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The city has one of the largest populations in the US of young people between the ages of 18 and34. This generation is often called millennials(千禧一代) More than half of millennials in Los angeles are bilingual(双语的) When Maria Burgos came to the us from mexico. she learned english. she knew her children would learn English quickly. So she wanted them to speak Spanish at home and study the language at school. She says being bilingual will give them more chances in the future The US Census bureau(人口统计局) says more than half the adults in the los Angeles area tween 18 and 34 years old speak a language other than english at home. For the whole country. bilingual adults is only 25 percen The number of bilingual speakers has gone up since the 1990s. At the same time, the number of foreign-born millennials has gone down. In other words, more people in the US are learning a second language at home or in school. Many immigrant(EE) parents are passing their native languages to their American-born children says University of California Los Angeles Professor Raul Hinojos Mr Hinojosa says in the past, the children and grandchildren of immigrants did not continue to speak the parents native language. But now the opposite is true. In the last ten ye immigrant parents say they want their children to keep speaking their native lar Hinojosa calls their choice the" path of pride Raul hinojosa says the decision to keep a native language is clear in Los Angeles now. And as the number of minorities少数民族) in the US continues to grow, he thinks bilingual ism will spread to the rest of the country 21In the Us the adults can speak more than one language fluently now A· more than half of B· half of C. more than a quarter of D· only a quarter of )22. Which of the following is NOT true A. Maria Burgos could speak Spanish B: Maria Burgos learned to speak English C. Maria Burgos only wanted her children to speak SpanishThe city has one of the largest populations in the US of young people between the ages of 18 and 34. This generation is often called millennials(千禧一代). More than half of millennials in Los Angeles are bilingual(双语的). When Maria Burgos came to the US from Mexico, she learned English. She knew her children would learn English quickly. So she wanted them to speak Spanish at home and study the language at school. She says being bilingual will give them more chances in the future. The US Census Bureau(人口统计局) says more than half the adults in the Los Angeles area between 18 and 34 years old speak a language other than English at home. For the whole country, the number of bilingual adults is only 25 percent. “The number of bilingual speakers has gone up since the 1990s. At the same time, the number of foreign­born millennials has gone down. In other words, more people in the US are learning a second language at home or in school. Many immigrant(移民) parents are passing their native languages to their American­born children,” says University of California Los Angeles Professor Raul Hinojosa. Mr Hinojosa says in the past, the children and grandchildren of immigrants did not continue to speak the parents' native language. But now the opposite is true. In the last ten years, more immigrant parents say they want their children to keep speaking their native language. Mr Hinojosa calls their choice the “path of pride”. Raul Hinojosa says the decision to keep a native language is clear in Los Angeles now. And, as the number of minorities(少数民族) in the US continues to grow, he thinks bilingualism will spread to the rest of the country. ( )21.In the US, ________ the adults can speak more than one language fluently now. A.more than half of B.half of C.more than a quarter of D.only a quarter of ( )22.Which of the following is NOT true? A.Maria Burgos could speak Spanish. B.Maria Burgos learned to speak English. C.Maria Burgos only wanted her children to speak Spanish
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