Howmenfirstlearnttoinventwordsisunknown;inotherwords,theoriginoflanguageisamystery.Allwereallyknowisthatmen,unlikeanimals,somehowinventedcertainsoundstoexpressthoughtandfeelings,actionsandthings,sothattheycouldco
Howmenfirstlearnttoinventwordsisunknown;inotherwords,theoriginoflanguageisamystery.Allwereallyknowisthatmen,unlikeanimals,somehowinventedcertainsoundstoexpressthoughtandfeelings,actionsandthings,sothattheycouldcommunicatewitheachother;andthatlatertheyagreeduponcertainsigns,calledletters,whichcouldbecombinedtopresentthosesounds,andwhichcouldbewrittendown.Thosesounds,whetherspokenorwritteninletters,wecallwords.
Thepowerofwords,then,liesintheirassociations----thethingstheybringupbeforeourminds.Wordsbecomefilledwithmeaningforusbyexperience;andthelongerwelive,themorecertainwordsrecalltousthegladandsadeventsofourpast;andthemorewereadandlearn,themorethenumberofwordsthatmeansomethingincreases.
Greatwritersarethosewhonotonlyhavegreatthoughtsbutalsoexpressthesethoughtsinwordswhichappealpowerfullytoourmindsandemotions.Thischarmingandtellinguseofwordsiswhatwecallliterarystyle.Aboveall,therealpoetisamasterofwords.Hecanconveyhismeaninginwordswhichsinglikemusicandwhichbytheirpositionandassociationcanmovementotears.Weshouldthereforelearntochooseourwordscarefullyandusethemaccurately,ortheywillmakeourspeechsillyandvulgar（粗俗的）.
1Oneofthereasonswhymeninventedcertainsoundstoexpressthoughtsandfeelingswasthat________.
theycouldexpressactionsandthings
theycouldcommunicatewitheachother
theycouldagreeuponletters
theycouldwriteandcombinethem
2Whatistrueaboutthewords?
Theyareusedtoexpressonlythoughtsandfeelings.
Theyarenotsigns.
Theyaresimplysounds.
Theycanonlybewritten.
3WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?
Themorewereadandlearn,themorewordsmeantous.
Themorewereadandlearn,themoreknowledgewewillacquire.
Themorewereadandlearn,themorelearnedweare.
Themorewereadandlearn,themoreliteratewebecome.
4Inexpressingtheirthoughts,greatwriterareable____.
tohavetheirownstyle
tobemasters
tosing
tobecharmin