这是一个人们普遍对语言感到忧虑的时代。有的美国人害怕英语被西班牙语吞没或冲击,因此想将它确定为官方语言。有人担心在高中、甚至大学的毕业生中出现文盲危机,或者说半文盲危机。然而,忧虑可能会产生恶劣的副作用:那些想“拯救”英语的专家也许只会使使用英语变得无趣。有 This is an era when people are generally worried about language. Some Americans are afraid that English will be swallowed or impacted by Spanish, so they want to establish it as an official language. Some people worry that there will be an illiteracy crisis among high school and even college graduates, or a semi-literacy crisis. However, anxiety can have bad side effects: Experts who want to “save” English may only make English useless. Have