Hangzhouhua (杭州话)：use it or lose it
There are about 6.000 languages in the world and some experts say that as many as half of these languages will disappear(消失) in the next one hundred years. Will Hangzhouhua be one of 1)________? It’s a 2)________ that more people are asking.
In China, Putonghua is the official language. That 3)________ it’s the language of government, business and the media (媒体). And it’s also the language that is 4)________ in schools.
Hangzhou is a special city. It used to be the capital of Wu and Yue States in the 10th century during the Five Dynasties period. Now it is modern, fashionable and also beautiful. And Hangzhouhua shows that by being modern, fashionable and beautiful.
Young people still speak Hangzhouhua but not as 5)________ as their parents and grandparents. They are under more and more pressure to speak Putonghua. So the language is being used 6)________ often in everyday life. Some people want to keep the language from disappearing completely 7)_________ building museums and having cultural festivals to save it. But a language isn’t a painting 8)________ a book. It’s a living thing and you 9)________ use it or lose it.
If people 10)________ using it in their daily lives, a museum or a festival will not help. It will be lost forever, like the Yangtze River dolphin.
dance peaceful high Asia lastYang Liping is one of the most famous ____________ in China. I think she dances best.
The old lady lay on the bed ____________ and she seemed asleep.
Is that singer from an ____________ country?
People think __________ of Tan because of his music without boundary.
I like Folk music because it has a ___________ value.
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Don’t worry . The girl’s temperature _______back to normal if she takes this medicine.
Who ________ my new key? I can’t find it anywhere. I put it here last night.
People often ________down trees to build roads in the past. Now they have stopped doing so.
When I passed him just now, he ________the icon on the computer with the mouse.
— Why can’t she go to play basketball with us at present?
— She ______her mother with the housework.
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The reporter wants to know the ______ names because he wants to interview them.
After the terrible earthquake, the doctors tried their best to save the _________ young man.
We were glad to hear that Nick came ________ in the running race.
So far,China has sent up many man-made satellites (卫星)_ _______ .
XianXing hai was one of the most famous ________ and we will remember him forever.
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--- Once a week, and he always ____________ to me in time.---- Where is Tommy?
---- He ____________with his sister in the next room.My grandma ____________a lot in the past, so she looks much older than she is.
--How soon ____________your mother ____________ back home from work?
--In half an hour.____________ you ___________ from your parents recently? Yes.
ninety success think decide care Another two pupils _________ swam across the big lake last week.
Anne wrote down her _________, her feelings , her hopes and her dreams in her diary.
That top student failed to pass the English exam because of his ___________.
That old man began to learn English in his _________.
Is it really difficult to make a final _________now?