第一期1/6-英语听力

[00:01.07]Good morning, listeners.
早上好，听众朋友们。 [00:02.87]Today, we are very happy to have Doctor Michael Williams to discuss evolution of language.
今天，我们很高兴让Michael Williams教授讨论语言的演变。 [00:08.64]Well, Michael.
好的，Michael。 [00:09.74]Thank you. Very pleased to meet you all here.
谢谢。很高兴在这儿见到你们。 [00:12.84]Michael, there have been many theories about why languages change.
Michael，听说有很多关于语言演变的学说。 [00:17.36]Can you give us some examples, please?
你能否给我们举些例子呢？ [00:19.75]Of course.
当然。 [00:20.84]The first established theory of language change is one of decay and decadence proposed in the 18th century view.
第一个确立的语言演变理论是在18世纪提出的腐朽和颓废理论。 [00:28.16]Their reasoning is that the old Indo-European languages like Sanskirit, Greek and Latin all have complex declension and conjugation schemes.
他们的推理是，古老的印欧语言，如梵文，希腊语和拉丁语都有复杂的变形和共轭方案。 [00:38.06]Overtime the number of cases dropped,
但很多都被丢弃不使用了。 [00:40.45]and the modern Indo-European languages have far fewer cases for declension and conjugation.
而现代的印欧语言中，变异和共轭的情况要少得多。 [00:47.48]It is said that people get increasingly careless about their speech,
据说人们对他们的言论越来越粗心， [00:51.17]so they are "decadent" and have allowed the once complex language to decay into such a "simple" language.
所以他们是“颓废的”，并允许曾经复杂的语言腐烂成这种“简单”的语言。 [00:57.63]