英語(yǔ)文化隨身帶

Is your spelling accurate? That’s the question being

asked by a British charity[慈善機(jī)構(gòu)] this week.

Mencap注 claim that a new generation of people

cannot spell， as they rely on their computer’s auto-correct function far too much.

In a survey， the charity found that 65% of people could not spell the word “necessary” without making a mistake. Three quarters of respondents[答復(fù)者] also believed they were very good at spelling.

According to the charity， computers often provide imperfect results and lead to grammatical errors. They highlighted the word “manifest[表明，證明]，” which is sometimes verified by computer’s spell-check， and then replaced by the word “manipulate[操縱].” The spelling may be exact，

but the computer is trying to guess the correct meaning of the sentence. Imprecise spelling can also lead to disadvantage in the workplace. Misspelt words on a CV[簡(jiǎn)歷] can reflect badly on a person’s attitude and character.

The charity is now holding a “Spellathon” championship in which competitors are asked to carefully spell words out loud. The hope is that if people recite the spelling of words from memory， it will encourage others to check their own spelling.

Critics have warned that simply blaming technology for bad spelling is unfair and does not

address[提出] the real educational reasons for the decline in spelling standards. So how meticulous are you with your spelling? Can you spell words such as “definitely” or “accidentally” with ease?

你的拼寫(xiě)準(zhǔn)確嗎？英國(guó)一個(gè)慈善機(jī)構(gòu)在本周提出了這個(gè)問(wèn)題。

“門(mén)卡普”機(jī)構(gòu)說(shuō)新一代人無(wú)法拼寫(xiě)，因?yàn)樗麄冞^(guò)度依賴(lài)電腦的自動(dòng)查錯(cuò)功能。

在一項(xiàng)調(diào)查中，該慈善機(jī)構(gòu)發(fā)現(xiàn)65%的人無(wú)法準(zhǔn)確拼出“necessary”（必需的）一詞。四分之三的回復(fù)者還認(rèn)為自己的拼寫(xiě)水平不錯(cuò)。

該慈善機(jī)構(gòu)認(rèn)為，電腦經(jīng)常給出不準(zhǔn)確的結(jié)果，從而導(dǎo)致語(yǔ)法錯(cuò)誤。他們特別舉了

“manifest”（證明）這個(gè)例子：這個(gè)詞有時(shí)會(huì)被電腦的拼寫(xiě)檢查檢出，然后以“manipulate”（操縱）代替。拼寫(xiě)也許正確，然而電腦要猜的是句子的正確意思。不準(zhǔn)確的拼寫(xiě)還會(huì)導(dǎo)致職場(chǎng)劣勢(shì)。例如簡(jiǎn)歷上拼錯(cuò)的單詞反映了一個(gè)人的態(tài)度不好，性格也有問(wèn)題。

該機(jī)構(gòu)正在舉行一項(xiàng)名為“拼寫(xiě)馬拉松”的錦標(biāo)賽，要求參賽者認(rèn)真地將單詞大聲拼讀出。他們希望，如果人們能夠通過(guò)記憶背出單詞的拼法，將鼓勵(lì)其他人檢查自己的拼寫(xiě)。

評(píng)論家告誡我們，把糟糕的拼寫(xiě)全部歸罪于科技并不公平，也無(wú)法找出真正的教育理由以防止拼寫(xiě)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的不斷下滑。你對(duì)自己的拼寫(xiě)有信心嗎？你能輕而易舉地拼出“definitely”（明確地）或“accidentally”（意外地）等詞嗎？