Issue13【红尘笑看沧桑】互改小组第二次作业by maggie

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Issue13
As the saying goes, where there is adifferent language, there is a unique culture. The traditions, rituals, moralsand beliefs are handed down to us generation after generation by our ancestorsthrough the language. However, some lesser—known language are being lost asfewer and fewer people speak them. Whether the government should do somethingto protect these languages from extinction? I agree in so far as each languageshould be respected, for languages and culture are intricably related. At somepoint, however, I advocate both of the lesser—known language and the universallanguage should be encouraged to learn.

Each language represent a sort of culture.The origin and growth of each language is accompanied by the beginning,thriving, changing of a culture. As the precious legacy handed down byancestors, a language is the key to the study and preservation of a culture.What’s more, different culture has its distinctive traditions, rituals, morals,beliefs, which need their owe language to embody their characteristic. TheEskimo has more than 20 words to describe the color white. If one has the basicknowledge of Eskimo, one will never be surprised by this fact because they arereally a people of ice and snow. I f the language dies, the research of theculture well have to depend on deciphering and even conjecture, which is notaccurate and different either. In this respect, preserve the language is to preservethe sort of culture, we need different culture to prosper the world.

Another positive respect to preserve lesser—knownlanguage is that it can provide the linguistics virious resources to betterunderstand the human thought. Some language has a very special inflectionsystem, while some may possess a rather interesting word order. All theseelements are highly valuable for the study of linguistics, which is a veryimportant branch of anthropology, the study to understand human-beings.Linguists need the data collected from the analysis of different languages inorder that they can build their theoretical systems aiming at better understandthe essence of language and finally the organism of human thought.

On the other hand, as an expression tool,language serves mainly for the convenience of communication. Lesser—knownlanguage, on the other hand, will inevitably leads to language barriers. We arenow living in the world with far-reaching trend of globalization. Themodernization and industrialization ask for a massive communication andinteraction between people from around the world. Therefore, if people or areasturn to a more widely used language, they can exchange ideas or absorb newthoughts more easily and convenience, then they can take this advantage todevelop themselves better. India,take a lead in its software programs, a significant element to their success istheir official language. On the contrary, those lagged behind tribes of aborigines,at the time they confine themselves to their lesser-known language, they alsoconfine themselves to their own limited thought. That is the reason why they stillsuffer from depressed plagues—such as hunger, homelessness, disease, povertyand poor education.

In sum, preserving the lesser-knownlanguage is definitely worthwhile. It shows our respect and inclusiveness ofdifferent cultures, and the balance development of world needs this diversifiedcultures. Meanwhile, we still can see the drawbacks of language barriers indaily life outweigh the importance of a dying language, the government shouldoffer sufficient financial support and manpower to make record and study of thelosing language, at the same time, the government should induct their citizensto master the universal language to stimulate and enhance the prosperity of thewhole nation.

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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.


As the saying goes, where there is a different language, there is a unique culture. The traditions, rituals, moral sand beliefs are handed down to us generation after generation by our ancestors through the language. However, some lesser—known language are being lost as fewer and fewer people speak them. Whether the government should do something to protect these languages from extinction? I agree in so far as each language should be respected, for languages and culture(cultures) are intricably(intricately?) related. At some point, however, I advocate both of the lesser—known language and the universal language should be encouraged to learn.

Each language represent(represents) a sort of culture. The origin and growth of each language is accompanied by the beginning, thriving, changing of a culture.(我喜欢这句话) As the precious legacy（was） handed down by ancestors, a language is the key to the study and preservation of a culture. What’s more, different culture has its distinctive traditions, rituals, morals, beliefs, which need their owe （own）language to embody their characteristic. The Eskimo has more than 20 words to describe the color white. If one has the basic knowledge of Eskimo, one will never be surprised by this fact because they are really a people of ice and snow. I f the language dies, the research of the culture well have to depend on deciphering and even conjecture, which is not accurate and different either. In this respect, preserve（preserving）the language is to preserve the sort of culture, we need different culture to prosper the world.（这一段着重说明语言可以反映一个文明的兴衰，是各个民族的文化象征，也是宝贵的遗产，与第一段呼应，不过第一段关于这方面写的稍微具体了一些，与这里有重复之嫌哦，第一段可以略略点过，比如具有在语言和文化方面很多价值这样概括地写。）
Another positive respect to preserve lesser—known language is that it can provide the linguistics virious(various) resources to better understand the human thought. Some language has a very special inflection system, while some may possess a rather interesting word order. All the seelements are highly valuable for the study of linguistics, which is a very important branch of anthropology, the study to understand human-beings. Linguists need the data collected from the analysis of different languages in order that they can build their theoretical systems aiming at better understand the essence of language and finally the organism of human thought.（这一段在写语言方面的研究价值，不过这一段我个人觉得可以写得再大一些~~语言最重要的功能是思想的载体，这是工具之所以为工具的原因。如果我们不懂希腊文，我们就错过了亚里士多德，如果我们不知道拉丁文，我们就错过了牛顿（那个时代的英国科研作品用拉丁文写的，参见万有引力定律，因为当时英语在莎士比亚比较低级，不能精确表达意思），等等  把语言所用到的领域也扩展开来，这样的话就不仅仅是语言学家的事，而是整个科学研究的需要~~~）

On the other hand, as an expression tool, language serves mainly for the convenience of communication. Lesser—known language, on the other hand, will inevitably leads to language barriers. We are now living in the world with far-reaching trend of globalization. The modernization and industrialization ask for a massive communication and interaction between people from around the world. Therefore, if people or areasturn to a more widely used language, they can exchange ideas or absorb new thoughts more easily and convenience, then they can take this advantage to develop themselves better. India, take a lead in its software programs, a significant element to their success is their official language. On the contrary, those lagged behind tribes of aborigines, at the time they confine themselves to their lesser-known language, they also confine themselves to their own limited thought. That is the reason why they still suffer from depressed plagues—such as hunger, homelessness, disease, povertyand poor education. （个人以为，这一段有更好的重点可以抓住~~~~，你不觉得在此段前面的两段写的是语言的好处~~~而不是稀有语言的好处吗~~~那么就算没有你这一段，我也知道整个语言都需要保护，为什么要区分稀有还是通用语言呢？？唯一多出来的理由大体就是更好的交流等等~~~但是有一个问题我在下面会提到~~~回到题目The governments of countries in which these languages are spoken should act to prevent such languages from becoming extinct.仔细研读这一段话，再比较此段你的行文，~~~其实还有重点很重要的~~~为什么是government should~~不是别的团体should，不是民间should，这样我可以解释一下上面的疑惑了，你写了通用语可以更好地交流和在全球化的今天擦出思想的火花，但是既然全世界都在用，政府为什么要多此一举保护呢，它离灭亡还早那~~~这就是真正的为什么稀有语言需要政府的保护，它比民间保护的好处在哪里~~~~政府资源充分，政府力量大，还是有很多方面好写的~~~这样的话on the other hand才是真正的on the other hand 而不是还是写语言的好处~~~~）


In sum, preserving the lesser-known language is definitely worthwhile. It shows our respect and inclusiveness of different cultures, and the balance development of world needs this diversified cultures. Meanwhile, we still can see the drawbacks of language barriers in daily life outweigh the importance of a dying language, the government should offer sufficient financial support and manpower to make record and study of the losing language, at the same time, the government should induct their citizens to master the universal language to stimulate and enhance the prosperity of the whole nation.