Linguists(语言学家) generally argue for"the arbitrariness of the sign";no connection exists between the word dog and the furry quadruped.A rare exception is onomatopoeia,where words representing the bark of a dog(bow-wow) and the buzz made by a bee are more or ...
Many of the present day languages of Europe and India are modern forms of it. Languages are always changing. The English of today is very different from the English of 500 years ago. In time, some even die out completely. About 1,000 years ago English was a little-known relative of ...
. English is one of the most important languages because many people use it, not only in England and America, but also in other countries of the world. About 200 million people speak it 2 their own language, and another 200 million use it as ...
Miss Evans, an American reporter said.“I don't understand a word they are saying but I like the sound of the language. It sounds smoother than Putonghua. And Shanghainese like things“renao”(热闹), so even a discussion about the weather can sound l___an argument or a party. My bu...
完型填空 More than 3,000 languages are spoken in the world.Of all these languages, English is the most widely used.When English is used, it has also 1 many new words from other languages.For example, Americans borrowed “cookbook from German.They 2
1. The underlined word “Bipedalism” means. A.moving sidewaysB.walking upright C.walking on four legsD.running fast 2. Why did chimpanzees wear masks in the experiment? A.Masks protect chimpanzees from any harm. B.Masks help chimpanzees walk steadily. ...
“ready, set, go”. Some nursery rhymes (童谣) have a word repeated three times, such as “row, row, row your boat”. In stories, there are usually three main characters, such as Harry, Ron and Hermione in the Ha...
In Oxford University Press's Gift of Words campaign,people speaking more than one language were asked to "gift"a word from their first to their second language,and vice versa (反之亦然).The responses highlight even(2) more( many) words that multilingual(多种语言的) Engl...
For peace on earth will come only to those who give glory to God! It is not the Church that is in danger, it is the world!” —Venerable Bishop Fulton J. Sheen “Life is Worth Living” television series I don’t normally use phrases like this, ...
How many languages are there in the world?There are about 1500.English is one of them. It is used not only in England and the USA, but also in the other parts of the world. What is the best way to learn a language?We should remember how we all learned our own language when we ...