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? 本句開頭是擬人化的 each year作主語,使得句子尤為生動。類似的結(jié)構(gòu)常見的還有: from area to area, from day to day, from ear to ear, from house to house, from mouth to mouth, from place to place, from shop to shop, from side to side, from time to time等。 ?不管有多少成年人講這種語言,如果不能傳給下一代,它是不可能存活的。 ? 11. If this trend continues, the world of the future could be dominated by no more than 10 languages. ?如果這種趨勢繼續(xù)下去,未來的世界將最多僅余十種語言。 ? 8. Indonesian is actually one of many dialects of Malay, but they’re all more or less based on the same root language. ? 印度尼西亞語實際上是馬來語的眾多方言之一,但這些方言幾乎都起源于同一種語言。 ? 4. It is predicted that the population of India could one day overtake the population of China,