Question

If you used“add oil”to express encouragement or support someone in your spoken English or your homework in the past. Your English teacher would tell you that you were wrong. But now, things are different, the phrase has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. "Add oil" has been “l(fā)egal（合法的）” Chinglish as well as "lose face”and “l(fā)ong time no see".

The phrase,“加油（jia you) in Chinese means adding oil into the engine(發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)). Chinese often speak it loudly in games and competitions to encourage players.

Even though the phrase is widely used in the Chinese language, it's always been difficult to come up with a proper way to translate it into English. The phrase is used oil, so after that some people jokingly（開(kāi)玩笑地）translate it into “add oil”.

Before taking in “add oil”, some other Chinese phrases have been included in the Oxford English Dictionary such as guanxi （personal connections that aid business) and lucky money(money given in red bags). In recent years, the Oxford English Dictionary has taken in other Chinese popular words like tuhao (meaning rich person who comes from countryside) and dama（referring to elderly women).

In 2014, the American Urban Dictionary took in a few Chinese Internet popular words such as no zuo no die(which translates into English as “if you don't do stupid things,they won't come back and bite you in the back”),"you can you up, no can no BB”(which translates into English as "if you can do it you should go on and do it, instead of criticizing(批評(píng))others ' work").

According to the Oxford English Dictionary website, more than 1,400 new words and phrases have been added into it. With the development of China, there will be more Chinese popular words in English.

1.From the first paragraph, we can know________.

A.we can't use "add oil” in written English but spoken English

B.teachers don't allow the students to use “add oil” in written English

C.we can find “add oil"in the Oxford English Dictionary now

D.“l(fā)ose face”and"long time no see”are not legal Chinglish

2.Why is the phrase “add oil”added into the Oxford English Dictionary?

A.Because it can be widely used in important competitions.

B.Because people who speak English like using it very much

C.Because some people want to use it to play jokes.

D.Because it's used widely and it's difficult to translated it into English.

3.The third paragraph tells us________.

A.“guanxi”was add to the Oxford English Dictionary earlier than “add oil”

B.“tuhao”and“dama”will be added to the Oxford English Dictionary soon

C.if a person who has lots of money, we can call him/her“tuhao"

D.“l(fā)ucky money” in the money in red bags that given by“tuhao"

4.Which of the following is WRONG?

A.Some Chinese popular Internet words have been added to the American Urban Dictionary.

B."No zuo no die”means “if you do something stupid,you will be punished badly".

C."You can you up no can no BB”is used against people who criticize others' work.

D.Over 1,400 new words and phrases have been added into the Oxford English Dictionary

5.What's the writer's opinion?

A.Chinese is getting more and more popular around the world.

B.English will take in more and more Chinese popular words.

C.More and more English popular words will appear in Chinese.

D.English is getting more popular than before in China.

Answer 1