文章開(kāi)頭：The history of English in ten minutes. Chapter six : English and Empire or "the sun never sets" on the English language.

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The history of English in ten minutes. Chapter six : English and Empire or "the sun never sets" on the English language. With English making its name as the language of science, the Bible and Shakespeare, Britain decided to take it on tour asking only for land, wealth, natural resources, total obedience to the crown and a few local words in return. They went to the Caribbean looking for gold and a chance to really unwind, discovering the "barbecue", the "canoe" and a pretty good recipe for rum punch. They also brought back the word "cannibal" to make their trip sound more exciting. In India, there was something for everyone, "yoga", to help you stay in shape while pretending to be spiritual. If that didn't work, there was the "cummerbund" to hide the paunch. And if you couldn't even make it up the stairs without turning crimson, they had the "bungalow". Meanwhile in Africa, they picked up words like "voodoo" and "zombie", kicking off the teen horror film. From Australia, English took the words "nugget", "boomerang" and "walkabout" and in fact, the whole concept of chain pubs. All in all, between toppling Napoleon and the First World War, the British Empire gobbled up around 10 million square miles, 400 million people and nearly 100,000 gin and tonics, leaving new varieties of English to develop all over the globe.
10分鐘英語(yǔ)歷史，第六章，英語(yǔ)和大英帝國(guó) 當(dāng)英語(yǔ)跟科學(xué)，圣經(jīng)和莎士比亞聯(lián)系到一起之后，英國(guó)決定帶著它周游世界，順便要點(diǎn)土地，財(cái)富，自然資源，對(duì)英皇的誠(chéng)服，以及一些當(dāng)?shù)卣Z(yǔ)言做回報(bào)。 他們?nèi)ゼ永毡日尹S金，希望徹底放松下，于是發(fā)現(xiàn)了"barbecue""canoe"（燒烤，獨(dú)木舟）以及制作rum punch（老姆酒加糖、檸檬酸、香料等配制的飲料）的好配方。他們還帶回個(gè)詞匯"cannibal"（食人者）以使自己的旅行顯得更加驚心動(dòng)魄。 在印度，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)了些適合所有人的東西，瑜伽，裝得神神叨叨以保持體形。如果這不適用，有"cummerbund"（腹帶）藏起大肚腩。如果你連上個(gè)樓梯都累得面紅耳赤，他們還有"bungalow"（平房）可供選擇。 在非洲，他們得到了諸如 "voodoo" "zombie"，恐怖電影的開(kāi)端。 在澳大利亞，英國(guó)人學(xué)到了"nugget", "boomerang" "walkabout"，事實(shí)上，就是連鎖酒館的概念了。 總而言之，從拿破侖倒臺(tái)到第一次世界大戰(zhàn)，英國(guó)皇帝吞并了1000萬(wàn)平方英里土地，4億人口，和大約100,000高杯雞尾酒，讓全世界產(chǎn)生了多種英語(yǔ)分支。