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广东省深圳实验中学2024-2025九年级上学期英语期中试卷
With most Chinese people speaking Mandarin, or putonghua, some local dialects, or fangyan, are in danger of disappearing. To save them, the Chinese government started the Chinese Language Resources(资源) Protection Project in 2015.
This project looked at how people talk in 1,712 places. Their languages included 103 dialects that are almost gone. Over five years, more than 350 universities and research groups joined in, along with over 4,500 experts(专家)and more than 6,000 dialect speakers.
This project has helped China to build the largest language resource library in the world. Now a dialect library has been built online, where people can learn dialects from over 5.6 million recordings and over 5 million videos. At present, the project has entered into the second stage. It plans to create digital tools like apps and mobile dictionaries to help people learn dialects.
Why is it important to protect the dialect culture? According to British expert Harold Palmer, dialects are the key to keeping local cultures, because they faithfully show the histories, the beliefs and the fixed ideas of an area.
Zhang Hongming, another expert, talked about the worrying situation of dialects. "For about over 10 years, in the Wu dialect areas such as Shanghai and Suzhou, children aged 6 to 15 can understand but hardly speak the dialect. Besides, young people above 15 years old sometimes speak it, but not very well. If this keeps happening, the dialect might disappear." he said.
So, not only the country but every one of us should do our bit to protect dialect culture.
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Terry's Travel Advice Our travel expert, Terry Tripper, helps to give advice to some travelers in need. | |
·A woman fell down in front of us during our trip. While we were helping her, someone stole(偷窃) our money! If we weren't so nice, we would still have our money! —MARGARET, BOSTON | |
Terry says:I am always willing to help others, too. But if there is a common(骚动), I keep my money in a safe place. And remember, sometimes the person instigating the common is working together with the thief(小偷)! | |
·I want to share a tip my friend gave me. If you' re worried about losing your passport(护照), don't carry it around with you. Just keep it in your hotel room. —SERGIO, RIO DE JANEIRO | |
Terry says: Sorry, your friend was not right. Keep your passport with you at all times. If someone sneaks(偷偷地走) into your room, you will probably still try to get home! | |
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New Year's Day is a big festival for people all over the world. However, people celcbrate it in different ways.
Hi, I'm Mike. I'm from Australia. In my country, we usually set off fireworks and join the party to enjoy the fire shows or magic shows with our family members. | Hi, I'm Lisa. My hometown is France. On New Year's Day, we often sing, dance and see fireworks with our family near the Eiffel Tower. We also enjoy champagnc(香槟) and turkeys together. That's cool! | |
Hi, I'm Jason. I was born in America, but I usually spend the New Year's Day in Spain. We cat twelve grapes on New Year's Evc, they stand for lucky days in twelve months. | Hi, I'm Jennifer. I grow up in Beijing. On New Year's Eve, I always enjoy a big reunion dinner with my family and share traditional dishes like fish, lion's head and ducks. |
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