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Week4(A)Vocabulary：A.consideredB.overlookedC.particularD.languagesE.primaryF.survivalG.preservingH.extremelyI.frequentlyJ.disappearing“Truecreativityoftenstartswherelanguageends.”ArthurKoestlerThenetplaysanother,moreactive,roleonthelinguistic（语言学的）front,arolethatis1_overlookedbymanypeoplewhobelieveEnglishvictoryisonthego.Sincetheadvent(来临)ofWorldWideWeb,manyminority2，thosespokenbysinglenationsorethnicgroups,haveenjoyedadramaticupsurge(急剧上升)invitality.Manysuchtongueswere3endangeredjustadecadeago.Late-centurymobilityandeconomiccurrentsweretakingmoreandmorespeakersoutoftheircommunitiesandawayfromfellowspeakers.Languageswere4atanalarmingrate.Likebiologicalextinction,linguisticextinctionisaseriouslossforallofhumankind.Languagesaresomeofthe5wayspeoplemaintaintheircultureandarecrucialtounderstandingothercultures.Whenfewerandfewerpeoplesharea6language,itmaydie,andwhenitdoes,partofourcollectivehumanculturedieswithit．Surprisingly,though,theInternethasbecomeavaluabletoolfor7endangeredlanguages.Speakersoftheselanguagesnotonlyhavebeenparticularlyactiveinputtingupwebpagesintheirvariouslanguages,butalsoinmounting(配置)8effective,large-scaledictionaryandlanguage-learningprojectsonline.ThereisnoreasonwhyminoritylanguagescannotlivetogetherwithacommonsociallanguagelikeEnglish.Indeed,theInternetoffersmorehopefortheir9thantheyhaveeverknownbefore,especiallyastranslationtoolsbecomemoreeffective.Cloze：Severaltimesthroughoutyourschoolyears,youmaybeaskedtoworkwithoneormoreofyourclassmates.1isnecessary,andisusuallymoreproductivethanworkingalone.Whateverthetaskyourgroupisassigned,afew2needtobefollowedtoensureaproductiveandsuccessfullearningexperience.Whatcomesfirstistokeepa(n)3mind,becauseeverymemberisequallyimportantandeveryone’sideasshouldbetakenintoconsideration.Secondly,itmakesajobeasiertodividethegrouptaskamongallgroupmembers.Choosea4ontheteamthatisbestsuitedtoyourparticularstrengths,sothatyoucanperformbest.Thirdly,alwaysworktogether,taketurns,andencourageeachotherbylistening,clarifying,andtrustingoneanother.Mutual(相互的)supportandtrustoftenmakeagreatdifference.Activitieslikeinvestigationsaremost5whendonebysmallgroups.Herearesomemore6foreffectiveteamperformanceduringtheseactivities:Makesureeachgroupmemberunderstandsandagreestothe7,andeveryoneknowsexactlywhen,whyandwhattodo,taketurnsdoingvarioustasksduringsimilarandrepeatedactivities;be8yourownlearning,thoughitisbynomeansunwisetocompareyourobservationswiththoseofothergroupmembers.Whenthereis9tobedone,dividethetaskintoseveralareas,andthiscanexploretheissueinavery10way,whichcanmakeyourresearchworkmorefruitful.Youareencouragedtokeeprecordsofthe11usedbyeachperson,whichhelpsyoutracebacktotheoriginoftheproblemsthatmayhappen12.Aformat(规范)forexchanginginformation(e.g.photocopiesofnotes,oraldiscussion,etc.)isalsoimportant,forawell-chosenmethodnotonlystrengthenswhatyoupresentbutalsomakesyourselfeasily13.Whenthetimecomesto14onanissue,allowforthecontributionsofeachmemberofthegroup,andmostimportantofall,itisalwayswisetomakedecisionsbycompromise(折中)andagreement.Afteryou’vecompletedataskwithyourteam,makea(n)15ontheteam’seffectivenessthestrengthsandweaknesses,opportunitiesandchallenges.1.A.CarefulplanB.GroupworkC.HardworkingD.Powerfulleadership2.A.rulesB.stepsC.preparationsD.processes3.A.clearB.consciousC.openD.active4.A.topicB.placeC.leaderD.role5.A.difficultB.helplessC.effectiveD.unpractical6.A.examplesB.controlsC.articlesD.suggestions7.A.taskB.techniqueC.conclusionD.solution8.A.sensitivetoB.responsibleforC.particularaboutD.familiarwith9.A.researchB.homeworkC.testD.experiment10.A.complicatedB.isolatedC.detailedD.inspired11.A.exercisesB.sourcesC.skillsD.ideas12.A.constantlyB.frequentlyC.regularlyD.unexpectedly13.