Loss of Language 语言的流失

Some linguists point out that the spread of English and development of people’s living standards have some negative effects on the local language and culture development. Do you agree with them? I think the answers are various. As far as I am concerned, I support their opinions. My reasons are as follows.

一些语言学家指出，英语以及人们生活水平的发展对当地语言和文化的发展有着负面影响。你同意这个观点吗？我认为答案是总说纷纭的。就我而言，我支持他们的观点。我的理由如下。

On the one hand, the widely used of English has great influence. It is well-known that English is the only international standard language. And recently as the rapid development of English speaking country, more and more people whose mother tongue is not English start to use it widely. Therefore, gradually the languages like English spread wilder and wilder in people’s life. At the same time, there local language may be used less and less in people’s daily life. For example, people use to use their local language to communicate, but now there will be less time for them to use their own language.

另一方面，英语的广泛使用产生了很大的影响。众所周知，英国是唯一的国际标准语言。最近，作为说英语国家的快速发展，越来越多母语不是英语的人都开始广泛使用英语。因此，像英语那样的语言逐渐广泛地蔓延到人们的生活中。同时，当地的语言的使用在人们的日常生活中可能会越来越少。例如，人们过去常常用当地的语言进行交流，但现在他们可以使用自己的语言的时间却是越来越少。

On the other hand, people living a better life also have negative influence. With the development of economic, more and more people rush into the developed city for living a better life. Especially for the young people, they may live in the big city with their parents, and seldom go back to their hometown. Then the chance they can reach local language is very few.

另一方面，人们的生活水平的提高也有负面的影响。随着经济的发展，越来越多的人涌向发达城市来乞求更美好的生活。尤其是年轻人，他们可以会和父母住在大城市里，很少回家乡。这样他们接触到当地的语言的机会就会越来越少。

To sum up, because of the reasons mentioned above, I think the loss of local langue will really come true one day. We should do something to save our language.

总之，综上所述，我认为语言的流失有一天真的会成真的。我们应该做些什么来拯救我们的语言。