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2、zachildren.Thelanguageisindangerofbeing6•TheHadzaarenotaloneinfacingthelossoftheir7tongue.Every8daysalanguagedies.Overhalfoftheapproximately7,000languagesspokenontheplanetmay9bytheendofthe20thcentury.Eightypercentofthe10languageshaveno11form.12thelastspeakerdies,sodoesthelanguage•Buteighty
3、percentoftheworld1spopulationnowspeakjust13ofitslanguages.So,willthelanguagesonthe14bereducedtoa15oftongues?Notifsomepeoplehavetheirway,whoarefightingbackto16rarertonguessuccessfully.Perhapsthemostsuccessfulexampleis17,whichwasdeadtwocenturiesagobutisalivinglanguagenow.Otherlanguageshaveal
4、sobeenbroughtbackfromthebrinkof18throughthesheerwillanddeterminationoftheircommunities•Languagepreservationworksbestwhenthelanguage,cultureand19ofminority-speakercommunitiesare20bynationalgovernments.BAsIappliedtostudy21attheUniversityofIllinoisin1978,myfather22objected,andquotedmea23•HEve
5、ryyear,24performerscompetefor200availablerolesonBroadway.HSomeyearslater,whenIgraduatedfromfilmschool,Icameto25myfather1sconcern•ItwasnearlyunheardofforaChinesenewcomertomakeitintheAmericanfilmindustry.Istruggled26sixyearsof27zhopelessuncertainty.Muchofthetime,Iwashelpingfilm28withtheirequ
6、ipmentorworkingaseditor1sassistant.Mymostpainfulexperienceinvolvedtoutinga29atmorethan30productioncompaniesandmeetingwith30rejectioneachtime.Thatyear,I3130.Yet,Icouldn11evensupportmyself.WhatcouldIdo?Giveupmydream?Mywifegaveme32support.Sheworkedatasmall33researchlabaftergraduationandherinc
7、omewasterribly34•To35myownfeelingsof36,Itookoncooking,cleaning,takingcareofourson—inadditiontoreading,37filmsandwritingscripts,whichwasrather38foraman>Afterward,Ienrolledinacomputercourseatanearbycommunity39•Forthedaysthatfollowed,Idescendedintomalaise.Somywif
