Worksheet PART B

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1、TEM8WorksheetBListeningComprehensionGeneralKnowledgeTranslation35/35PRACTICE1SECTIONAMINI-LECTUREInthissectionyouwillhearamini-lecture.YouwillhearthelectureONCEONLY.Whilelistening,takenotesontheimportantpoints.Yournoteswillnotbemarked,butyouwillneedthemtocompleteagap-fillingtaskafterthemini-lec

2、ture.Whenthelectureisover,youwillbegiventwominutestocheckyournotes,andanothertenminutestocompletethegap-fillingtaskonANSERSHEETONE.Forasinglelanguagetodieisa(1)__________phenomenon,buttoday(1)__________languagesaredyinginlargenumbers.Whensurveyingalanguage,peoplenotonlylookatthelinguisticfeatur

3、es,theyalsopayattentiontothenumbersand(2)__________ofthe(2)__________speakersofaparticularlanguage.Thefactorsthathavecausedlanguagestodieinclude:a)naturaldisastersb)genocidec)culturalassimilationd)(3)__________(3)__________Topreserveanendangeredlanguage,thefollowingarenecessary:a)thedesiretosav

4、ealanguageb)therespectforminoritylanguagesc)fundingforteachersandteachingmaterialsd)(4)__________thelanguage(4)__________Weshouldcareaboutdyinglanguagesjustaswecareaboutthedyingspeciesofanimalsandplantssothatwecanmaintainthe(5)__________of(5)__________ourlanguages.Savingafewthousandlanguagesis(

5、6)__________,butitwilltakealot(6)__________ofwill,timeandmoney.Savingtheselanguagesisimportantbecause(7)___(7)_________________languageswilldiewithoutleavingsignsoftheirexistence.Somestatistics1.Inaboutacentury,thenumberoflanguagesintheworldwillbereducedto(8)__________.(8)__________2.96percento

6、ftheworld’slanguagesarespokenby(9)__________(9)__________percentofthepeople.3.Savingthe3,000dyinglanguagesoveraperiodofthreeyearswouldcost(10)__________milliondollars.(10)_________SECTIONBINTERVIEW35/35InthissectionyouwillheareverythingONCEONLY.Listencarefullyandthenanswerthequestionsthatfollow

7、.Markthecorrectanswertoeachquestiononyourcoloredanswersheet.Questions1to5arebasedonaninterview.Attheendoftheinterviewyouwillbegiven10secondstoanswereachofthefollowingfivequestions.1.Whatistrueofmannerstoday?A.Peoplearetoobusytopay