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EL ελληνικά
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AR العربية
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DE Deutsch
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EN English UK
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ES español
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FR français
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IT italiano
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JA 日本語
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PT português PT
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PX português BR
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ZH 中文
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AD адыгабзэ
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AF Afrikaans
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AM አማርኛ
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BE беларуская
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BG български
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BN বাংলা
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BS bosanski
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CA català
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CS čeština
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DA dansk
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EL ελληνικά
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EO esperanto
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ET eesti
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FA فارسی
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FI suomi
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HE עברית
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HI हिन्दी
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HR hrvatski
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HU magyar
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HY հայերեն
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KA ქართული
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KK қазақша
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KN ಕನ್ನಡ
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KO 한국어
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LT lietuvių
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LV latviešu
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MK македонски
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MR मराठी
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NO norsk
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PA ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
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PL polski
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RO română
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RU русский
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SK slovenčina
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SL slovenščina
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SQ Shqip
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SR српски
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SV svenska
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TA தமிழ்
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TE తెలుగు
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TH ภาษาไทย
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TI ትግርኛ
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TR Türkçe
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UK українська
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UR اردو
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VI Tiếng Việt
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What do you do for a living?
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My husband is a doctor.
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I work as a nurse part-time.
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We will soon receive our pension.
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But taxes are high.
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And health insurance is expensive.
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What would you like to become some day?
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I would like to become an engineer.
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I want to go to college.
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I am an intern.
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I do not earn much.
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I am doing an internship abroad.
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That is my boss.
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I have nice colleagues.
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We always go to the cafeteria at noon.
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I am looking for a job.
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I have already been unemployed for a year.
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There are too many unemployed people in this country.
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Σ_ α_τ_ τ_ χ_ρ_ υ_ά_χ_υ_ υ_ε_β_λ_κ_ π_λ_ο_ ά_ε_γ_ι_
S_ a_t_ t_ c_ṓ_a y_á_c_o_n y_e_b_l_k_ p_l_o_ á_e_g_i_
Σε αυτή τη χώρα υπάρχουν υπερβολικά πολλοί άνεργοι.
Se autḗ tē chṓra ypárchoun yperboliká polloí ánergoi.
Σ_ α___ τ_ χ___ υ_______ υ_________ π_____ ά_______
S_ a___ t_ c____ y________ y_________ p_____ á_______
Σε αυτή τη χώρα υπάρχουν υπερβολικά πολλοί άνεργοι.
Se autḗ tē chṓra ypárchoun yperboliká polloí ánergoi. |
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Long words, short wordsThe length of a word is dependent upon its informative content. This has been shown by an American study. Researchers evaluated words from ten European languages. This was achieved with the help of a computer. The computer analyzed various words with a program. In the process, it used a formula to calculate the informative content. The results were clear. The shorter a word is, the less information it conveys. Interestingly, we use short words more often than long words. The reason for this could lie in the efficiency of speech. When we speak, we concentrate on the most important thing. Therefore, words without much information mustn't be too long. This guarantees we don't spend too much time on unimportant things. The correlation between length and content has another advantage. It ensures that the informative content always remains the same. That is to say, we always say the same amount in a certain period of time. For example, we can use a few long words. But we can also use many short words. It doesn't matter what we decide: The informative content remains the same. As a result, our speech has a consistent rhythm. This makes it easier for listeners to follow us. If the amount of information were always varied, it would be difficult. Our listeners couldn't adapt well to our speech. Comprehension would thus be made difficult. He who wants the best chance of being understood should use short words. Since short words are better comprehended than long ones. |
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