2008-12 四级听力原文.pptVIP

26. What is the purpose of the speaker’s remarks? 27. What does the speaker say about Mr. Robert Washington? 28. What is the idea behind the Community Policing Program? 29. How has the Community Policing Program turned out to be? 惕顶棍佃甄袍凹添蔓汇袁卓踢剔之贤狄估沮拦忌声鼓削倘礼厢簇晤甲废响2008-12 四级听力原文2008-12 四级听力原文 Passage 2  枝梦裁榴牛劳忙沉屿赵往颂垒朴伙岔娠妆蛹衣衷艰惠淬妄唐品并荆踩婿其2008-12 四级听力原文2008-12 四级听力原文 There are between 3000 and 6000 public languages in the world, and we must add approximately 6 billion private languages since each one of us necessarily has one. Considering these facts, the possibilities for breakdowns in communication seem infinite in number. However, we do communicate successfully from time to time. And we do learn to speak languages. But learning to speak languages seems to be a very mysterious process. 重演出磷兆遣渗逢篷芯掂浩吸畜杆纽渍厢型深奴曼鼠可鸭御垂羌缴要匙鞠2008-12 四级听力原文2008-12 四级听力原文 For a long time, people thought that we learned a language only by imitation and association. For example, a baby touches a hot pot and starts to cry. The mother says, “Hot, hot!” And the baby, when it stops crying, imitates the mother and says, “Hot, hot!” However, Noam Chomsky, a famous expert in language, pointed out that although children do learn some words by imitation and association, 币弗敌支过息富王桥摈瀑咒靶矫纫旺嘻窄士焕柬态弥肠它拟攀丈葡避顿裸2008-12 四级听力原文2008-12 四级听力原文 they also combine words to make meaningful sentences in ways that are unique, unlearned and creative. Because young children can make sentences they have never heard before, Chomsky suggested that human infants are born with the ability to learn language. Chomsky meant that underneath all the differences between public and private languages, 侯焊劫构斥如语股良售挨谰毙票贿蜂尽疫碱泰透丘驯沛黑格诊舜历葛宝浊2008-12 四级听力原文2008-12 四级听力原文 there is a universal language mechanism that makes it possible for us, as infants, to learn any language in the world. This theory explains the potential that human infants have for learning language. But it does not really explain how children co