【答案解析】[参考范文1]——语言的消失不是一个问题
In this essay, I shall explain why I agree with the suggestion that languages dying out are not a problem because life will be easier with fewer of them.
All over the world, people spend a lot of time and a lot of money on learning languages. In addition, more money is spent by governments and organisations to prevent languages with relatively few speakers from dying out. This money could be better used on other projects such as health and science education. Alternatively, this money could still be directed at language learning, but especially at learning the languages that are spoken widely and by a relatively large proportion of the global population, like Arabic, Chinese and Hindi. If the number of languages is smaller, then there is a higher probability that two strangers meeting are likely to have a common language.
Some people claim that the loss of languages means a loss of human culture. I am not sure whether this is true or not, but if people are worried that the loss of their language means the loss of their culture, then they can try to keep it alive by teaching their children and other people. I would not deny them this right. However, they should not expect support from others.
To summarise, it is clear to me that there is an advantage to having fewer languages. I am not in favour of forcing less commonly used languages to die out, but I do not think it should be a great concern to people who do not use them.
[参考范文2]——语言的消失不是一个问题
In this essay, I shall explain why I think that it is not a good thing when less commonly used languages die out.
Obviously, having a common language that people can use when they meet and do not speak each others" languages, as English is often used today, is a great idea. People from different countries and regions need to be able to communicate with each other, to do business or when they visit other countries as tourists, for example. Also, different countries and groups of people have different population levels. China and India have massive populations, so it is obvious that there will be more Hindi and Mandarin speakers than those of most other languages.
However, this does not mean that we should allow less commonly used languages to die out. Having fewer languages may be easier, but it also means that many groups of people may lose most-or all-of their cultural identity. One way that people identify themselves as a group is through their language. We can see this in China, for example, where Chinese language and culture (as with almost all languages) are closely connected. However, it goes further. Within China, people from Shanghai, for example, often like to use their own dialect-Shanghainese-which identifies them as a cultural group within China. Some Chinese people learn this dialect to help them do business in Shanghai.
To conclude, I think that the loss of languages is a loss for humanity in general, as it leads towards a situation where people have a more unified cultural identity.