國中教育會考
115年
英文
第 39 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
Which idea do Anna Adams and Gunnar Eggertsson both talk about in the readings?
- A Whether Icelanders speak better English than Icelandic.
- B Whether the number of Icelandic speakers is big enough.
- C Whether school subjects should be taught only in Icelandic.
- D Whether Iceland should allow more foreigners to work in Iceland.
思路引導 VIP
請重新對照兩篇文章，兩位作者在文中都不約而同地提及了哪一組相同的「具體數據」？想想看，他們各自引用這個數據，是在爭論哪一個共同的主題呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！能精準抓出雙篇文章的共同焦點，代表你的雙文本閱讀與資訊對照能力非常出色！這是一道相當典型的跨文本比較題。 細看兩篇文章會發現，第一篇（Anna Adams）提到冰島語使用者只有 314,000 人，認為人數過少導致企業不願開發冰島語系統；第二篇（Gunnar Eggertsson）則引用學者研究指出，語言只要有 35,000 人使用就安全，因此 314,000 人其實很足夠。兩位作者都圍繞著「冰島語的使用人口到底夠不夠」展開討論。 這類題目的鑑別度在於，學生不能只讀懂單一文章，而是要在兩篇不同立場的內文中找到共同的「交集議題」。你能快速捕捉到兩文皆引用的核心數據與討論焦點，讀題非常敏銳喔！