WHAT DID HE DO WHEN THE TRAIN WAS COMING TOWARD HIM

85. What did he do when the train was coming toward him? Ạ he started to laugh B. he ran out of the cinema C. he sat still in his seat D. he shouted and got under his seat Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as more real than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to languagẹ Human being have been writing (as far as we can tell from surviving evidence) for at least 5000 years, but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human beings. When writing did develop, it was derived from and represented speech, although imperfectlỵ Even today there are spoken languages that have no written from. Furthermore, we all learn to talk well before we learn to write; any human child who is not severely handicapped or mentally will learn to talk; a normal human being cannot be prevented from doing sọ On the other hand, it takes a special effort to learn to write: in the past many intelligent and useful member of society did not acquire systems never learn to read or write, while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so only imperfectlỵ To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not, however; to say that the latter is of little importancẹ One advantage writing has over speech is that it is mover permanent and make possible the records that any civilization must havẹ Thus, if speaking makes us human writing makes us civilized.