четверг, 8 ноября 2018 г.

    There are  193 countries on the Earth ,so that each country's authority has to work out a system that provides peaceful way of living for every other country.But how is it possible without communication in one and the same language?There is a certain dispute on whether language spoken worldwide would lead to better international relations
    During Academic English class my friends and I discussed it thoroughly and learned that it would be better if languages differ.Firstly,the are about 200 countries in the world and if you take into account that each of them has its own history that formed people's set of mind,it will get clear that if one country substitutes its native language for another in order to aquire better international relations ,it will just demolish the whole histoty and roots.Secondly ,all the professions connnected with linguistics will dissappear as though something related to the Ancient World.Moreover a lot of people  will lose their jobs,because their knowledge will be no longer in demand ,it will get just useless.Consequently,it will lead to an increasing  rate of unemployment.Does it seem to improve the quality of our lives?
     On the contrary ,other groupmates consider only positive changes about  it.One of the main problems of having different languages is cultural misunderstanding.For instance ,when I was in China ,a lot of people took pictures with me ,being unready to the greatest possible extent ;they touched my hair saying 太漂亮 which means "very beautiful ",so that after going outside in China ,I was afraid to lose my beuatiful hair.Surprisingly ,it turned out that they made photos with me ,because I have European appearance and all the Europeans seem to be attractive for  the Chinese .Besides,when they see something they cannnot help admiring ,they touch it ,hoping to aquire the same feature;that is why they touched my thick hair.That is an example of how important it is to take into consideratiom other nationality's world view.But if we had one language ,one and the same structural way of expressing our thoughts ,we won't come across such incidents,will we?By the way,there is one more advantage-if we have one language ,we will not have to spend time on studying it !And as a great bonus ,you will be able to communicate with any man you want ,because there will be a mutual language
   Anyway ,as Antointe de Saint-Exupery once said "Language is the source of misunderstanding,but these misunderstandings and conflicts can occur both in linguistically diverse and homogeneous areas".Language is not the reason of cultural misunderstanding ,there are people who are reluctant to learn some features and perception piculiarities of other nationalities.In addition , to object the second argument,studying a new language perfectly broadens the mind of a learner ;so that it is worth spending time on it .
   All in all,although some people are convinced that one language will make our world better ,I strongly believe that each country has a right to save own roots and history that are so important for language understanding .As Benjamin Lee Whorf said:"The language is a mirror of culture and a shaper of our mentality"If there is one language the whole world of different cultures ,traditions and world views will disappear 

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