國中教育會考
115年
英文
第 37 題
📖 題組：
The Future of Icelandic
Scandinavian News
by Anna Adams
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
Scandinavian News
by Gunnar Eggertsson
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.
注釋：Icelander 冰島人 product 商品
The Future of Icelandic
Scandinavian News
by Anna Adams
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
Scandinavian News
by Gunnar Eggertsson
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.
注釋：Icelander 冰島人 product 商品
Which words in the second reading are NOT used to describe Icelandic?
注釋：describe 形容
注釋：describe 形容
- A A language in its sickbed.
- B A dying language.
- C Our first language.
- D This beautiful language.
思路引導 VIP
請試著回到第二篇文章中，逐一掃描文章裡用來形容「冰島語」的字詞。仔細觀察：作者是直接用這些詞來描述冰島語本身，還是提到冰島語『正在避免成為』某種狀態呢？
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算你運氣好，答對了。
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