试题题干
Directions: Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Put a T for true or F for false in the brackets in front of each statement If you think a statement is false, you must explain why you think so and then give the correct version.
In medieval times, an agree-upon “common tongue” came into use in the eastern Mediterranean ports, which was called Lingua Franca.The term lingua franca cannot be generalized to other languages similarly used. Thus, not any language can be a lingua franca.
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试题解析
本题句意为：在中世纪，地中海东部港口使用了一种公认的“通用语言”，这种语言被称为通用语。通用语言被推广到其他类似的语言里。因此，任何语言都能成为通用语言，比如法语就曾经是外交通用语。