四、还原信息
Do you speak a dialect in daily life? While many Chinese speak Putonghua, some local dialects are in danger of disappearing (消失). 1.
E
It started the Chinese Language Resources (资源) Protection Project (工程) a few years ago.
This project looks at how people talk in 1 712 places. Their languages include 103 dialects that are almost gone. 2.
G
In the online library, people can learn dialects.
Why is it important to protect the dialect culture? According to Harold Palmer, an expert (专家) who studies language, dialects are a key to protecting local culture. 3.
D
Scholar (学者) Zhang Hongming talked about these worries of the disappearance of dialects. Now in the Wu dialect area, some children aged 6 to 15 can understand but can't speak the local dialect. 4.
F
If this keeps happening, the dialect might disappear.
So how did China make such a big library? Over five years, more than 350 universities and research groups joined in, along with over 500 experts and more than 6 000 dialect speakers. 5.
B
This includes creating online tools like apps and mobile dictionaries (词典) to help people learn dialects.
A. This project hasn't been carried out.
B. The project is now entering its second part.
C. What do you think of the disappearance of dialects?
D. Dialects really show the history and culture of an area.
E. What did the Chinese government (政府) do to save them?
F. Young people above 15 years old sometimes speak it, but not well.
G. The project has helped China build the largest language resource library in the world.