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How did language begin? What was the world"s first language? Do all languages come from one, original
language? 1_____.
In the 4th century BC, the Creek historian Herodotus wrote this account: Psamtik I an Egyptian King,
wanted to find out what the oldest language in the world was. 2_____. He told his servant to find two newborn
babies. When the servant had found them, the king gave them to a shepherd (牧羊人) and said, "Keep these
babies with the goats. Take care of them, but do not talk to them. Listen for any words that they say." The king
wanted to find out what 1anguage the children would speak if they were left alone. He said, "The first words
they speak will come from the original language of the world."
3_____. He told the king, who asked his scholars about this word. They told him that the Phiygians, who
lived in an area which is now Turkey, called bread "becos." The king said, "Then Phiygian is the oldest
language."Today we know that the king"s conclusion was wrong. We don"t know why the children said "becos".
4_____. Scholars discovered that many European and southern Asian languages belonged to the same"family"
and that they star- ted from the same parent language, Proto-Indo-European. Linguists think that it had split into
several different languages, including Greek and Sanskrit, between 2,000 and 1,000 BC. Other languages, such
as English and Spanish, developed from later splits.
5_____. Two questions that interest linguists are: How does language change? Why does language. change?
If you like solving mysteries, historical linguistics may be the job for you.
B. He was talking about this problem with his scholars when he had an idea
C. The king was very kind to his servant and his servant remained royal to him
D. Linguists are the scholars who are very interested in categorizing the language families
E. People have been trying to find the answers to these questions for more than 2,000 years
F. One day, while the babies were babbling to each other, the shepherd heard them say "becos"
G. Linguists have classified many language families, and they are still trying to categorize others
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It"s hard being an astronaut"s son. Everybody expects you to be 1 . I"m just an average eleven-year-old
kid. My father is so good at everything. I often wonder 2 my father ever had a son like me.
One morning my teacher announced a 3 Day essay contest (竞赛) for the whole school. What would
I 4 ? My father is an astronaut; I would start out with that. No, I decided I wouldn"t do that. The whole
country and maybe even the whole 5 saw my father as an astronaut, 6 that wasn"t the way I saw him.
How did I 7 my father? Hmm.
I saw him sitting with me in the dark when I was little and had a nightmare.
I saw him teaching me how to throw a baseball.
I remembered him hugging me for hours when my dog was killed by a car.
And I remembered how he 8 me with a new little dog at my eighth birthday party.
These were the things I was going to write about my dad. To me, he wasn"t 9 a world-famous astronaut.
He was my dad.
On Thursday night the winning essays would be 10 in the hall with all the parents and students present. I
hadn"t shown Dad the essay, and now I almost 11 I wouldn"t win. When the third prize was announced and it
wasn"t me. I was 12 and disappointed at the same time. Then the second prize. It was me! I went up to the
stage and read my essay "My Father"s Son". I watched my parents as I read.
When I finished reading, the audience applauded. I saw my father 13 his nose. Tears were running down
my mother"s face. Dad cleared his throat, and put his hand on my shoulder, "Son, this is the proudest moment
of my life."
It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I"ll 14 be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but just
then, it was 15 just to be my father"s son.
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