树形模型是表示一个语言家族的发展并显示两种或更多语言的密切相关程度的一种便捷方式。

The tree model is a convenient way of representing the development of a language family and of showing how closely related two of more languages are.

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也许，这些语言是很久以前从同一种源语言发展而来的；也就是说，也许它们在“基因”上是有联系的，这就是梵语、拉丁语和希腊语的情况。

Maybe the languages developed from the same source language long ago, that is, maybe they are genetically related, that was what happened with Sanskrit, Latin and Greek.

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随着全球经济一体化的迅猛发展，英语已经逐渐成为一种跨越国界、民族和文化的全球性强势语言。

With the rapid development of economic globalization, English has become a majority language that crosses the boundary of countries, nations and cultures.

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So in one sense, it's kind of like: how do you have a common language for improvement and progress inside the company?

所以在某种意义上：,就像是,如何在公司发展过程中拥有一种共同的语言？

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They take this makeshift communication system developed by adults and, again, they turn it into a full-blown language, suggesting that to some extent it's part of our human nature to create languages.

他们继承了成人发展出来的临时交流系统,将这个临时交流系统,再次发展成一种成熟的语言,这表明从某种程度上来说,创造语言是我们人类本性的一部分

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