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Asianization: The Influence of Asia on America 亞洲化：亞洲對美國的影響

導讀

什么叫全球化，不同的人有不同的看法。不管人們怎樣看待它，全球化已是不可逆轉的趨勢。所謂的美國化是全球化的一個必然結果，然而這只是全球化的一個側面。過去人們驚訝于在亞洲國家看到各種各樣的美國產品，現在人們同樣詫異于在美國看到各種漂洋過海而來的亞洲產品，如中國春卷、日本料理，這就是亞洲化——亞洲對美國的影響，同時也是全球化帶給我們的精彩。

Globalization means different things to different people. Some define it as the movement of people, language, ideas, and products around the world. Others perceive it as the dominance of multinational corporations and the destruction of cultural identities.

全球化對于不同的人意味著不同的事物。有人把全球化定義為全球范圍內人們、語言、思想以及產品的移動。也有人認為全球化就是跨國公司成主流以及各文化特性標志的消失。

The world is turning into a little village, and we are all neighbors. The recent globalization in our world is an irreversible trend of which the so-called Americanization phenomenon seems to be more a consequence. Americanization is playing a major part in our daily lives—it gets into every little detail and we don't even realize it. Going to any country in Asia nowadays, we are going to see many of the American coins now in currency everywhere. A few years ago when people came to Ho-Chi-Ming City, formerly Saigon, they were completely marveled at the number of billboards advertising products from multinational companies, many of them American. It is unforgettable for people the vision of the sumptuous Coca-Cola billboards on a Ho-Chi-Ming street.

世界正變成一個地球村，我們互為鄰居。現今社會，全球化成為不可避免的趨勢，所謂的美國化無疑是最明顯的結果。美國化在日常生活中愈演愈烈，深入到幾乎每個細節，而我們卻從沒意識到這一點。如果現在走訪亞洲各國，必定隨處可見美元的流通。然而，若是幾年前游覽胡志明市（以前稱為西貢），看到諸多跨國公司產品的宣傳海報，而其中又多是美國的，人們必定會瞠目結舌。可口可樂林立大街的壯觀場面的確讓人過目不忘。

People have been used to find American products worldwide, but now it is also increasingly common to find Asian products in the United States. In the US today, diverse products from Asia can be found, ranging from food to movies to clothes. In many big cities, for instance, San Francisco, or Seattle, or Houston, we can buy Sisheido cosmetics from Japanat the Galleria Mall, have sushi and sashimi in one of the many Japanese restaurants in the city, go to the cinema and enjoy the beautiful American-Chinese movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and take home spring rolls from one of the many Chinese restaurants in town. Everywhere we can see people wearing various shirts, coats, trousers labeled “Made in South Korea (China, Singapore, etc.).” It is the exotic flavor that makes our life fabulous.

人們習慣了在世界各地看到美國的產品，但現在在美國看到亞洲產品也漸漸成為司空見慣的現象。在如今的美國，各種各樣的亞洲產品，從食品到電影再到服裝隨處可見。在許多大都市，譬如舊金山、西雅圖、休斯敦，人們可以在風雨商業街廊購物中心輕而易舉地買到日本資生堂化妝品，到隨便一家日本餐館品嘗壽司和生魚片，或者到影院欣賞完美的中美合資大片《臥虎藏龍》，甚至可以從中式餐廳帶回點春卷。我們到處都可看到人們穿著各式各樣標著“韓國（中國、新加坡等）制造”的襯衫、外套、褲子。正是這種異國風情讓我們的生活變得多姿多彩。

Many people, however, would like to curb the globalization process in the world because they think they are losing their own culture, but in fact, it is very difficult to stop this process. The only thing we can do is to try to be critical and choose what is better for us to have or to buy.

很多人希望能放慢全球化的腳步，因為他們認為全球化讓人們喪失了各自的文化。然而事實上，很難阻止這種進程。唯一可行的只是應該更挑剔，同時選擇哪一樣更值得擁有或購買。

However, many people reckon that young people are not free to choose when they are constantly bombarded by attractive advertisements which are specially designed to capture the youth market. Peaceful protests could be arranged just to help people to think about the situation, but the tendency in our world is to want globalization but not like where the different products come from.

也有許多人認為，現在年輕人不斷地受到誘人廣告的沖擊，那些廣告主要針對年輕人市場，在這種情況下，年輕人的選擇應該受到限制。可以組織和平抗議運動來幫助人們認清形勢。然而，世界目前的趨勢是人們需要全球化，但卻不喜歡各種商品的產出地。

Cloze 選詞填空

The world is turning 1 a little village, and we are all neighbors. The recent globalization in our world is an 2 trend of which the so-called Americanization phenomenon seems to be more a 3. Americanization is playing a major 4 in our daily lives—it gets into every little detail and we don't even 5 it. Going to any country in Asia nowadays, we are going to see many of the American coins now in 6 everywhere.

Key

1. into 2. irreversible 3. con sequence 4. part 5. realize

6. currency

Translation Practices 翻譯練習

Many people, however, would like to curb the globalization process in the world because they think they are losing their own culture, but in fact, it is very difficult to stop this process. The only thing we can do is to try to be critical and choose what is better for us to have or to buy.

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Key

很多人希望能放慢全球化的腳步，因為他們認為全球化讓人們喪失了各自的文化。然而事實上，很難阻止這種進程。唯一可行的只是應該更挑剔，同時選擇哪一樣更值得擁有或購買。