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Dinosaurs

The document discusses several topics related to language preservation including: 1) Some linguists are working to document and archive endangered languages by immersing themselves in communities and recording oral histories, traditions, and vocabularies before they disappear. 2) However, linguist departments are often underfunded, communities may resist preservation efforts, and the enthusiasm of linguists can wear down over time spent in harsh conditions. 3) While Chomsky's theories were influential, some linguists like Nick Evans argue the field has ignored the rapid disappearance of many languages in favor of theoretical approaches.

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Dinosaurs

The document discusses several topics related to language preservation including: 1) Some linguists are working to document and archive endangered languages by immersing themselves in communities and recording oral histories, traditions, and vocabularies before they disappear. 2) However, linguist departments are often underfunded, communities may resist preservation efforts, and the enthusiasm of linguists can wear down over time spent in harsh conditions. 3) While Chomsky's theories were influential, some linguists like Nick Evans argue the field has ignored the rapid disappearance of many languages in favor of theoretical approaches.

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Rehearsals

Couple of musicals
Attempted
Presumably
Audition
Designed publicity
Scenery
We get plenty of help with that
Hire
Crossroad
On the other side
Essential
Guided tour
Calendar
Helmet
Route
Muddy
Competence
Yatchswoman
mentioned
Catalogue
Entitle
Avenue
Most urgent
Clips onto edge of the desk
Wondered
Useless
Filing cabinet two drawers
Drawers
Whereas
Internal
Domestic terminal
Bounces back
Locked in the boot
Pavement
Dormitory
Skydiving
White-water rafting
Nice spot
Ferry
Equip
Beneath
Multi-storey
Craftspeople
Everyday utensils
Alongside the fruit
Utensils
Saucepans
Stalls
Situated
Cathedral
Antique furniture
Harbour
Fishermen
Fish recipe
Particular dish that stand out
Bakes them fresh every morning
Relocate
In New premises
Misses out
Mid – range to fairly expensive
Special occasion
Canal bank
Though
Clever renovated

cityscope
briefly
brought
ground level
multinational company
aircraft hangars
fundraising
grant
planning stage
afford
sponsorship
pull down
upgrade and refenced
amateur football
elegant style
control tower
upkeep
perimeter road
monorail link
disabled parking
convenient
virtually car-free
outdoor pitches
pedestrian plaza
charity
art exhibitions
affordable materials for art therapy
patient
fewer drugs
medical student
venue
promote wellbeing
recovering from illness
distract people
modernized and refurbished
former village

READING
Dinosaurs
Colleagues
Revolutionise
Extinct animal
Palaeontologist
Devotes
Inundated
Skeleton
Natural habitats
Genetic algorithm
Itself and evolve
Ancestors walked and stalked.
Fossilised bone
Scientist
Digitize skeleton
Randomly activates
Modelled ( v3) model
The computer discards the old pattern and adopts the new one
Eventually
Chase, graze
Manner similar
Counterpart
Human, ostriches
Reality
Their cyberspace
Measurements
Manner similar

13/9/2002

Investigating fossilized tracks


Fossil track poses
Interpret
Crucial consideration
Sediment
Staggering
Recreate
Number of variables is staggering
Recreat each scenario
Repeat accurately

14/9/2022
Moisture
Consistency
Chopped up
Angle
Archive
Express reservations :
Concerning
Carry out
Composition of prehistoric mud
Inaccurate
Texture
The footprint is dissected and examined from all angles
Ultimate threat
Our existence
Most complicated
Bound to fail
Physicist
Incapable
Psychoanalysis
Conceptual equipment
Mathematician
Optimistic about the possibilities.
Impeded
Effort
Attack
Approach
Inserting
Self -aware
Attain
Great progress
But the shortcomings of these prototype robots soon became clear.
Navigate across a room
Fraction of the computing power
Three dimensions
Unconsciously recognize
Costwise car hire
Intuitive laws of biology and physic by interacting with the real world
Imitate evolution and the baby learns
Lumbering
Unorthodox idea of tiny
Bumping into things
Precise position
Descendants
Mars gathering data for NASA
National aeronautics space administration
Dusty landscape of the planet.
Mimic = imitate
Performed miserably
Organism such as mammals
Accomplishments were beautiful things.
We blend two approaches
Distinguishes
They can signal to humans when their batteries are running low
Emotion are vital in decision – making
Debate endlessly
Points out that ( chi ra rang)
Paralysed with indecision
Hardwired : phan cung
Universal consensus:
Localized and spread out ( khong lam rong ra _lam rong ra)
Sequences of thoughts
Embody an architecture
Processing information : xu li thong tin
Indistinguishable: khong phan biet
Mastery of syntax
Prove
Not Put off = optimistic
Doubted
Superiority
Equivalent:
Fiction have defeated
Intellectual capacities
In order to : de ma
Endangered languages
Graduate
Whale
Rainforest
Ozone layer
Large majority
Remark
Expressive potential all diminish
Aboriginal language
Leading authority
Millennia
Demoralized
Hotspot
Have achieve, archive
An initiative
Some linguists are boasting
Sophisticated means
Download to hard drive
Most loud and untiring
Raw data
So much influence that linguist has largely ignored
Doubt have mounted
Blame
Prominent linguist
Obsessed with his approach
Influence that linguistics has languages ignored the continuing disappearance of
languages
Political commentator
Encoded
Even while doubts have mounted about Chomsky’s universal
Unique
Common underlying features
Prolonged and dedicated work
Observe not only languages ‘structural subtleties’
Persistent funding of field scientist
Harsh and even hazardous places
Community suspicion
Oppose efforts to preserve it
Intellectual thrill
Contend Evans
Linguistics profession’s emphasis
Gradually wears down the enthusiasm
Opposed humanitarian
Much more of tragedy for linguists
Permanents loss
Doctorate
Discipline
Process of immersion in a language
A linguist can Engage it
Barrier
Contradicts
Unsatisfactory some respects
Overshadowed
Chomsky’s attitude
He believes anxiety about environmental issues is unfounded
To demonstrate that academics
Because they exemplify what is wrong with the attitudes of some academics.
They express their ideas more clearly and concisely than most people.
Disappearing rapidly
Linguist department are underfunded in most universities.
Nick Evans suggests a community may resist attempts to save its language
Even though
Practical advantage
so long as the drawbacks are clearly understood
in spite of the prevalence of theoretical linguist
enterprise
senior/junior
identify

Call for = support


Flourishing
Unsentimental = unemotional
In spite of ( mac du, bat chap)
So long as Mien la

Our vanishing night


As visible
Vast number of nocturnal species
Diurnal creatures
Are adapted
Primates or mammals
We’ve engineered
Damming river
consequences
Aspect of life – migration, reproduction, feeding
The phrase
Moonlit night
Populous cities
Candles and lanterns
Gaslight
Reflected
Refracted light
Overlit cities
Suburbs
Bright patch of light

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