【正文】 milar together with the gradually weakening regional features(Chambers, 1998). Some dialects’ pronunciation has also begun to draw closer to Putonghua. In other words, the pronunciation starts to change from weird sound to mon sound.f → shHuǒ f232。i → Hě shu236。 (To drink)K224。n fū → K224。n shū (To read)pf → chPfū qi → Chū qi (Go out)D224。 pf233。i → D224。 chu237。 (To fight)Pi224。n h225。n pf225。n → Pi224。n xi225。n chu225。n (To chat)Bǎ tu236。 ji224。o pfān gěi z225。 lie. → Bǎ tu236。 ji224。o zhuān gěi z225。 lie. (My leg was hit by bricks.) After all, modern Guanzhong dialect is not that far from Putonghua in pronunciation. Since Putonghua is spoken by more and more people who ued to speak Guanzhong dialect, it is not strange to find that the weird sound has been replaced by the mon sound.IV. The Causes of the Loss In the following part the author will talk about two main causes of the loss of Chinese dialects’ diversity.A. Promotion of Putonghua There are some processes showing that how the dialects have been influenced by Putonghua. For example, first, people from a developing area may want to imitate the strong dialect of nearby area. Then, the dialect of that developing area gradually learn particular element from the strong dialect. In the mean time, Chinese Putonghua gradually expands its influence in the big cities. Inevitably, Putonghua could take its vocabulary element to every strong dialect. Several years later, all kinds of dialect will absorb the features of Putonghua in pronunciation and vocabulary. Which means the dialects are also increasingly unlike the original dialects, but like Putonghua more.B. The Power of Strong Dialects There are some developed regions, like southeast part of China and the capital. The cities are popular in China while spreading their dialects to entertainment industry. Like Cantonese, northeast dialect, Shanghai dialect, and Beijing dialect. A lot of people rush to these areas and start to imitate those dialects. That is a trend people could not prevent. The author will state this issue from two parts. 1. From Small Cities to Big Cities Now in China, a lot of migrant workers go to big cities to make a living. Big cities have a vast territory and huge population. For those migrant workers, they gradually drop their field as well as old house, and prefer to acquire a practical skill. The capital of their province is attractive for the people from small cities. The dialect of that provincial capital is similar to their own dialect but there are still some differences. So they tend to imitate the very new dialect when making a living. Gradully they drop their own dialect and speak the provincial capital’s dialect.2. From Developing Area to Developed Area It is just like people from developing countries goes to developed countries and hunt for life. Developed areas attract people from many aspects. Since people move to the developed areas, the another dialect would e to the stage. If they want to integrate into a new city, they need to learn to municate. In this way, the local dialect is the best choice to municate. Putonghua is still not a bad choice for the people from different regions. Just take English for example, after the Industrial Revolution, the United Kingdom rose up in the western world. The language of English changed the whole situation (Ladefoged, 2009). After the Second World War, the United States grew more and more developed. Now the English almost bees a world language. Following the extensive influence of the United Kingdom from the 17th century to the mid20th century, through the British Empire, as well as the influence of the United States since the mid20th century, English has been widely spread around the world, being the leading language of international discourse in many regions (Pinker, 2007).V. The Methods of Protecting Chinese Dialects’ DiversityThe methods will be introduced from three aspects. First the author keep an eye on the national institutions. For promoting or protecting the language and dialects, national policy is essential. Moreover, films as well as popular songs could affect the citizen gradually and unconsciously. In that case, the entertainment industry should not be neglected. Chinese citizen is being the last point.A. Government Organizations If the country’s government could keep an eye on the protection of dialects’s diversity, the citizen will be aware of this issue. There are two kinds of ways to protect the Chinese dialects’ diversity. First is the alivestyle protection (Karlsson, 2013). While promoting Putonghua, the country should try to make the dialects spoken in the munity. Second is the record type protection, the information of dialects should be well preserved, especially the endangered dialect. (Huang, 2008)1. Education Sector The dialects’ use, for a long time, has not been a course for students to learn. Maybe for some people, it is ridiculous to learn a dialect as a foreign language. The mon thought is that with a dialect’s circumstance, once children start to say words, they start to speak the dialect (Jenks, 2013). For people who grown up in rural areas, they picked up a dialect totally unconsciously. But now the situation has changed a lot. It is not that easy for children to provide themselves such a pure dialect’s circumstance, because millions of young people crowd into the urban areas. What the education sector can do is to provide the children the opportunities to touch the local dialect. For example, primary school, middle school, and university could start to set local opera as their elective course. And encourage their students to learn traditional local opera, such as Beijing opera, Kunqu opera, Yuju opera and Shaanxi opera. The opera is singed in local dialect. If students could learn their local opera they must have a deeper understanding on their dialect. For example, if they learn Kunqu opera, they could practice Jiangsu Kunshan dialect. If they learn Shaanxi opera, they could practice Shaanxi dialect. 2. Cultura