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People evolve a language in order to describe and thus control their circumstances, or in order not to be submerged
by a reality that they cannot articulate. A Frenchman living in Paris speaks a subtly and crucially different language from
that of the man living in Marseilles; 37 sounds very much like a man living in Quebec; and they would all have
great difficulty in apprehending what the man from Guadeloupe, or Martinique, is saying, 38 the man from
Senegal—although the “common” language of all these areas is French. But each has paid, and is paying, a different price
for this “common” language, in which, as it turns out, they are not saying, and cannot be saying, the same things: they
each have very different realities to articulate or control.
What joins all languages and all men is the necessity to confront life, in order, not inconceivably, to outwit death: the
price for this is the acceptance and achievement of one’s temporal identity. So that, for example, though it is not taught in
the schools, the south of France still clings to its ancient and musical Provencal, which resists being described as a
“dialect.” And much of the 39 in the Basque countries, and in Wales, is due to the Basque and Welsh
determination not to allow their languages to be destroyed. This determination also 40 the flames in Ireland
for among the many indignities the Irish have been forced to undergo at English hands is the English contempt for their
language.
【題組】40 (A) feeds (B) fights (C) lowers (D) quenches
determination n.堅定；果斷，決斷力[U]；決心[U][S1][+to-v] flames n.火焰；火舌[C][U]；光輝，光芒[C] indignities n.輕蔑，屈辱；侮辱言行，無禮舉動[U][C]；【廢】有傷尊嚴；不光彩；憤怒 undergo v.經歷；經受；忍受；接受（治療，檢查等） contempt n.輕視，蔑視[（+for）]；恥辱，丟臉 ============== This determination also 40 the flames in Ireland for among the many indignities the Irish have been forced to undergo at English hands is the English contempt for their language. 這種決心也助長了愛爾蘭的怒火，因為在愛爾蘭人被迫在英國人手中遭受的眾多侮辱中，有一種就是英國人對他們的語言的蔑視。 ============= 【題組】40 (A) feeds 助長 (B) fights (C) lowers (D) quenches. 答案：A ============== 【題組】40 (A) feeds v.滿足（慾望等）；加深（惡感等）；助長 (B) fights v.打仗；搏鬥；打架；奮鬥；爭吵[（+over/about）] (C) lowers v.放下，降下；放低；減低；減弱 (D) quenches v.壓制（慾望等），抑制；解（渴）[（+with）]；熄滅；撲滅；平息 答案：A
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