(单词翻译:单击)
Esperanto is a constructed language.
世界语是一种人造语言。
It was invented in 1887 by a Polish doctor named L. L. Zamenhof.
1887年，波兰医生L·L·柴门霍夫发明了世界语。
Zamenhof’s goal was to create a universal second language so that people around the world could communicate with each other.
柴门霍夫的目标是创造一种通用的第二语言，这样世界各地的人们就可以互相交流了。
Esperanto does not belong to any country or culture, but like many languages in Europe, it uses the Latin alphabet and Latin root words.
世界语不属于任何国家或文化，但像欧洲的许多语言一样，它使用拉丁字母和拉丁词根。
It was designed to be easy to learn, with simple grammatical rules and phonetic spelling.
柴门霍夫将它设计得简单易学，其语法规则和音标拼写都很简单。
Although Esperanto did not succeed as a universal language, it is still used today.
虽然世界语没有成为一种通用语言，但如今仍有人使用它。
Over 100,000 people around the world can speak Esperanto.
全世界有超过10万人会说世界语。
Some people have even raised children to speak Esperanto as a native language.
有些人甚至把世界语作为母语来教育孩子。
