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1、初三每周认读和阅读18AThelatepresidentofSouthAfrica,NelsonMandela,oncesaid:“Ifyoutalktoamaninalanguageheunderstands,thatgoestohishead.Ifyoutalktoamaninhisownlanguage,thatgoestohisheart.”Mandelaunderstoodthatourmotherlanguageisaveryintimate(亲近的)thingtous.Forpeoplewhospeakanancient
2、tongueastheirmotherlanguage,ithelpsthemkeeptheirtraditions.Theirlanguageistheirmainlink(联系)withtheirancestors.Anditisalsohowtheyimaginethefuture.Soit’saseriousthingthatalanguagedisappears.Overthelastcentury,morethan400languageshavediedout.Somelanguagesarenowspokenonlyby
3、afewdozenpeople,likeYaganinChile.AfricaandSouthAmericaarealsoplaceswheremanylanguagesaredying.Whyarehumansspeakingfewerlanguagesthanweoncedid?Theanswerhastodowithglobalization(全球化).Nowadays,it’smoreusefultospeakcertainlanguages-Englishisoneexample-ratherthanothers.Thish
4、askilledsomelanguages,usuallyonesspokenbyfewerorlessinfluentialpeople.Butsomepeoplearen’tpreparedtoacceptaplanetwithfewerandfewerlanguages.TheUnitedNationshassetFeb21asInternationalMotherLanguageDay.Theorganizationwantspeopletopaymoreattentiontodyinglanguages.Thisworkis
5、veryimportant.AsUSwriterRitaMaeBrownwrote,“Languageistheroadmap(路线图)ofaculture.Ittellswhereitspeoplecomefromandwheretheyaregoing”.BYoucannotlovewithoutgivingAgirlwasworkingasanurseinaprivatehospital(私立医院).Oneday,apatientwhowasseriouslyillwasbroughttoherhospital,butsoonh
6、adtobetransferredtoadifferenthospitalforanoperation.Thedirector(主管)ofthehospitalsaidthatthepatientcouldn’tbetransferredunlesshepaidhisbillfirst.Thepatient’sfamilyaskediftheycouldpaythebillaftertheoperation,asthepatientwascriticallyill.Buttheirrequestwasrefused.Thenurse,
7、whohadjustarrivedtowork,heardaboutthesituationandmadeasurprisingdecision.Sheremovedhergoldenbracelet(手镯),tookittothecashier’sdesk(收银台)andsaidshewoulduseittocoverthepatient’sbill.Thankstoherhelp,thepatientwasimmediatelytransferredtotheotherhospitalandhislifewassaved.Alth
8、oughthebraceletwastheonlypieceofvaluablejewelry(珠宝)sheowned,thenursedonated(捐赠)ittosavethepatient,eventhoughhe