新標(biāo)準(zhǔn)大學(xué)英語(yǔ)綜合教程3-unit5-unit-test(參考版)
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【正文】 m actually looking forward to it. Maybe I39。ve never thought about it like that before. I went straight to the library to do some research. What makes different cultures recognizable and distinct? I know that language is what distinguishes so many cultures. I may be deaf but I still understand English. Yet, I do utilize a form of English that not everyone can understand—American Sign Language, or ASL. Once I realized that, I immediately looked for books about ASL so I could learn more. Soon after Thomas Gallaudet graduated from Yale University, he was missioned to help teach Alice Cogswell, the deaf daughter of a wealthy local doctor. Gallaudet travelled to Europe, where deaf education had been in existence for a long time, to study munication among deaf people. He met Laurent Clerc in Paris, recruited him to help develop deaf education in the United States, and, in 1817, the two founded the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut. Laurent Clerc began teaching American students the form of French Sign Language with which he was familiar. However, many of the students at the new school were already using their own unique form of sign language that had independently developed in their munities. Over time, and with extensive use, the various forms eventually evolved into what we now know as American Sign Language. Sign language is almost exclusively based on easily decipherable hand motions that represent spoken words. Since deaf people rely heavily on their sense of sight, this method of munication is logical. Body language is extremely important in ASL, and subtle movements of the eyebrows, mouth, or fingers often indicate connotations that are typically represented by tone of voice in spoken language. Interestingly, there is still no universal form of sign language that is readily understood by deaf people around the world. Indeed, though people in the United States and Great Britain speak English, American Sign Language and British Sign Language are distinctly different and speakers of each form would not be able to easily municate with one another. You know what? I39。s already planned several activities and lectures, but, for obvious reasons, he also wanted me to make a class presentation. I stared at him in disb
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