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1、【TheHistoryof?EnglishinTenMinutes】No.1Anglo-Saxon TheHistoryofEnglishinTenMinutes.Chapter1.Anglo-SaxonorwhateverhappentotheJutes. TheEnglishlanguagebeginswiththephrase‘UpYoursCaesar!’astheRomansleaveBritainandalotofGermanictribesstartfloodingin,tribessuchastheAnglesandtheSaxons–whotoget
2、hergaveusthetermAnglo-Saxon,andtheJutes–whodidn’t. TheRomansleftsomeverystraightroadsbehind,butnotmuchoftheirLatinlanguage.TheAnglo-Saxonvocabwasmuchmoreusefulasitwasmainlywordsforsimpleeverydaythingslike‘house’,‘woman’,‘loaf’and‘werewolf’. Fourofourdaysoftheweek-Tuesday,Wednesday,Thurs
3、dayandFridaywerenamedinhonourofAnglo-Saxongods,buttheydidn’tbotherwithSaturday,SundayandMondayastheyhadallgoneoffforalongweekend. Whiletheywereaway,ChristianmissionariesstoleinbringingwiththemleafletsaboutjumblesalesandmoreLatin.Christianitywasahitwiththelocalsandmadethemmuchhappiertotak
4、eonfunkynewwordslike‘martyr’,‘bishop’and‘font’. AlongcametheVikings,withtheiraction-manwordslike‘drag’,‘ransack’,‘thrust’and‘die’,andaloveofpickledherring.Theymayhaverapedandpillagedbuttherewerealsointo‘give’and‘take’–twoofaround2000wordsthattheygaveEnglish,aswellasthephrase‘watchoutfort
5、hatmanwiththeenormousaxe.’【TheHistoryofEnglishinTenMinutes】No.2TheNormanConquest TheHistoryofEnglishinTenMinutes.ChapterTwo,TheNormanConquestorExcuseMyEnglish. 1066.Truetohisname,WilliamtheConquerorinvadesEngland,bringingnewconceptsfromacrossthechannel,liketheFrenchlanguage,theDoomsdayB
6、ookandtheduty-freeGalois'smultipack.Frenchwas"derigueur"forallofficialbusiness,withwordslike"judge","jury","evidence"and"justice"cominginandgivingJohnGrisham'scareerakick-start.Latinwasstillused"adnauseam"inchurch,butthecommonmanspokeEnglish,abletocommunicateonlybyspeakingmoreslowlyandlou
7、dlyuntiltheothersunderstoodhim.Wordslike"cow","sheep"and"swine"comefromtheEnglish-speakingfarmers.Whilethe"alacarte"versions"beef","mutton"and"pork"comefromtheFrench-speakingtoffs,beginningalong-runningtrendofrestaurantshavingcompletelyindecipherablemenus. Allinall
