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Unit 1 Whatever?else?people?do?when?they?come?together?–?whether?they?play,?fight,?or?make?automobiles?–?they?talk.?We?lie?in?a?world?of?language.?We?talk?to?our?friends, ?our?associates,?our?wives?and?husbands,?our?bosses,?our?teachers,?our?parents?and?in-laws.?We?talk?to?bus?drivers?and?total?strangers.?We?talk?face?to?face?and?over?the?telephone,?and?everyone?responds?with?more?talk.?Television?and?radio?further?swell?this?torrent?of?words.?Hardly?a?moment?of?our?waking?lives?is?free?from?words,?and?even?in?our?dreams?we?talk?and?are?talked?to.?We?also?talk?when?there?is?no?one?to?answer.?Some?of?us?talk?aloud?in?our?sleep.?We?talk?to?our?pets?and?sometimes?to?ourselves.?We?are?the?only?animals?that?do?so.? The?possession?of?language,?more?than?any?other?attribute,?distinguishes?humans?from?other?animals.?To?understand?our?humanity?we?must?understand?the?language?that?makes?us?human.?According?to?the?philosophy?expressed?in?the?myths?and?religions?of?many?peoples,?it?is?language?that?is?the?source?of?human?life?and?power.?To?some people?of?Africa,?a?newborn?child?is?a?kuntu,?a?―thing‖,?not yet?a?muntu,?a?―person.‖?Only?by?the?act?of?learning?does?the?child?become?a?human?being.?According to?this?tradition,?we?all?become?―human‖?because?we?all?come?to?know?at?least?one?language.? Unit 2 During?the?past?ten?years?a?great?deal?of?attention?has?been?given?to?―telling?it?like?it?is.‖?My?impression?is?that?this?devotion?to?speaking?one’s?mind?has?more?often?led?to?hurt?feelings?and?ruined?relationships?than?to?great?joy.? I?think?we?generally?agree?that?never?expressing?real?feelings?and?withholding?all?less-than-lovely?thoughts?about?each?other?always?leads?to?constructive?communication.?It’s?a?great?relief?to?allow?ourselves?to?admit?our?human?weakness?and?pursue?more?honest?relationships?with?others.?But?we?need?a?balance?between?telling?it?all?and?telling?nothing.? Recently?I?received?a?letter?from?a?mother?who?had?been?persuaded?by?her?son?to?attend?a?weekend?meet