Reader’s question: My comments: Putting it another way: Even the realistic, quote unquote, movies don’t show very realistic violence. The speaker is merely putting the word “realistic” in quote marks in speech. In writing, you have “” as quote marks. In speech, you say quote (for “, beginning of the quote) unquote (for “, end of quote). When you put something in quote marks, of course, you mean to say it ain’t necessarily so. In the above example, the speaker means that the so called “realistic” movies are NOT realistic. Related stories: Lower 48 states 本文僅代表作者本人觀點(diǎn),與本網(wǎng)立場(chǎng)無(wú)關(guān)。歡迎大家討論學(xué)術(shù)問題,尊重他人,禁止人身攻擊和發(fā)布一切違反國(guó)家現(xiàn)行法律法規(guī)的內(nèi)容。 About the author:Zhang Xin has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: zhangxin@chinadaily.com.cn, or raise a question for potential use in a future column. |
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