ISSUE13 求拍！到现在才第一篇issue,问题无数。。。

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中文写了全文大概翻译的，中文挺多不知道为啥英文就剩这点了。。。不过鉴于我打字很慢加喜欢思考，考场上能写完我就满足了:L
写得时候还以为挺多的，省去了后面的lesser-known languages的好处，而且怎么感觉越写越乱，没点条理，说理也相当的不充分:mad: ，现在一点信心都没有了呢。。。。

13. Many of the world's lesser-known languages are being lost as fewer and fewer people speak them. The governments of countries in which these languages are spoken should act to prevent such languages from becoming extinct.

With the development of globalization and market economy, some universal languages, represented by English, are widespread used, which results in more and more lesser-known languages are extinct or being extinct. Have the lesser-known languages values to exist? Should government take actions to prevent them from becoming extinct?

No one can deny that universal languages play dominant roles in the field of science and technology. Most of the advanced scientific and technical literature, the computer programming languages and the technology standards are described in universal languages. Hence, if one is willing to make a difference in this field, he/she must grasp at least one of these universal languages. Some people use the "Survival of the fittest" theory to describe the current situation of the lesser-known languages. They assert that if the lesser-known languages cannot compete with the universal languages, then let them go extinct.

However, a language is the carrier of a culture and its history and is the sign to distinct from other cultures. A culture often includes many legends, myths and common senses which spread only through the language in the very beginning. And a lot of proverbs in the language are based on historical stories or customs. Further more, each language has its distinguish ideas that only that language can convey. For example, the traditional Chinese medicine is very different from the western medicine. There are a great many of words about acupoints in Chinese, while there is no word correspond to them in English and it is very difficult for a ordinary American to understand them.

Thus, the extinction of a language also means the extinction of a culture. To some extent, the extinction of a language is more complete than the extinction of a species. When a species go extinct, it leaves fossil to demonstrate it existed; but in a language case, if there is no writing records, then when it go extinct, there may be no trace to follow, especially for those unknown ones. Chinese is lucky, more and more people are trying to use it, and so is traditional Chinese medicine. What about these lesser-known languages? What about these cherished ideas in these languages? And what about their unique history?

Some archaeologists spend all their lives to decipher some signs left by an ancient language, why do not we rescue these being extinct lesser-known languages?

I agree with the speaker that the governments should play a important role in saving their language. It will increase the likelihood of successfully saving the languages if the governments set some restrictions and encourage their residents to learn and use their own language.