2009-07-06

The tower of BABEL

I have heard about a story in bible——the tower of Babel. The magnificently tall building was deemed offensive and impertinent by God. To punish human for their hubris, God then decided to drive a linguistic wedge between the nations of the world. Thus so many different languages were produced.

I have never thought that language is important before I arrived here. It is unimportant if I can speak English during my formerly career. For the reason that most of assistant can using English very well. Therefore I always think that English is just a tool. And now, I know I was wrong. In these days, it is frustrated me when I cannot explain myself precisely. I had a lot of feelings, ideas, and advice, but translate to words less 80%.

Have to admit that language is a very important issue.

1 comment:

  1. nice, well-organised reflection. Nice to use the story of babel!

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