Discussion of the assimilation of Puerto Ricans in the United States has focused on two factors: social standing and the loss of national culture. In general, excessive stress is placed on one factor or the other, depending on whether fine commentator is North American or Puerto Rica. Many American social scientists, such as Oscar Handlin, Joseph Fitzpatrick, and Oscar Lewis, consider Puerto Ricans as the most recent in a long line of ethnic entrants to occupy the lowest rung on the social ladder. Such a "socio-demographic" approach tends to regard assimilation as a benign process, taking for granted increased economic advantage and inevitable cultural integration, in a supposedly egalitarian context. However, this approach fails to take into account the colonial nature of the Puerto Rican case, with this group, unlike their European predecessors, coming from a nation politically subordinated to the Unit
A. criticize the emphasis on social standing in discussions of the assimilation of Puerto Ricans in the United States
B. support the thesis that assimilation has not been a benign process for Puerto Ricans
C. defend a view of the assimilation of Puerto Ricans that emphasizes the preservation of national culture
D. indicate deficiencies in two schools of thought on the assimilation of Puerto Ricans in the United States
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English as a world
Language English is a victim of its own success. Newspapers in England have noticed that the incorrect use of cliches are marring the smooth flow of a great language whose ability to imbibe and absorb has been one important reason for its success. This success also stems from the language’s unique position of being the only one spoken in most parts of the world. Really, English has no boundaries. Even in countries such as Japan and China, which were not colonized by Britain, English is making a determined "conquest". Unfortunately, such a conquest is not always welcome because a language sometimes doubles as a political weapon. In fact, it has always led a troubled life. It has been disliked, even hated, largely because the people who originally spoke English conquered, colonized and A. it has become the most widely used language in the world B. It has made a conquest in Japan and China, which were not colonized by Britain C. it has beaten other languages such as French D. each state or continent has its own version of English [单项选择]The English Romantic period produced two major novelists. They are ______.
A. Lamb and Hazlitt B. Byron and Shelley C. Scott and Austen D. Keats and Coleridge [简答题]Why do most modern English grammarians adopt a two-tense system
[单项选择]Does he have any difficulty （ ） English
A. to speak B. speak C. spoke D. speaking [单项选择]It is widely known that any English conversation begins with The Weather. Such a fixation with the weather finds expression in Dr.Johnson’s famous comment that “When two English meet, their first talk is of weather.” Though Johnson’s observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago, most commentators fail to come up with a convincing explanation for this English weather-speak.
Bill Bryson, for ezample, concludes that,as the English weather is not at all exciting,the obsession with it can hardly be understood. He argues that”To an outsider,the most striking thing about the English weather is that there is not very much of it.” Simply, the reason is that the unusual and unpredictable weather is almost unknown in the British Isles.
Jeremy Paxman, however, disagrees with Bryson, arguing that the English weather is by nature attractive. Bryson is wrong, he says,because the English preference for the weather has nothing to do with the natural phenomena.”The i
A. most commentators agree with Dr.Johnson B. Dr.Johnson is famous for his weather observation C. the comment was accurate two hundred years ago D. English conversations usually start with the weather 我来回答: 提交
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