“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s email, I laughed. I thought it was a perfect

　　36 of Chinglish.

　　Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greetings with a

　　37

　　English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American

　　38

　　. I was too thrilled to believe her. Her words could not 39__ me at all. So I did a

　　40

　　on Google. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages

　　41 "Long time no see". This sentence has been 42

　　used in emails, letters, newspapers, movies, books, or any other possible place. Though it is 43

　　informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily.

　　44, if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the

　　45

　　  will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected. Nobody knows the 46

　　of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully 47

　　a world wide famous Chinese detective named "Charlie Chan" on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom 48

　　quoting Confucius. "Long time no see" was his trademark. Soon after Charlie Chan, "Long time no see" became a 49 phrase in the real world 50 the popularity of these movies.

【2017高考英语三轮复习完形填空专项训练46】相关文章：

★ 常熟市2014高考英阅读理解语一轮（暑假）训练题（6）及答案

★ 【课堂新坐标】2017届高考英语（通用版）二轮复习短文改错专题训练：模式2 多一词（含解析）

★ （全国通用）2014届高考英语一轮单元复习 限时强化训练十二

★ 【课堂新坐标】2017届高考英语（通用版）二轮复习书面表达专题训练：训练6 议论文＋记叙文（含解析）

★ 15-16高考英语二轮复习如何突破英语易错题

★ 湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (53)

★ 山东省济宁市2016年高考英语复习：高中英语语法大全TXT版

★ 四川省2016届高考英语一轮复习课时作业（32） Module 2 Fantasy Literature 外研版选修6

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习课时训练：12（含解析）

★ 浙江省湖州市2014高考英语完形填空一轮（暑假）精炼（6）含答案