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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.Forpeoplewhospeakanancienttongueast
2、heirmotherlanguage,ithelpsthemkeeptheirtraditions.Theirlanguageistheirmainlink(联系)withtheirancestors.Anditisalsohowtheyimaginethefuture.Soit’saseriousthingthatalanguagedisappears.Overthelastcentury,morethan400languageshavediedout.Somelanguagesarenowspokenonlybyafewdozenpeople,li
3、keYaganinChile.AfricaandSouthAmericaarealsoplaceswheremanylanguagesaredying.Whyarehumansspeakingfewerlanguagesthanweoncedid?Theanswerhastodowithglobalization(全球化).Nowadays,it’smoreusefultospeakcertainlanguages-Englishisoneexample-ratherthanothers.Thishaskilledsomelanguages,usual
4、lyonesspokenbyfewerorlessinfluentialpeople.Butsomepeoplearen’tpreparedtoacceptaplanetwithfewerandfewerlanguages.TheUnitedNationshassetFeb21asInternationalMotherLanguageDay.Theorganizationwantspeopletopaymoreattentiontodyinglanguages.Thisworkisveryimportant.AsUSwriterRitaMaeBrown
5、wrote,“Languageistheroadmap(路线图)ofaculture.Ittellswhereitspeoplecomefromandwheretheyaregoing”.BYoucannotlovewithoutgivingAgirlwasworkingasanurseinaprivatehospital(私立医院).Oneday,apatientwhowasseriouslyillwasbroughttoherhospital,butsoonhadtobetransferredtoadifferenthospitalforanope
6、ration.Thedirector(主管)ofthehospitalsaidthatthepatientcouldn’tbetransferredunlesshepaidhisbillfirst.Thepatient’sfamilyaskediftheycouldpaythebillaftertheoperation,asthepatientwascriticallyill.Buttheirrequestwasrefused.Thenurse,whohadjustarrivedtowork,heardaboutthesituationandmadea
7、surprisingdecision.Sheremovedhergoldenbracelet(手镯),tookittothecashier’sdesk(收银台)andsaidshewoulduseittocoverthepatient’sbill.Thankstoherhelp,thepatientwasimmediatelytransferredtotheotherhospitalandhislifewassaved.Althoughthebraceletwastheonlypieceofvaluablejewelry(珠宝)sheowned,the
8、nursedonated(捐赠)ittosavethepatient,eventhoughhe