(选自2011北京阅读D篇)MysummerholswrCWOT.B4,WEUSED2go2NY2Cmybro,hisGF&thr3:-@KIDSFTF.ILNY,itsgr8.Canyouunderstandthissentence?Ifyoucan’t,don’tfeeltoobad:neithercouldthemiddleschoolteacherinEnglandwhoreceivedthisashomework.ThisisNetspeak:thelanguageofcomputerizedcommunicationfoundonInternetorcellphones.Tonewcomers,itcanlooklikeacompletelyforeignlanguage.So,whatisthe“translation”ofthesentenceabove?Mysummerholidayswereacompletewasteoftime.Before,weusedtogotoNewYorktoseemybrother,hisgirlfriend,andtheirthreescreamingkidsfacetoface.IloveNewYork;it’sgreat.完形填空中考真题精讲（一）Schoolteachersandparentssaythisnewformofwritingisharming(破坏)theEnglishlanguage.Increasingspellingandgrammaticalmistakescanbeseeninstudents’writing.Theyfearthelanguagecouldbecomecorrupted(面目全非).Everyoneshouldjustrelax,saylinguists(语言学家).TheybelieveNetspeakisinfactmoreofagoodthing.DavidCrystal,fromtheUniversityofWales,arguesthatNetspeakandInternetcreateanewlanguageuseandthealmostlostartofdiarywritinghasbeenpickedupagain.GeoffreyNunberg,fromStanfordUniversity,agrees.“Peoplegetbetteratwritingbywriting,”hesays.“Kidswhoarenowdoingtextmessaging,e-mail,andinstantmessageswillwriteatleastaswellas,andpossiblybetterthan,theirparents.”LinguistJamesMilroysays,forcenturies,itisbelievedwithoutexceptionthatyoungpeopleareharmingthelanguage.Andyoucanbetyourbottomdollarthatwhentoday’steenagersbecometomorrow’sparents,theytoowillthinkthisway.Milroyarguesthatlanguagesdonotandcannotbecome“corrupted”;theysimplychangetomeetthenewneeds.However,NetspeakersdoagreethatitisimportanttoteachyoungpeoplehowtospeakandwriteStandardEnglish.CynthiaMcVeysays,“IcanunderstandNetspeakworriesteachersandit’simportantthattheygetacrosstotheirpupilsthattextmessagingisforfun,butthatlearningtowriteproperEnglishisamustfortheirfuture.”Perhaps,weshouldgiveteenagersalittlemoretrustanyway.Erin,age12,says,“Iwouldn’tusetextlanguageinmyhomework.Textisjustforfun.”57.Whatisthemainpurposeofthefirstparagraph?A.Togiveanexample...
