英语阅读理解及快速阅读

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1、Unit1Languageisawaytocommunicatewitheachother.Westartedtolearnlanguagewhenwewereborn.However,peopleareusedtospeakingtheirnativelanguage,soimmigrantsarehavingmanyproblemsbetweenthefirstgenerationandthesecondgenerationbecausetheydon'thavethesamenativela

2、nguage.Also,thesecondgenerationislosingtheiridentity.EspeciallyinAmerica,therearemanyimmigrantsthatcamefromdifferentcountriestosucceedintheStates.BecausetheysufferinlotsofareassuchasgettingajobandtryingtospeakEnglish,theywanttheirchildrentospeakEnglis

3、h,notonlyatschool,butalsoathomeinordertobemoresuccessful.Becauseofthissituation,theirchildrenarelosingtheirethnicidentityand,evenmore,theyareignoringtheirparentswhoseEnglishisnotverygood.Ithinkmostimmigrantsaretryingtopreservetheirnativelanguageinthei

4、rnewcountry,butthisdoesn'thelpverymuchingettingagoodjob.Myauntdidn'tteachKoreantoherchildreninordertohelpthemsucceedintheUS;shedidso,hopefully,tohelpthemestablishaKoreanidentity.Thoughthesecondgenerationisborninthenewcountry,theyoftengetconfusedaboutt

5、heiridentity.MycousinstoldmethatwhentheyvisitedKoreaafewyearsago,theyfeltdifferentfromotherKoreans.Theycouldevenfeelitjuststrollingaroundthestreetbecausetheyworedifferentclothes.Wemustrealizethatlanguageisimportantandvaluableformanyreasons.Immigrantss

6、houldmakeaneffortnottobeignoredbytheirchildrenandtomaketheirchildrenunderstandtheirheritagebyteachingthemtheparents'language.Thisisimportantinhelpingthesecondgenerationestablishtheiridentity.1.Whichpeoplearehavingtroublewithlanguage?A.Natives.B.People

7、ofthe2ndgeneration.C.Peoplewhenborn.D.Immigrants.2.Whyarechildrenignoringtheirparents?A.Childrenhavelosttheiridentity.B.Parentscausechildrentosuffer.C.Theyspeakdifferentlanguages.D.Theyhavedifferentjoblevels.3.Theauthor'saunttaughtKorean________.A.sos

8、hecouldpreserveherlanguageB.soshewouldhaveajobinAmericaC.tohelpchildrensucceedintheirnewcountryD.tohelpchildrenkeeptheirKoreanidentity4.Theauthor'scousinsfelt________.A.theywerenotsimilartopeopleinKoreaB.theycouldnotgetajobinAmericaC.itwasallr