首页
登录
职称英语
Languages will continue to diverge. Even if English were to become the unive
Languages will continue to diverge. Even if English were to become the unive
游客
2024-10-18
18
管理
问题
Languages will continue to diverge. Even if English were to become the universal language, it would still take many different forms. Indeed the same could happen to English as has happened to Chinese: a language of intellectuals which doesn’t vary hugely alongside a large number of variants used by local peoples.
We will continue to teach other languages in some form, and not just for reasons of practicality. Learning a language is good for your mental health; it forces you to understand another cultural and intellectual system. So I hope British education will develop a more rational approach to the foreign languages available to students in line with their political importance. Because so many people believe it’s no longer important to know another language, I fear that time devoted to language teaching in schools may well continue to decline. But you can argue that learning another language well is more taxing than, say, learning to play chess well — it involves sensitivity to a set of complicated rules,and also to context.
Technology will certainly make a difference to the use of foreign languages. Computers may, for instance, alleviate the drudgery that a vast translation represents. But no one who has seen a computer translation will think it can substitute for knowledge of the different languages. A machine will always be behind the times. Still more important is the fact that no computer-will ever get at the associations beyond the words associations that may not be expressed but which carry much of the meaning. In languages like Arabic that context is very important. Languages come with heavy cultural baggage too — in French or German if you missed the cultural references behind a word you’re very likely to be missing the meaning. It will be very hard to teach all that to a computer.
All the predictions are that English will be spoken by a declining proportion of the world’s population in the 21st century. I don’t think foreign languages will really become less important, but they might be perceived to be — and that would in the end be a very bad thing. [br] Which is the best title of the passage?
选项
A、Learning Foreign Languages
B、Language Continuing to Diverge
C、The Limitation of Technology in Learning Foreign Language
D、The Inner Meaning of Words
答案
A
解析
大意判断题。B、C、D均较片面,不能概括全文,A项则是作者写作本文的目的,最合适。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3807192.html
相关试题推荐
Theforeignstudentadvisorrecommendedthatshe_____moreEnglishbeforeenrolli
Thestreams,oftenpettyandinsignificantduringdryweather,becomeraging____
Accordingtothispassage,howisthewordcenterspelledinBritishEnglish?[b
Accordingtothispassage,howisthewordcenterspelledinBritishEnglish?[o
AnoverviewofthehistoryofEnglishintheSubcontinent(南亚次大陆)willhelp
AnoverviewofthehistoryofEnglishintheSubcontinent(南亚次大陆)willhelp
Languageswillcontinuetodiverge.EvenifEnglishweretobecometheunive
Languageswillcontinuetodiverge.EvenifEnglishweretobecometheunive
Thepressureforchangecontinuedtomount.Theunderlinedwordmeans______.A、pe
WhentheoldcouplecametoAmerica,theystartedtolearnEnglishfrom______.A、
随机试题
Banksnormallyreceivemoneyfromtheircustomersintwodistinctforms:on
[originaltext]IntheseasidetownofBrightoninsouthernEnglandtherulin
A—bloodtypeB—postalcodeC—sexD—heightE—dateofbirth
通过发酵罐发酵可大规模生产谷氨酸,生产中常用的菌种是好氧的谷氨酸棒状杆菌。下列有
A.通调水道B.主藏精C.主疏泄D.主水液E.主统血肝的生理功能()。
某购物中心地上6层,地下2层,耐火等级二级,每层建筑面积3000m2,大楼经过消
同一动产上已设立抵押权或者质权,该动产又被留置的,留置权无效。( )
必须把教育摆在优先发展的战略地位思想的提出始自党的( )。A、十五大 B
关于儿童颌骨骨折的治疗,描述正确的是A.首选手术复位固定 B.严格恢复咬合
(2011年真题)通过横向和纵向对比,每股净资产指标可以作为衡量上市公司股票投资
最新回复
(
0
)