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广告招租，e-mail:yesize@hotmail.com Issue 8 "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." The speaker asserts that governments of countriesswhereslesser-known languages are spoken should intervene to prevent these languages from becoming extinct. I agree insofar as a country’s indigenous and distinct languages should not be abandoned and forgotten altogether. At some point, however, I think cultural identity should yield to the more practical considerations of day-to-day life in a global society. 精华：The speaker asserts that… I agree insofar as…At some point, however, I think… 这第一段非常清晰地点明主旨，逻辑性也很强，是难得的好开头。接下来的就是阐释为什么作者持这观点了。 On the one hand, the indigenous language of any geographical region is part- and-parcel(重要组成部分)of the cultural heritage of the region’s natives. In my observation we humans have a basic psychological need for individual identity, which we define by way of our membership in distinct cultural groups. A culture defines itself in various ways--by its unique traditions, rituals, mores, attitudes and beliefs, but especially language. Therefore, when a people’s language becomes extinct the result is a diminished sense of pride, dignity, and self- worth. 不要说我灭绝人性的话，我认为这一段绝对应该背下来！太经典了。 One need look no further than continental Europe to observe how people cling tenaciously to their distinct languages, despite the fact that there is no practical need for them anymore. And on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, the French Canadians stubbornly insist on French as their official language, for the sole purpose of preserving their distinct cultural heritage. Evenswheresno distinct language exists, people will invent one to gain a sense of cultural identity, as the emergence of the distinct Ebonic cant among today’s African Americans aptly illustrates. In short, people resist language assimilation because of a basic human need to be part of a distinct cultural group. 精华：One need look no further than…to… <......
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