Perhaps the Daily Mail should take a leaf out of Jonathan Swift's book and instead of blaming changes in English on "a tidal wave of mindless Americanisms", start calling those damned poets to book.
2
模仿录音带对英语学习来说是很重要的。
Imitating tapes (recording) is of great importance in learning English.
3
有的学者认为汉语的复句是对英语复合句的简单模仿,不符合汉语事实,主张取消单复句。
Some scholars consider Chinese complex sentence is the simple imitation of English compound sentence. They are not accord with Chinese language fact, and should be cancelled.