ISSUE 13，求拍砖，谢谢，有拍必回

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TOPIC: ISSUE13 - "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."
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TIME: 00:45:00
DATE: 2009/8/24 15:54:52 Peter

Thanks to the modernization and internationalization, we are living in an atmosphere where there is high technology and advantages. However, every thing severs as a double-sided sword. Many lesser-known languages are disappearing rapidly due to the development of science and technology. There is a hot debate about whether government should protect these indigenous languages from extinction. From my point of view, appropriate methods are essential to be taken to protect these languages.


The authorities have pointed out there are over 6,000 languages in the world now, but more than half of them will be extinct when coming to the next century. The situation is so severe that almost one kind of language is missing every two weeks somewhere in the world. Its rapid disappearance is the result of the development of modern society as people from a variety of countries speaking distinct languages are in cooperation with each other. Thus the language is an obstacle in front of them and they need to speak the same language so as to communicate and discuss. Besides, the colonization decades ago even till now along with the migration nowadays are another two crucial reasons responsible for the combination of languages. Furthermore, even one stays at home going nowhere, he or she might learn the most common language as so many American dramas or South Korea Soup TV soap are screened . He or she might cannot help learning the common language while forgetting the dialect at the same time as they are seldom shown or spoken. All of these can fully explain why English are so widely spoken with people all around the world while other less-known languages are being lost now and then.


However, the lesser-known languages are of significant importance to know a culture as well as a kind of value. Let me take the ecological system as an example. As we all know, the food chain is filled with all kinds of creatures including the producer, the consumer and the decomposer. Each of them is indispensable for the reason that if one kind of creature disappears, the chain will break up and all creatures might be extinct in the end. It is the variety of the different creatures making the nature lively and balanced. It is of the same importance to languages. If one lesser-known language disappeared, the tradition died out at the same time. It is the variety of different cultures that make this world colorful, beautiful and brightly. Without these cultures, we will live in a lifeless house where there is no sunlight.


Hence, it is rightful and essential for government to protect the endangered languages just like we protect those endangered animals, like pandas or some kind of monkeys. Actions like having some dialects programs on TV, encouraging local people to speak local language as well as employing some historians to write down the usage of languages as well as traditional rivals or myths for better protection should be taken. But positive actions will turn out to be negative if going to extremes. Government should also consider whether these new policies prevent the development of the modern society. Nobody wants to the action of protecting lesser-known languages turns out to be a mistake bringing the modern society backward. Consequently, striking a balance between them is essential and crucial.


To put it in a nutshell, government has the necessity and responsibility to prevent lesser-known languages as they are the priceless treasures of human beings. However, it is also significant to strike a balance between protecting these languages and developing modern society, for the reason that benefiting one at the cost of sacrificing the other is what all of us do not expect.

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