ChasingSuccess:ChinasRelationshipwithEnglish文章出自：tyglobalist.org原文链接：HYPERLINK"http://tyglobalist.org/blogs/chasing-success-chinas-relationship-with-english/"\t"_blank"点击查看“WespeakgoodEnglish!”TheprivatediningroominChangzhouNo.1MiddleSchoolrattleswiththeshout,shakingthe22Americanstudentswithinawake.“WewillconquerEnglish!”TheroariscomingfromthethroatsofseveralhundredChinesestudentsattendingtheLiYangCrazyEnglishCamp.Marchingtolunchinuniform,theyroarouttheirsayingsfortheday.They’veallsignedupfortendaysofavery,veryliteralbootcampforlanguagelearners,whereEnglishistattooedintotheirskullsbywavesofshoutingbackandforth,allledbyuniformedmenwhowouldn’tlookthatoutofplaceinthefrontlinesofawarzone.WeAmericansshrugandgobacktoourmeals.Englishisjustalanguage;what’sthebigdeal?Englishlabeledmaps,Englishmovietitles,evenEnglishfireextinguisherlabelsinbuildingsthatmayneverhaveseenanativeEnglishspeakerbeforeme:itdoesn’ttakelonginChinatorealizetheimportanceEnglishhasinChineseminds.Inacountryfiercelyproudofitslanguageandculture,theChineseinfatuationwithEnglishseemssomewhatoutofplace.EnglishadornsT-shirtsandsigns,advertisementsandTVchannels.NearlyeveryChinesepersonundertheageofthirty(andagoodshareofthoseoverit)canatleastmanageafewaccentedsentences,andmanycanspeakitnearlyfluently.Inacountryfiercelyproudofitslanguageandculture,theChineseinfatuationwithEnglishseemssomewhatoutofplace.However,theChinesehavereshapedtheideaoftheinternationallanguageasasymbolofpowerandpride.Firstofall,masteryofEnglishisasourceofpowerintheeyesoftheChinese.AsthebannersofLiYangCrazyEnglishCampdeclare,acountry’sEnglishleveldecideitsinternationalcompetitiveness.Thisperceptionextendstoindividualsaswell:astudent’smasteryofEnglishisseenasacrucialfactorforsuccessinhigh-leveljobs.TotheChinese,Englishisn’tjustthelanguageofAmericansorEnglishmen:it’sthelanguageofscientists,ofbusinessmen,ofdiplomats.Itisthelanguagethatrepresentswealth,glamour,theinternationallife.English,inaword,ispower.TheChineseloveofEnglishmanife