【AsmoreandmorepeoplespeakthegloballanguagesofEnglishChineseSpanishandArabicotherlanguagesarerapidlydisappearing.Infacthalfofthe6000-7000languagesspokenaroundtheworldtodaywilllikelydieoutbythenextce】|小学英语问答-字典翻译问答网

【AsmoreandmorepeoplespeakthegloballanguagesofEnglishChineseSpanishandArabicotherlanguagesarerapidlydisappearing.Infacthalfofthe6000-7000languagesspokenaroundtheworldtodaywilllikelydieoutbythenextce】

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AsmoreandmorepeoplespeakthegloballanguagesofEnglishChineseSpanishandArabicotherlanguagesarerapidlydisappearing.Infacthalfofthe6000-7000languagesspokenaroundtheworldtodaywilllikelydieoutbythenextcenturyaccordingtotheUnitedNationsEducationalScientificandCulturalOrganization(UNESCO).

Inanefforttopreventlanguagelossscholarsfromanumberoforganizations-UNESCOandNationalGeographicamongthem–haveformanyyearsbeendocumentingdyinglanguagesandtheculturestheyreflect.

MarkTurinascientistattheMacmillanCenterYaleUniversitywhospecializesinthelanguagesandoraltraditionsoftheHimalayasisfollowinginthattradition.HisrecentlypublishedbookAGrammarofThangmiwithanEthnolinguisticIntroductiontotheSpeakersandTheirCulturegrowsoutofhisexperiencelivinglookingandraisingafamilyinavillageinNepal.

DocumentingtheTangmilanguageandcultureisjustastartingpointforTurinwhoseekstoincludeotherlanguagesandoraltraditionsacrosstheHimalayansreachesofIndiaNepalBhutanandChina.Butheisnotcontenttosimplyrecordthesevoicesbeforetheydisappearwithoutrecord.

AttheUniversityofCambridgeTurindiscoveredawealthofimportantmaterials-includingphotographsfilmstaprecordingsandfieldnotes-whichhadremainedunstudiedandwerebadlyinneedofcareandprotection.

Nowthroughthetwoorganizationsthathehasfounded-theDigitalHimalayaProjectandtheWorldOralLiteratureProject-Turinhasstartedacampaigntomakesuchdocumentsfoundinlibrariesandstoresaroundtheworldavailablenotjusttoscholarsbuttotheyoungers.

Generationsofcommunitiesfromwhomthematerialswereoriginallycollected.ThankstodigitaltechnologyandthewidelyavailableInternet.Turinnotestheendangeredlanguagescanbesavedandreconnectedwithspeechcommunities.

1.Manyscholarsaremakingeffortsto_____.

A.promotegloballanguages

B.rescuethedisappearinglanguages

C.searchforlanguagecommunities

D.setuplanguagesresearchorganizations.

2.Whatdoes“thattradition”inParagraph3referto?

A.Havingfirstrecordsofthelanguages

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　　1.B 　　2.A 　　3.D 　　4.C 　　分析：　　本文是一篇记叙文。叙述了学者们正在努力记录濒临消失的语言和文化，来挽救这些语言。耶鲁大学的科学家MarkTurin专门研究喜马拉雅山的语言和口述传统，并他根据自己在尼泊尔一个村庄的生活经历写了一本书。他不只是满足把这些语言在灭绝前记录下来，他要把他们挽救下来，和现在的语言进行重新的连接。　　1.小题1】B.考查细节理解。许多学者正在努力做什么？根据Inanefforttopreventlanguagelossscholarsfromanumberoforganizations-UNESCOandNationalGeographicamongthem–haveformanyyearsbeendocumentingdyinglanguagesandtheculturestheyreflect.可知许多学者正在努力记录濒临消失的语言和文化，来挽救这些语言。故选B. 　　2.Butheisnotcontenttosimplyrecordthesevoicesbeforetheydisappearwithoutrecord.可知这些语言在没有记录前就要消失了，所以这些学者对这些语言做的是最早的记录。故选A 　　3.Turin的书是根据什么写的？根据HisrecentlypublishedbookAGrammarofThangmiwithanEthnolinguisticIntroductiontotheSpeakersandTheirCulturegrowsoutofhisexperiencelivinglookingandraisingafamilyinavillageinNepal.可知他的书是根据他在尼泊尔一个村庄的生活经历写的。故选D.选项A在印度的文化统计。根据DocumentingtheTangmilanguageandcultureisjustastartingpointforTurinwhoseekstoincludeotherlanguagesandoraltraditionsacrosstheHimalayansreachesofIndia可知他在印度记录了其他语言和口述传统，但是没有写成书。故与原文不符。选项B在耶鲁大学可用的记录。根据AttheUniversityofCambridgeTurindiscoveredawealthofimportantmaterials-includingphotographsfilmstaprecordingsandfieldnotes-可知是在剑桥大学大学发现的记录而不是在耶鲁大学，故排除B项。选项C在英国的语言研究。根据AttheUniversityofCambridgeTurindiscoveredawealthofimportantmaterials-includingphotographsfilmstaprecordingsandfieldnotes-whichhadremainedunstudiedandwerebadlyinneedofcareandprotection.可知在英国剑桥大学发现了很多有用的语言资料，但是为被人研究，因此没有写成书，故排除C项。　　4.Turin的作品的最好的描述？根据Generationsofcommunitiesfromwhomthematerialswereoriginallycollected.和Turinnotestheendangeredlanguagescanbesavedandreconnectedwithspeechcommunities.可知Turin的作品是从最初的材料上进行的收集，他的作品使濒临危险的语言得到了保护，并且与言语重新连接。因此对他的作品做好的描述是具有收集，保护和重新连接的作用。故选C. 　　考点：　　人物类短文阅读。