Module 4 Languages of the World-reading practice Period One Introduction 课件

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1、Endangeredlanguagesarelanguagesthatareonthebrinkofextinction,muchlikeendangeredspeciesofplantsoranimals.Languagesareconsideredtobenearlyextinctwhenonlyafewelderlyspeakersarestillliving.EndangeredlanguagesWhatisanendangeredlanguage?Module4LanguagesoftheWorld-readingpracticePeriodOneIntroduc

2、tion&ReadingandVocabulary课件话题美文赏析Theworldfacesenormouschallengesinmaintaininglanguagediversity(多样性)．Ofthemorethan6,800languages,halfmaybeindangerofdisappearinginthenextseveraldecades.Andatleast10%oftheworld'slivinglanguagesarenowspokenbyfewerthan100people.Someoftheforcesthatcontributetolan

3、guagelossaretheimpactofurbanization(都市化)，Westernization,globalcommunication,discrimination,war,disease,hungerandpopulationmovements.Theseforcesdiminishtheselfsufficiency(自负)andselfconfidenceofsmallandtraditionalcommunities.Asaresult,parentsdonotpasstheirlanguagetotheirchildrenbecausetheyfe

4、elthatspeakingthemajoritylanguagebetterequipstheirchildrenforsuccessinthemajorityculturethanspeakingtheirownlanguage.Whydolanguagesdie?Whytrytopreserveendangeredlanguages?Wouldn'ttheworldbesimpleriftherewerefewerlanguages?Whycareiflanguagesdieout?Thetruthisthatapeople'sidentityandculturear

5、ecloselytiedtotheirlanguage.Eachlanguageisunique.Nooneknowswhatrichesmaybehiddenwithinanendangeredlanguage.Wemayneverlearnaboutthecultureswhoselanguageshavedisappeared.Weallsharetheresponsibilityofensuringthatnolanguagewilldisappearandthatasmanylanguagesaspossiblewillbemaintainedandhandedt

6、ofuturegenerations.Fillintheblanks：1.Theworldnowhaslanguages，ofwhichareindanger,andatleastofthemonlyhavelessthannativespeakers.2．Urbanization,Westernization,globalcommunication，war，，andpopulationmovementsleadtothedisappearingoflanguages.3．Wecanlearnaboutaandthroughitslanguage.morethan6,800

7、half10%discriminationdiseasehungerpeople'sidentitycultureModule4LanguagesoftheWorld-readingpracticePeriodOneIntroduction&ReadingandVocabulary课件（外研版选修9）1．v．超过，超越→过去式→过去分词2．v．预言，预料→n．预言，预报→adj.可预言的，可预想的3．v．扩大；增加→n．广阔，宽广4．adv.现时；目前→adj.当前的，现时发的→n．通用；流传Ⅰ.单词识记overt