What does "Drawn to the ancient language" mean in Paragraph1?

第一段的 “Drawn to the ancient language” 是什么意思？

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Drawn to the ancient language, he went to China to study Chinese in the 1990s.

20世纪90年代，他受这门古老的语言所吸引，前往中国学习汉语。

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Studying an ancient language like Greek or Latin will give you practice in grammar and working with complex languages.

学习一门古代语言，比如希腊文或者拉丁文，可以给你练习语法以及和复杂的语言打交道的机会。

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Kallawaya is an ancient language.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

Now, ancient Hebrew descriptions of Yahweh employ very similar language in the poetic passage here in Exodus 15, but also in other poetic passages.

出埃及记》15，犹太人对耶和华的描述,借用了这段诗的片段，还有其他的。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The language has nothing to do with farm animals or ancient Rome.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

The Hebrides also have a living ancient language: Gaelic is more widely spoken here than anywhere else in Scotland.

BBC: Bike touring Scotland, on road and off

When you first encounter it, there is a whiff of sci-fi make-believe about this tearing down of ancient language barriers.

FORBES: Magazine Article

The phrases have a particular rhythm, based upon traditional poetry and the distinctive intonation of the Ryukyu scale, and are performed in the ancient language of Okinawa.

UNESCO: Culture