Paraphrase & Translation
Lesson 1
1.
Conversation is not for making a point.
Conversation is not for persuading others to accept our idea or point
of view. In a conversation we should not try to establish the force of
an idea or argument.
2.
The
new
ruling
class
had
built
a
cultural
barrier
against
him
by
building their French against his own language.
The
new
ruling
class
by
using
French
instead
of
English
made
it
difficult for the English to accept or absorb the culture of the rules.
3.
The
phrase
has
always
been
used
a
little
pejoratively
and
even
facetiously by the lower classes.
The
phrase,
the
King鈥檚
English,
has
always
been
used
disparagingly
and joking by the lower classes. The working people very often make
fun of the proper and formal language of the educated people.
4.
...that
suddenly
the
alchemy
of
conversation
took
place,
and
all
at
once there was a focus.
Then suddenly a magical transformation took place and there was a f
ocal subject to talk about.
1.
There is always resistance in the lower classes to any attempt by an
upper class to lay down rules for 鈥淓nglish as it should be spoken.鈥?/p>