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。
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。
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）。
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, 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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