Howdidmenfirstlearntoinventwords?Itisstillunknowntopeople;inotherwords,theorigin*oflanguageisamystery.Allwesupposeisthatsomeearlymeninventedcertainsounds,inonewayoranother,toexpressthoughtsandfeelings,actionsandthings,sothattheycouldcommunicatewitheachother;andthatlatertheyagreeduponcertainsigns,calledletters,whichcouldbecombined*topresentthosesounds,andwhichcouldbewrittendown.Thosesounds,whetherspokenorwritteninletters,wecallwords.

Wearesurethatthepowerofwordsliesintheirassociations--thethingstheybringupbeforeourminds.Wordsbecomefilledwithmeaningforusbyexperience;andthelongerwelive,themorecertainwordsmakeusthinkofthegladandsadthingsofourpast;andthemorewereadandlearn,themorethenumberofwordsthatmeansomethingincreases.
Greatwritersarethosewhonotonlyhavegreatthoughtsbutalsoexpressthesethoughtsinwordswhichstronglyappealtopeopleandhavegreateffectonourmindsandfeelings.Thislovelyandwonderfuluseofwordsiswhatwecallliterary*style.Aboveall,therealpoetisaownerofwords.Hecanexpresshismeaninginwordswhichsinglikemusicandwhichbytheirposition*andassociationcanmovementotears.Weshouldlearntochooseourwordscarefullyandusethemtrue,ortheywillmakeourspeechsillyandlow.
小题1:Fromthepassage,welearnthatlanguagemightbeginwith  .