Learing a Language.pptVIP

The beginning of the journey is at about two thousand years ago. In the seafaring,it meeting,contacting others. We dont know when the journey ends. Studying any language is, in fact, an endless voyage. Each of the thousands of languages currently [k?r?ntli]used in the world is a complex affair. Many languages do have a standard form---particularly on paper---and this is what we learn, but they probably also have a variety of regional [ri:d??n?l] dialects[dai?lekt] and social styles, and many are the products of the historical[hist?rik?l]mingling of other languages. The English language is just such a hybrid[haibrid] . It began its career just under two thousand years ago as a form of ancient German, collided with a special kind of old French, was subjected to several waves of Latin and a flood of Greek, and since then has acquired bits and pieces of every other language that its users have ever been in contact with. Read and translate Studying any language is, in fact, an endless voyage. Each of the thousands of languages currently used in the world is a complex affair. 其实，学习任何语言就像是一次永无止境的航行。当今世界上使用的成千上万语言中的每一种语言都是一件复杂的事情。 Many languages do have a standard form--- particularly on paper---- and this is what we learn, but they probably also have a variety of regional dialects and social styles, and many are the products of the historical mingling of other languages.The English language is just such a hybrid. 许多语言确实有一种标准形式---特别是书面语---这就是我们要学习的，然而，他们也可能有各种各样的地区方言和社会文体，许多是历史进程中和其他语言融合的产物。英语就是这样一种混合语言。 It began its career just under two thousand years ago as a form of ancient German, collided with a special kind of old French, was subjected to several waves of Latin and a flood of Greek, and since then has acquired bits and pieces of every other language that its users have ever been in contact with. 英语大约是从二千年前开始演变的。首先是一种古德语形式，与一种特殊的古法语发生了冲突，其后又吸取了一些拉丁语和希腊语。自那以后又吸收了它的使用者所接触的其他所有语言的点点滴滴。 Question 1 In this paragraph,whats the voyage? Studying any language is, in