Beforethe19thcenturythousandsoflanguageshavebeenmadetoachieveonedreambutonlyonemadeit.Peopleweretryingtofindawaytoendpeople’scommunicationtroubleandcreatepeacebetweeneachother.ThenonedayEsperanto(世界语)
Beforethe19thcenturythousandsoflanguageshavebeenmadetoachieveonedreambutonlyonemadeit.Peopleweretryingtofindawaytoendpeople’scommunicationtroubleandcreatepeacebetweeneachother.ThenonedayEsperanto(世界语)wentintopeople’seyes.Itwasthemostwidelyspokenman-madelanguageandLudwikZamenhofwasitscreator.Hespenthiswholelifeontheamazinglanguage.
ZamenhofwasbornonDecember151859inthetownofBiatystokwhichisnowpartofPoland.Heconsideredhisnativelanguagetobehisfather’sRussianbutalsohismother’sYiddish.AshegrewolderhespokemorePolishwhichlaterbecamethenativelanguageofhischildren.HisfatherwasateacherofGermanandhealsospokethatlanguageoften.LaterhelearnedFrenchLatinGreekHebrewandEnglishandhadaninterestinItalianSpanishandLithuanian.
ThepopulationofBiatystokwasmadeupofthreegroups:PolesGermansandBelarusians.Therewereoftenquarrelsamongthesegroups.Zamenhofwasfrustratedbythemanyquarrels.Hesupposedthatthemainreasonforthiswasthemisunderstandingbecausetherewasnoonecommonlanguage.Thenhebegantocreateanewlanguageandhopeditwouldrealizetheidealofpeaceandunderstanding.Duringhismiddleschooldaysaftercomparingwithmanylanguageshehadknownhecreatedauniversal(通用的)language.AfteryearsofhardworkhefinallycreatedEsperanto.
LudwikZamenhofdiedonApril141917andwasburiedintheJewishCemeteryonOkopowaStreetinWarsaw.
( )1.Zamenhof’sfather’snativelanguagewas .
A.Russian B.English C.Yiddish D.Polish
( )2.AccordingtothepassageZamenhofcouldspeak languagesatleast.
A.11 B.13 C.15 D.17
( )3.WhydidZamenhofinventEsperanto?
A.Becausehecouldspeakmanykindsoflanguages.
B.Becausehisparentsspokedifferentlanguages.
C.Becausehewasinterestedinlearninglanguages.
D.Becausehewantedtofindawaytoendpeople’scommunicationtrouble.
( )4.WhichisTRUEaboutEsperanto?
A.Itwasoneofthelanguageshisfathertaught.
B.I