Are Super Girls super enough to be in Cihai?

时间：2006-10-23 02:19:31

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Oct. 22 - Are the Super Girls super enough to make it into China's most authoritative1 dictionary?

 

The editors of Cihai are working on a new edition, and they say they haven't decided2 yet.

 

"The editing preparation of the 2009 edition of the dictionary has just started," Qin Zhenting, an editor at the Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House, which prints Cihai, told China Daily on Friday.

 

"Which new words will be added, and which old ones will be deleted, remains3 unknown."

 

The TV programme that brought the Super Girls into the public eye has certainly made an impact on Chinese society since its debut4 in 2004. The singing competition, based on one that began in 2001 in the United Kingdom as "Pop Idol5" and was copied in the United States the following year as "American Idol," has triggered a public debate about whether the word should be included in Cihai.

 

Qin said the new edition will include terms such as "Shenzhou VI," the name of China's second manned spacecraft, and Ba Jin, a late master of contemporary Chinese literature.

 

The controversy6 began earlier this week, when media reported that Cihai, as a dictionary that prides itself on its educational and historical value, would not include terms such as "Super Girl."

 

The Beijing News quoted an official surnamed Chen as saying that some online words were popular, but Cihai preferred words of both popularity and stability those that can withstand the test of time and usage.

 

Wang Shichuan, a reporter from China Economic News, said: "We all agree on the great contribution of Ba Jin, but who can underestimate the social influence of the Super Girls?"

 

The same newspaper also quoted Xia Nong, a former Cihai editor, as saying that adopting new rules and concepts on how to revise and enrich Cihai were urgent matters.

 

"We need to take the mindset of being modest and comprehensive; otherwise, new terms such as 'Super Girls' won't be included," Xia said.

 

Renmin University Professor Zhao Gong told China Daily: "Of course 'Super Girls' should be edited into Cihai. If some strange words can be in there, why not 'Super Girls'? Even though it may die out after a few years just as, say, 'Shenzhou VI' will be replaced by 'Shenzhou IX' one day."

 

Cihai records new words reflecting the latest developments in the social and natural sciences, including biology, electronics, computer science and economics.

 

The 1999 version had 19,485 Chinese characters and 122,836 vocabulary entries, including "Deng Xiaoping Theory," "socialist7 market economy" and "Internet."

 

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1 authoritative 6O3yU     
adj.有权威的，可相信的；命令式的；官方的
参考例句：
  • David speaks in an authoritative tone.大卫以命令的口吻说话。
  • Her smile was warm but authoritative.她的笑容很和蔼，同时又透着威严。
2 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
3 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
4 debut IxGxy     
n.首次演出，初次露面
参考例句：
  • That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
  • The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。
5 idol Z4zyo     
n.偶像，红人，宠儿
参考例句：
  • As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子，他是父母的宠儿。
  • Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。
6 controversy 6Z9y0     
n.争论，辩论，争吵
参考例句：
  • That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
  • We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
7 socialist jwcws     
n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的
参考例句：
  • China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
  • His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

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