French writer Frantz Fanon once said: ＂To speak a language is to take on a world, a culture.＂ Since the world changes every day, so does our language.

    More than 300 new words and phrases have recently made it into the online Oxford Dictionary, and in one way or another they are all reflections of today's changing world.

    After a year that was politically unstable, it's not hard to understand the fact that people's political views are one of the main drives of our expanding vocabulary. One example is ＂clicktivism＂, a compound of ＂click＂ and ＂activism＂. It refers to ＂armchair activists＂ — people who support a political or social cause, but only show their support from behind a computer or smartphone. And ＂otherize＂ is a verb for ＂other＂ that means to alienate (使疏远)people who are different from ourselves — whether that be different skin color, religious belief or sexuality.

    Lifestyle is also changing our language. For example, ＂fitspiration＂ — a compound of fit and inspiration — refers to a person or thing that encourages one to exercise and stay fit and healthy.

    The phrase ＂climate refugee＂ — someone who is forced to leave their home due to climate change—reflects people's concern for the environment.

 According to Stevenson, social media was the main source for the new expressions. ＂People feel much freer to coin their own words these days,＂ he said.

    But still, not all newly-invented words get the chance to make their way into a mainstream (主流的) dictionary. If you want to create your own hit words, Angus Stevenson, Oxford Dictionaries head of content development, suggests that you should not only make sure that they are expressive (有表现力的) and meaningful, but also have an attractive sound so that people will enjoy saying them out loud.

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         The employer was5to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor． The carpenter said yes,6over time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work． He used bad workmanship and7materials． It was an unfortunate way to8 a dedicated（献身的）career．

When the carpenter finished  his work, his employer came to9the house． Then he handed the front-door10to the carpenter and said, “This is your house．．． my11to you．”

         The carpenter was shocked!

         What a12! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently．

         .13it is with us． We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting14 than our best into the building． Then, with a shock, we 15  we have to live in the house we have built． If we could do it over, we would do it much differently．

         But, you cannot 16 ． You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer a nail, place a board, or build a wall． Someone  17said, “Life is a do-it-yourself project．” Your 18 , and the choices you  19  today, help build the “house” you will live in tomorrow． Therefore, build  20!