ManypeoplehopethatthewholeworldwillManypeoplehopethatthewholeworldwillonedayspeakacommonlanguage.Overtheyears,peoplehavemadeupnewlanguageswiththisaim.Atleastsixhundredlanguageshavebeendevelopedinthesearchfor

　　Manypeoplehopethatthewholeworldwill

　　Manypeoplehopethatthewholeworldwillonedayspeakacommonlanguage.Overtheyears,peoplehavemadeupnewlanguageswiththisaim.Atleastsixhundredlanguageshavebeendevelopedinthesearchforalanguagewhichallhumanbeingswouldbeabletospeak.Themostfamousone,Esperanto(世界语),wastheideaofLudwigZamenhof,adoctorinWarsawwhopublishedabookabouthisnewlanguagein1887.

　　Toencouragepeopletolearnthelanguage,hemadeitassimpleaspossible.

　　Esperantohasneverbeenacceptedasanofficialworldlanguage,butithasbeensuggestedasanauxiliary(辅助的)language.By1950ithadbeentaughttooneandahalfmillionspeakers,anditwasspokeninsixhundredschools.TodayEsperantoisspokenbyabouteightmillionpeople,andmorethanonehundrednewspapersandmagazinesinthelanguagearepublishedregularlythroughouttheworld.ThousandsofbookshavebeenwritteninEsperanto,includingthosetranslatedfromotherlanguages.

　　TodaytheneedforanewauxiliarylanguagelikeEsperantoseemslessobvious’ThroughoutthiscenturyEnglishhasgrownmoreandmoreimportantithasbecomeasecondlanguageformanymillionsofpeople.ThefactthatmorearelearningEnglish

　　showsthattheuseofEnglishisstillgrowingworldwide.Noonewoulddenytheusefulnessofaworldlanguage,butnotmanypeoplethinkthatEsperantoislikelytoplaysucharole.

　　MultipleChoice

　　1.Overtheyears,peoplehavemadeupnewlanguagesinthehopethat＿＿＿＿.

　　a)theywillbeabletouseacommonlanguageoneday

　　b)theycanreadmorenewspapersandmagazines

　　c)theycanunderstandeachothermuchbetter

　　d)theywillbeabletospeakseverallanguages

　　2.ZamenhofmadeEsperantoassimpleaspossible＿＿＿＿.

　　a)becauseheknewitwasonlyanauxiliarylanguage.

　　b)sothatmore,andmorepeoplewouldbewillingtolearnit

　　c)sothateveryonewouldspeakitwithoutanydifficulty

　　d)becauseheknewit.wouldbeacceptedasan.officialworldlanguage.

　　3.Esperantohasneverbeenacceptedasanofficialworldlanguagebecause＿＿＿＿.

　　a)itismainlyaspokenlanguage

　　b)itisdifficulttolearn