我在《英语知识》的“词语天地”1997年第11期发表了一篇题为《百年难题》的文章,讨论21世纪第一个十年和第二个十年用什么词的问题;后来又在1999年第12期发表了一篇题为2000年的文章,讨论英语应该如何念的问题。日前从因特网下载了英国人写的一篇文章,讨论的内容是一样的,只是选择比我多、做的实地调查比我多,但同样没有结论。现将该文转载如下,以供读者参考。Deadly Dismay I published an article titled “Hundred Years Difficulty” in the “Words of Heaven and Earth” in the “Words of the World” in English Knowledge in 1997, discussing the use of words in the first decade of the 21st century and the second decade; In the 12th issue of 1999, an article titled “2000” was published to discuss how English should be read. Recently, an article written by the British people was downloaded from the Internet. The content of the discussion was the same, but I chose to do more than I did and conducted more field surveys than I did, but there was no conclusion. This article is reproduced below for the reader’s reference. Deadly Dismay