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2008年12月英语四级听力真题 第2篇

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Passage Two
There are between 3000 and 6000 public languages in the world,and we must add approximately 6 billion private languages since each one of us necessarily has one.
Considering these facts,the possibilities for breakdowns in communication seem infinite in number.
However,we do communicate successfully from time to time.
And we do learn to speak languages.
But learning to speak languages seems to be a very mysterious process.
For a long time,people thought that we learned a language only by imitation and association.
For example,a baby touches a hot pot and starts to cry.
The mother says,"Hot,hot!"
And the baby,when it stops crying,imitates the mother and says,"Hot,hot!"
However,Noam Chomsky,a famous expert in language,
pointed out that although children do learn some words by imitation and association,they also combine words to make meaningful sentences in ways that are unique,unlearned and creative.
Because young children can make sentences they have never heard before,Chomsky suggested that human infants are born with the ability to learn language.
Chomsky meant that underneath all the differences between public and private languages,
there is a universal language mechanism that makes it possible for us,as infants,to learn any language in the world.
This theory explains the potential that human infants have for learning language.
But it does not really explain how children come to use language in particular ways.

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Question 30.Why does the speaker say there are great possibilities for communication breakdowns?
Question 31.What is Chomsky's point on the ability to learn a language?
Question 32.What does Chomsky's theory fail to explain according to the speaker?

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combine [kəm'bain]

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v. 结合,联合,使结合
n. 集团,联合企业

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creative [kri'eitiv]

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adj. 创造性的

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potential [pə'tenʃəl]

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adj. 可能的,潜在的
n. 潜力,潜能

 
communicate [kə'mju:nikeit]

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v. 交流,传达,沟通

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approximately [ə'prɔksimitli]

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adv. 近似地,大约

 
infinite ['infinit]

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adj. 无限的,无穷的
n. 无限

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imitation [.imi'teiʃən]

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n. 模仿,效法
adj. 假造的,冒充的

 
association [ə.səusi'eiʃən]

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n. 联合,结合,交往,协会,社团,联想

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mysterious [mis'tiəriəs]

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adj. 神秘的,不可思议的

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universal [.ju:ni'və:səl]

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adj. 普遍的,通用的,宇宙的,全体的,全世界的

 

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