雅思每日每句词汇翻译解析3

英文原文

So despite linguists' best efforts, many languages will disappear over the next century. But a growing interest in cultural identity may prevent the direst predictions from coming true.

C4T2P1: Lost for Words

中文翻译

知识点小结

1.despite在本句中用作介词，与in spite of同义，意思是“尽管，虽然，不顾”，表示让步，后接名词成分(如此处的“linguists’ best efforts”)，不可直接接从句。例如：Despite his advanced years.he is learning English.

虽然年事已高，但他现在在学英语。

注意：没有despite of的用法。despite后面若要加从句，应该使用despite the fact that，此句型中，that引导的是fact的同位语从句。

2.词组one's best efforts。

例句：I gave this contest my best efforts，however，the result was frustrating.

我为这场比赛全力以赴，但结果令人沮丧。

3.prevent的意思是“阻止，制止”，其常见用法是prevent *./sth.from doing sth.，意思是“阻止某人/某物做某事”。例如：

We must try everything to prevent the fire from spreading.

我们要拼尽一切阻止火势蔓延。

参考翻译

所以，无论语言学家如何努力，很多语言都会在下一个世纪消失。但是人们对文化认同不断增长的兴趣也许能防止那些耸人听闻的预言变成现实。

与本次句子翻译相关的阅读项目

So despite linguists' best efforts, many languages will disappear over the next century. But a growing interest in cultural identity may prevent the direst predictions from coming true. 'The key to fostering diversity is for people to learn their ancestral tongue, as well as the dominant language,' says Doug Whalen, founder and president of the Endangered Language Fund in New Haven, Connecticut. 'Most of these languages will not survive without a large degree of bilinguali*,' he says. In New Zealand, classes for children have slowed the erosion of Maori and rekindled interest in the language. A similar approach in Hawaii has produced about 8,000 new speakers of Polynesian languages in the past few years. In California, 'apprentice' programs have provided life support to several indigenous languages. Volunteer 'apprentices' pair up with one of the last living speakers of a Native American tongue to learn a traditional skill such as basket weaving, with instruction exclusively in the endangered language. After about 300 hours of training they are generally sufficiently fluent to tran*it the language to the next generation. But Mufwene says that preventing a language dying out is not the same as giving it new life by using it every day. 'Preserving a language is more like preserving fruits in a jar,' he says.

Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading Passage 1?

Write

YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer

NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer

NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

The loss of linguistic diversity is inevitable.

汉英翻译练习

一个人要么选择一个假期多、薪水低的工作，要么选择一个薪水高但假期少的工作;选择取决于一个人的喜好或需求。

参考答案

One can either choose a job with more vacation time and low salary or a job with less vacation time yet high salary; it all depends on one's preference and requirement.

写作题目

More young people in the workforce change their jobs or careers every few years. What are the reasons for this? Do disadvantages outweigh advantages?

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