1．What is language for? Some people seem to think it is for practicing grammar rules and learning lists of words–the longer the words the better. That’s wrong. Language is for the exchange of ideas, for communication.
语言到底是用来干什么的呢？一些人认为它是用来操练语法规则和学习一大堆单词——而且单词越长越好。这个想法是错误的。语言是用来交换思想，进行交流沟通的！