30年前,不识中文的中国人被称作文盲,今天,不懂英语的人就配这个头衔。本来中国人安安然生活在庞大的稳定的疆域之内,即使国门渐开,英语不过是外贸、外企、旅游等部门使用的外交语言。可自从因特网连入中国后,突然间,整个地球缩小为一个村落,全世界都触手可及,在人口和信息爆炸的村子里,谁也别想过远离尘嚣的安静日子。许多人在大声说话,谈论着这个那个问 Thirty years ago, people who did not read Chinese were called illiterate. Today, people who do not speak English are assigned this title. The Chinese people had lived peacefully in a vast and stable territory. Even if the country started to expand, English was only a diplomatic language used by foreign trade, foreign enterprises and tourism departments. Suddenly, after the Internet was connected to China, the whole earth was reduced to a village with the whole world within reach. In a village where people and information exploded, no one had ever thought of a quiet day away from the hubbub. Many people are talking loudly and talking about this one