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选词并适当形式，把短文补充完整

 

die, speak, because, read, France, change, wonder, science ,know ,example

die, speak, because, read, France, change, wonder, science ,know ,example

I like languages . The language I like best is Latin . Latin is a kind of1. language .That means that almost nobody speaks it anymore. But I like it2. it is so old. It was mostly 3. and written a long time ago. It was the language of ancient Rome, a city in Italy. Today, some people can 4.Latin. But almost nobody speaks it. Almost nobody writes it. Today, it is not the language of any country.

Have you ever 5. where language comes from? Languages can 6.. When they do, they can become other languages. Many of today’s languages derive（起源） from Latin. 7. derlies from Latin. Spanish derlives from  Latin. And a lot of English language derlives from Latin. Latin came from somewhere, too. Latin came from Indo-European. Where did Indo-European come from? That is a mystery（迷）. Nobody really  8..

Now Latin is used by 9.. They use Latin names for things. For10., apis is the scientific word for “bee”. It is a Latin word. Canis is the Latin word for “dog”. And the Latin word for “human” is horro sapien. Scientists  use these names, too.