is widely 15by some people. Instead of sleep, they go to pubs and clubs 16what they call social drinking or having a smoke with friends and they 17__ that this kind of entertaining is rest. Nowadays, the economy forces people to drink and gamble for the sake of the 18one moves in. The truth is that rest means not using our _19both physically and mentally, even spiritually. We need to rest correctly and 20; otherwise, tiredness and illness will occur.
1.A. when B. though C. until D. while
2.A. critical B. misleading C. puzzling D. ambiguous
3.A. survive B. create C. function D. advance
4.A. evidence B. theory C. belief D. information
5.A. encouraging B. enabling C. persuading D. concentrating
6.A. more than B. rather than C. other than D. less than
7.A. ideal B. appropriate C. professional D. high
8.A. afford B. expect C. lack D. waste
9.A. comments B. complaints C. attempts D. decisions
10.A. potential B. limit C. vision D. goal
11.A. predict B. evaluate C. measure D. assume
12.A. short B. afraid C. full D. tired
13.A. fact B. warning C. rule D. surprise
14.A. burden B. reminder C. threat D. blow
15.A. accepted B. valued C. abandoned D. misunderstood
16.A. with B. like C. as D. for
17.A. claim B. suggest C. announce D. promote
18.A. traps B. circles C. mysteries D. power D. troubles
19.A. judgment B. time C. labor D. power
20.A. completely B. partly C. sufficiently D. permanently
We all need knowledge from the past — ______ it comes from personal experience or from studying history. It is our only guide to the future.
A. as B. whether C. how D. when
The patient has tried quite a few kinds of medicine, but ______ had any effect on his disease.
A. none B. nothing C. neither D. no one
I wouldn’t eat potatoes unless I’m really starving, in _______ case you eat almost anything.
A. whose B. one C. what D. which
One of the consequences of our planet’s being warming up is a(n) ______ in the number of natural disasters.
A. account B. reason C. increase D. occurrence
