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TRACK 48 (PRACTICE 9, ACTIVITY 31)

Voice 2 [Diego]: Well, we have arrived at the end of our presentation. Any questions?
Voice 4: What do you mean when you say that “when a language is alive, the culture and traditions of
that language arealive as well”?

TRACK 49 (PRACTICE 9 , ACTIVITIES 32, 33, 34 AND 36)

Voice 1 [Paula]: Good afternoon, everyone! We are team number 3, composed of Paula, Diego and
Elena, and we are here today to share some data about linguistic diversity with you.
Voice 2[Diego]: In the world, at least 7000 languages are spoken today.
Voice 2 [Diego]: However, in some countries, there are more languages than in others. The countries
in which most languages are spoken are the ones you see in the table.
Voice 2 [Diego]: In Papua New Guinea, more than 800 languages are spoken. Mexico is sixth on
the list of countries with the most linguistic diversity, with 68 groups and 365 variants of languages,
besides Spanish. Look on the map to see where the countries with the most languages are.
Voice 3 [Elena]: We had a question: Were all languages spoken by the same number of people?
Well, we researched and we found that languages were spoken by different numbers of people.
But we found out about something called “endangered languages”. Eh, sorry about that. Eh — what
was I saying? Oh yes, endangered languages are those that will become extinct because children
don’t learn them. On this map, you can see many red dots in the Americas and South East Asia. They
represent endangered languages. This means that although there are many languages in these
regions, many people aren’t speaking them anymore.
Voice 1 [Paula]: Why is it important to keep every language alive? It allows us to think about our
mother tongue, and where our similarities and differences with others lie. Also, when a language is
alive, the culture and traditions of that language are alive as well. Language is a way of thinking, and
includes people’s culture, history, myths and music.
Voice 1 [Paula]: In this way, keeping linguistic diversity is important, because it allows us to foster
dialogue and respect for others. In short, when you have many languages, you have many different
ways to see the world.
Voice 2 [Diego]: Well, we have arrived at the end of our presentation. Any questions?
Voice 4: What do you mean when you say that “when a language is alive, the culture and traditions of
that language are alive as well”?
Voice 3 [Elena]: Well, for example, some songs only exist in the language in which they were
originally created. If nobody speaks that language, there is also no one that sings that song anymore.

PRACTICE 10

TRACK 50 (PRACTICE 10, ACTIVITIES 4 AND 8)

Anthony: Have you enjoyed the jaunt, mates? Although it is quite close to Guadalajara,I had never
been there.
Lola: I loved it. We should hang out together more often. We must go to Vallarta on the weekend,
although leaving at seven is too early for me. I’m not a rooster.
Anthony: It was fine indeed. But I think that we left just in time, we wouldn’t have been able to do all
the things we didif we had left later.And yes, we shall go to Vallarta this very weekend.
Robert: I didn’t even notice the two and a half hours we spent getting from Guadalajara to Chapala.
Lola: I loved walking in the little town with all those colourful houses. I can’t remember the name.
Look, I have some pictures here.
Robert: “Ajijic”,yes, you almost get lost in there! Fortunately I found you and you didn’t miss the tortas.
Charles: But the best part was when my soccer team beat Anthony’s. It was awesome! We beat the
“Soccer Queen” and his team.

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