McWhorter acknowledges that formal language is not strictly necessary, and proposes no radical education reforms—he is really grieving over the loss of something beautiful more than useful.
McWhorter承认正式的语言并不是绝对必要的，也没有提出任何激进的教育改革——他实际上是在为失去一些美丽但相对不实用的东西而悲伤。
"Sam was married to his job," McWhorter said.
“萨姆对工作全身心投入，”麦克沃特说。
Illustrated with an entertaining array of examples from both high and low culture, the trend that Mr. McWhorter documents is unmistakable.
麦克沃特先生列举了一系列关于高雅文化和通俗文化的有趣例子，证明了他所记录的这一趋势是正确无误的。
McWhorter compares the task to stopping ice from melting.
麦克·沃特将这种任务比作阻止冰山融化。
To which of the following statements would McWhorter most likely agree?
下列哪一种说法麦克·沃特可能会同意？
Sometimes, says Mr McWhorter, the assistant trailing you in a store is just trying to sell you something.
有时，麦克沃特说，店员是为了向你兜售他的货品才为你提供帮助。
McWhorter Outlines how the pursuit of a better life can often mean leaving one's ancestral language behind.
麦克·沃特略述了放弃世代传下的语言是怎么能得到更好的生活的？
John McWhorter, a linguist at Columbia University, wrote that people should be more aware of path dependence.
哥伦比亚大学的语言学家约翰·麦克沃特尔认为，人们应该会更加关注路径依赖（path dependence）。
McWhorter does not mince words in ascribing the problem to a historically determined defect of American black culture.
弥沃特并没有委婉地将问题归咎于：历史决定了美国黑人文化的缺陷。
But there are two dimensions of the tradition that Mr McWhorter talks about, and one is perhaps more justifiable than the other.
首先从时间层面上，法语在二十世纪是重要的，而且其重要性延续至今。
'it may well be that you can't write much of a rap about training someone to fix heaters or air conditioners', sighs Mr McWhorter.
麦克·沃特难免一阵叹息，“你会将某人参加热水器或空调维修培训班这样的衰事写进歌词里吗”？
"It may well be that you can't write much of a rap about training someone to fix heaters or air conditioners," sighs Mr McWhorter.
麦克·沃特先生感叹道：“无人能谱出一曲教人怎么修暖气或空调的说唱音乐。”
Illustrated with an entertaining array of examples from both high and low culture, the trend that Mr McWhorter documents is unmistakable.
麦克·怀特先生从上层和下层文化中分别列举了一系列有趣的例子。从中我们可以看出，他所记录的这种趋势是十分明确的。
John McWhorter, the author of "Winning the Race: Beyond the Crisis in black America", argues that lowering the bar for blacks also reduces their incentive to excel at school.
《赢得比赛：穿过美国黑人危机》一书的作者约翰·麦克·沃特(John McWhorter语言学家——注)提出，对黑人申请生降低标准同时也削弱了他们学而优的动力。
Mr McWhorter summarises the message of hip-hop as: "Things will keep sucking until there is a revolution where the white man finally understands and does a complete 180-degree turn."
McWhorter先生的书中对嘻哈音乐的宗旨做了综述：“除非白人的态度能有180度大转弯接受一场变革，否则种族关系无法缓解。”
John McWhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and conservative views, sees the triumph of 1960s counterculture as responsible for the decline of formal English.
约翰麦克怀特是一位好辩论的语言学家，他的观点混杂着保守派和自由派的看法。
John McWhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and conservative views, sees the triumph of 1960s counterculture as responsible for the decline of formal English.
约翰麦克怀特是一位好辩论的语言学家，他的观点混杂着保守派和自由派的看法。
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