【外刊专题】英语培优外刊阅读 土耳其改名话题 学案 2023届高三英语培优.docxVIP

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外刊精选｜别再叫我“火鸡国”！土耳其改名半年，为何收效甚微？

今年6月，联合国表示，应土耳其的要求，将土耳其的英文国名从“Turkey”改成“Türkiye”，也就是土耳其语的拼写方式。如今，半年过去了，Türkiye这个名字却没有被国际社会所接受，甚至土耳其国内也有质疑声。为什么埃尔多安政府要不遗余力地推动更改土耳其的英文名？这一举措引发了怎样的争议？

TurkeysPushtoChangeHowtheWorldPronouncesitsNameCausesaFlap

ByVivianSalamainWashingtonandJaredMalsininIstanbul

Talkingturkeyisapastimeinthehallsofgovernmentaroundtheworld.YetwhattocallTurkey,thecountry,issomethingmanycantagreeon.

InApril,TurkishPresidentRecepTayyipErdoganaskedtheinternationalcommunitytorecognizehisnationbyitstraditionalname,spelledTürkiyeandpronouncedTour-key-yeh.

Hisgovernmentpromotedtheshiftasanefforttoinstillnationalpride—andsilenceassociationswiththeThanksgivingbirdandpejorativeusesofthewordturkey.

MadeinTürkiyenowappearsonthecountrysexports.TurkishAirlinesgreetspassengersHello,Türkiyeinacheeryvideo.

Butitdoesntalwaysflyamongthinktanks,embassies,mediaorinthebehemothbureaucracythatistheU.S.government.VIPssometimesmanglethename,andattimes,higher-upsinthesameofficesarentonthesamepage.

ThemovebyMr.Erdogansgovernmentisunusual.Itinvolvesthedifferencebetweenwhatlinguistscalltheexonym—thenameforaplaceorthinginotherlanguages,andtheendonym—thelocalname.

HisgovernmentisntchangingTurkeysnamebutdemandingcountriesusetheTurkishspellingandpronunciationratherthanrenderthenameintheirownlanguages.

EvenmanyTurkishcitizens,whenspeakingEnglish,stillsayTurkey.Whatuseisitforus?askedMuratDemir,aforty-nine-year-oldgraphicdesignerinIstanbul.WesayABD,AmericanssayUSA.WhytrytoimposeTurkishnameofourcountryonothernations?

【词汇过关】

请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。

1.flap[fl?p]n.________________________；v./n.________________________

2.Türkiye________________________

3.instill[?n?st