國中教育會考
115年
英文
第 36 題
📖 題組：
The Future of Icelandic Icelandic is a language that is spoken only in Iceland. It has a long history. But many Icelanders are worried that they’re losing Icelandic. The reason for their worry is the prevalence of English in Iceland. “I use English when I talk to my housework robot, use my phone, and watch movies,” said Helgi Atlason, an engineer. There is a reason for that. Most of these products use English, and few companies care to change the language into Icelandic because there are only a small number of Icelandic speakers (314,000 people). Actually, you see English everywhere in Iceland. Icelanders also speak and hear more English than Icelandic these days because many foreigners who come to live and work in Iceland speak only English. “We can’t use Icelandic abroad, and we’re not using it much in Iceland, either. How do you expect our kids will want to learn it?” said Eirikur Wilson, a teacher. Will Iceland one day give up Icelandic for English? It may happen soon. Our Future with Icelandic Many people think Icelandic is a language in its sickbed and that it needs to be saved. I understand their worries, but does the future of our language really look that bad? According to Dr. David Clingingsmith, a language needs at least 35,000 speakers to be “safe” from becoming a dying language. There are now 314,000 Icelandic speakers. Also, every year Iceland spends 51.3 million Icelandic crowns (3.7 million US dollars) teaching Icelandic to machines: phones, computers, and robots. Icelandic is appearing more often in products. Most importantly, schools still teach Icelandic to children. Clearly, we are not giving up our first language. However, I’m not saying that Iceland has done enough for Icelandic. Our country can do a better job at getting more people to speak this beautiful language. One way to do so is to give more language courses to foreigners. With much more work, I’m sure Icelandic can grow and even reach farther into the world. Scandinavian News by Anna Adams Scandinavian News by Gunnar Eggertsson
The Future of Icelandic Icelandic is a language that is spoken only in Iceland. It has a long history. But many Icelanders are worried that they’re losing Icelandic. The reason for their worry is the prevalence of English in Iceland. “I use English when I talk to my housework robot, use my phone, and watch movies,” said Helgi Atlason, an engineer. There is a reason for that. Most of these products use English, and few companies care to change the language into Icelandic because there are only a small number of Icelandic speakers (314,000 people). Actually, you see English everywhere in Iceland. Icelanders also speak and hear more English than Icelandic these days because many foreigners who come to live and work in Iceland speak only English. “We can’t use Icelandic abroad, and we’re not using it much in Iceland, either. How do you expect our kids will want to learn it?” said Eirikur Wilson, a teacher. Will Iceland one day give up Icelandic for English? It may happen soon. Our Future with Icelandic Many people think Icelandic is a language in its sickbed and that it needs to be saved. I understand their worries, but does the future of our language really look that bad? According to Dr. David Clingingsmith, a language needs at least 35,000 speakers to be “safe” from becoming a dying language. There are now 314,000 Icelandic speakers. Also, every year Iceland spends 51.3 million Icelandic crowns (3.7 million US dollars) teaching Icelandic to machines: phones, computers, and robots. Icelandic is appearing more often in products. Most importantly, schools still teach Icelandic to children. Clearly, we are not giving up our first language. However, I’m not saying that Iceland has done enough for Icelandic. Our country can do a better job at getting more people to speak this beautiful language. One way to do so is to give more language courses to foreigners. With much more work, I’m sure Icelandic can grow and even reach farther into the world. Scandinavian News by Anna Adams Scandinavian News by Gunnar Eggertsson
In the first reading, which is one of the ways that Anna Adams uses to make readers believe
in her ideas?
in her ideas?
- A Sharing her own life stories.
- B Borrowing from people’s experience.
- C Using examples from another language.
- D Showing information from news reports.
思路引導 VIP
回想一下第一篇文章，作者為了證明「冰島語面臨危機」，文章裡出現了工程師和老師所說的話與生活點滴。作者放進這些一般人的日常生活例子，是想利用什麼樣的素材來增強說服力呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了，答對這題展現出你非常優異的閱讀理解能力！這是一道典型的「寫作策略（writing technique）」會考題型，難度屬於中等偏高。
文本引述與觀念驗證
在第一篇文章中，作者 Anna Adams 為了讓讀者相信「英語正影響著冰島人的日常」，特別引用了工程師 Helgi（對掃地機器人講英文）與教師 Eirikur（擔心孩子不願學冰島語）的真實遭遇。這正是透過**借用他人的實際經驗（Borrowing from people’s experience）**來增強文章的說服力。
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