Read the text below. Choose from the one which best fits each space (17–22).
There are two choices you do not need to use.
There are two choices you do not need to use.
New York Teen Learns 20 Foreign Languages in Just Four Years!
Doner is what is known as a polyglot – someone who speaks many different languages. While this is common in many parts of the world (\(17\)) where most people speak one language, or two at most.
His ability with language led him to produce YouTube videos about his experiences and (\(18\)) in the past year. One of his videos has already been viewed a million times. It shows Doner, a student at The Dalton School on the Upper East Side, speaking French, Hausa, Wolof, German, Yiddish, Hebrew, Arabic, Pashto, Farsi, Mandarin Chinese, Italian, Turkish, Indonesian, Dutch, Xhosa, Swahili, Hindi and Ojibwe – at varying levels of proficiency.
Most of the languages Doner speaks come from places that are not important in the American understanding, such as Pashto (\(19\)) . Many of his fans from other parts of the world are simply astonished and delighted to hear someone (\(20\)) speak their languages at all.
“We don’t learn a lot about Arab or Islamic history in school,” Doner said. “And I think that by learning languages (\(21\)) . You are learning about the culture, everything from cooking to TV, to poetry, to politics, to whatever it may be. And I think that fosters a much better understanding.”
Doner just finished the SATs and does not know (\(22\)) . He is considering a career in translation or working abroad in general. But he can also imagine himself teaching languages in the U.S.
Doner is what is known as a polyglot – someone who speaks many different languages. While this is common in many parts of the world (\(17\)) where most people speak one language, or two at most.
His ability with language led him to produce YouTube videos about his experiences and (\(18\)) in the past year. One of his videos has already been viewed a million times. It shows Doner, a student at The Dalton School on the Upper East Side, speaking French, Hausa, Wolof, German, Yiddish, Hebrew, Arabic, Pashto, Farsi, Mandarin Chinese, Italian, Turkish, Indonesian, Dutch, Xhosa, Swahili, Hindi and Ojibwe – at varying levels of proficiency.
Most of the languages Doner speaks come from places that are not important in the American understanding, such as Pashto (\(19\)) . Many of his fans from other parts of the world are simply astonished and delighted to hear someone (\(20\)) speak their languages at all.
“We don’t learn a lot about Arab or Islamic history in school,” Doner said. “And I think that by learning languages (\(21\)) . You are learning about the culture, everything from cooking to TV, to poetry, to politics, to whatever it may be. And I think that fosters a much better understanding.”
Doner just finished the SATs and does not know (\(22\)) . He is considering a career in translation or working abroad in general. But he can also imagine himself teaching languages in the U.S.
Варіанти відповідей:
where he wants to go to college
these have expanded his huge fan base
whether his ability is inborn or learned
who grew up talking English
it is extremely rare in the U.S.
when languages are presented as cold subjects
that is the official language of Afghanistan
you are effectively learning a lot more
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