Closed Systems give us less to remember, and more to agree on

闭合系统让我们记忆的更少，而赞同的更多

“Closed System” means we accept certain sets of limitations in what we are doing. It makes life easier when we agree to operate within those Closed Systems. We also have many other Closed Systems. Buses and trains and airplanes usually have places to step on and off. We usually drive on just one side of the road. Cars coming the other way stay on the other side, because it is a closed system. Otherwise, either side of the road would be OK, and there would be huge problems.

“封闭系统”的意思是在我们做事情的时候受到某些特定的限制。当我们赞成在这个封闭系统内运行时，这就可以让我们的生活更加轻松。我们同样拥有许多其他的封闭系统。公交车，火车，和飞机通常都有可供上下的位置。通常我们只能在路的一边开车。从相反方向来的车在路的另一边，因为这是一个封闭系统。否则，如果去往同一方向的车在路的两边都可以开的话，那么就要出大问题了。

So…. why can’t a language be a Closed System?

那么…为什么语言不能成为一个封闭系统？

This is why Globish is most useful, as a Closed System, a language built on common limitations. You know what you have to learn, and can do so with less effort. And when you use it, you know all the rules that the other people know. It is based on reasonable limitations that non-native English speakers have when they use English. What we have been discussing in this book are main elements of that Closed System:

这就是为什么全球语作为一个封闭系统是最有用的语言，它是建立在共同局限之上的。你知道你需要学习什么，而且可以付出较少的努力就可以做到。当你使用它的时候，你知道其他人了解的所有规则。这是以非英语母语人士使用英语时受到的合理局限为基础的。在这本书中我们一直讨论的是这个封闭系统的以下主要元素：

Globish is limited to 1500 words

Globish has limited ways of using words.

Globish has limited length sentences.

Globish is limited to understanding.

Globish has no limits in using hands, face, or body.

全球语的词汇不超过1500个

全球语的用词方法是有限的。

全球语句子的长度是有限的。

全球语只限于理解。

全球语在手臂，面部表情，或身体的使用上没有限制。