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徐全:中国英语论战的身份焦虑

徐全:中国英语论战的身份焦虑

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中国英语论战的身份焦虑

中国英语论战的身份焦虑

徐全

联合早报
2026-09-23

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语言不是一潭死水,而是一个开放体系。近代中国洋务自强运动时期,大量日语借词进入汉语。改革开放以后,英语为中国人打开一扇通往新世界的窗口,给很多平凡人带来不凡的机会。从日语借词到英语,语言的每一次开放,都伴随着时代脚步的向前。
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  中国社会再次掀起“英语重要性”之争。以考研数学名师汤家凤为代表的声音,主张取消英语在中小学教育中的主科地位,理由包括英语学习负担过重,造成社会内卷,并提出应结束中国人崇洋媚外的历史。以往,这种声音只是零星的出现,但这次却获得很多人支持。甚至有人认为,英语是补习产业和财富既得利益集团压榨普通阶层民众的工具。

  英语是让普通人接触世界,获取知识,提升专业能力和增加职业选择的工具。今天的科技、医学、金融、工程、计算机科学以及大量国际信息,仍以英语为主要载体。在国际贸易和商务中,英语是不可替代的交流工具。语言更是认知与价值观的边界。阅读英语原文,和阅读经过翻译甚至删改的二手文献,更会获得全然不同的思想感悟。

  如果从个人生活史的角度看,中国的改革开放,本质上就是解除僵化体制对普通人的束缚,让大家有了开眼看世界并运用西方市场规则自由打拼的机会。从这个角度看,在公立中小学提供英语主科教育,是非常可贵的教育公平,是阶层流动的机遇。即使学校降低英语地位,富裕子弟也可以请私人教师、上国际学校、参加昂贵的语言课程,甚至直接到英语国家生活,普通家庭却没有这样的条件。若取消英语主科地位,最后必定是平民子弟失去接触英语的公共渠道,外语能力逐渐变成阶层符号资本;语言壁垒也最终转化为阶层壁垒。

  把英语说成是中国学生“内卷”的罪魁祸首,是典型的倒果为因。

  中国社会的升学、就业和生活压力,是财富创造与分配机制不完善造成的,是共同富裕还未实现的产物。不正常的内卷,更不会因为取消英语主科而消失。相反,在极度激烈化的竞争环境中,掌握流利英语,将外语和职业技能相结合,是平民阶层子弟能够获得喘息甚至立足空间的重要利器。

  把学习英语与“崇洋媚外”联系起来的认知,令笔者想到两个不同时期的历史典故。

  晚清名臣张之洞看到越来越多中国留学生从日本回国后,言谈书写都在使用日语汉字词。这些日语汉字词是西学东渐的产物,大多翻译自西方,后来还成了现代汉语词源之一。心忧泱泱华夏文脉不保的张之洞,准备上书清廷,要求禁止使用日本名词。结果,他的幕僚辜鸿铭告诉他:“名词”这个词也来自日语。张之洞最后不得不改称为“日本土话”。另一事件,是1973年的河南马振扶中学,学生张玉勤在英语试卷背面留下后来广为流传的顺口溜:“我是中国人,何必学外文,不会ABC,也当接班人。”

  语言不是一潭死水,而是一个开放体系。近代中国洋务自强运动时期,大量日语借词进入汉语,政治、经济、社会、文化、科学等领域的许多汉语词汇,都在那个时代完成了新的转化。改革开放以后,英语为中国人打开一扇通往新世界的窗口,给很多平凡人带来不凡的机会。从日语借词到英语,语言的每一次开放,都伴随着时代脚步的向前。

  语言议题并非身分动员工具。以语言认知检视忠诚,或以固步自封的叙事保卫文化,是认知上的保守,也是对其他文化的排拒。近代历史的经验证明,社会进步的韵律,就是语言开放的节奏。用身分政治的思维面对语言议题,似乎并不会取得成功。


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Copy your photos and videos to the SD card on your OPPO A9 2020 (running ColorOS) - you can use the built-in File Manager app. [1]


2026-09-23

To copy your photos and videos to the SD card on your OPPO A9 2020 (running ColorOS), you can use the built-in File Manager app. [1]

Method 1: Using the Built-In File Manager

  1. Open the File Manager app on your OPPO home screen. [2]
  2. Tap on Phone Storage (Internal Storage). [3, 4]
  3. Locate and tap the DCIM folder. (This is where your camera media lives). [1, 2, 5, 6]
  4. Tap the Camera folder. [1, 5]
  5. Long-press on a photo or video to select it. To select everything, tap Select All (or the multi-select icon) usually located at the top right. [2, 6, 7]
  6. Tap Copy at the bottom of the screen. (Note: Selecting "Move" will delete the originals from your phone storage, while "Copy" keeps duplicates in both places). [8, 9, 10]
  7. Tap the back arrow to return to the main File Manager page, then tap SD Card. [8, 9]
  8. Navigate to the folder where you want to store them, or tap the + icon to create a new folder (e.g., "My Photos"). [8, 10]
  9. Tap Paste (or Copy Here) at the bottom of the screen to complete the transfer. [9, 10]

Method 2: Change Default Camera Storage to SD Card

To save space automatically going forward, you can set your camera to save all future photos and videos directly to the SD card. [11, 12]
  1. Open the default Camera app.
  2. Tap the Settings gear icon (usually in the top or bottom corner depending on your software version).
  3. Scroll down and find the toggle for Save to SD Card Preferred and switch it ON. [11]
Are you trying to free up internal storage space, or just creating a secure backup? If you run into any "write protection" errors or cannot see the SD card option, let me know so we can troubleshoot it!

Tackling difficult issues

Another wise man tackled difficult issues this way: 

If he was unable to find an immediate solution, he would not fret. He would free his mind, retreat into a private corner, and do nothing.

Thus refreshed, he would look at the problem again the next day. He would usually find the answer.

That was S.R. Nathan's way. And it helped me.

--- Cheong Yip Seng, 
Page 81 of the book "Ink and Influence - An OB Markers Sequel"