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You have probably heard of endangered animals such
as orangutans and elephants. However, not only animals
but also many languages are at risk of extinction.
2 Today 6,000 to 7,000 languages exist in the world.
UNESCO estimates that half of them are spoken by fewer
than 6,000 people-and those languages might disappear
within 100 years. That means two or three languages
become extinct every month.
3 Why is this happening? Young people prefer using a
majority language, which enables them to communicate
with more people and enjoy more career opportunities.
As a result, English has come to be widely used across
the world, and parents are not always willing to teach
their mother tongue to their children. Thus, minority
languages are now dying with the older generation.
4 Languages are a part of the world's cultural heritage.
Once we lose a language, we can never retrieve it. We
can never appreciate the wisdom that was conveyed in the
lost language.
10

Fill in the blanks.
1
A lot of languages, like ①(endangered animals, are now at 2(
disappearing.
2-3-4
) of
According to UNESCO, ③( half) of the languages spoken in the world
might become extinct within ( 100 ) years. A ⑤( ) language
allows people to have more opportunities to communicate with others and to
> languages are now disappearing with the older
). If we lose a language, we will lose the ⑨(
) contained in
find ⑥(
⑧ (
that language.
). ⑦(

Answer 1

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① endangered

→ 合っています。
「絶滅の危機にある」という意味です。

② risk

→ 「at risk of disappearing」＝「消滅の危険にさらされて」
2枚目の文章の2段落目に

those languages might disappear within 100 years.
とあるので「危険にさらされて」という表現がここに入ります。

③ half

→ 合っています。

UNESCO estimates that half of them are spoken by fewer than 6,000 people.

④ 100

→ 合っています。

those languages might disappear within 100 years
と書いてあります。

⑤ majority

→ 3段落目に

Young people prefer using a majority language
とあります。

⑥ opportunities

→ 3段落目に

enables them to communicate with more people and enjoy more career opportunities
とあります。

⑦ minority

→ 3段落目の最後に

minority languages are now dying
とあります。

⑧ generation

→ 同じく3段落目に

with the older generation
と書かれています。

⑨ wisdom

→ 4段落目に

we can never appreciate the wisdom that was conveyed in the lost language
とあります。