如今，人們對文化認同的興趣越來越濃厚，身邊的人們也帶動了學習的氣氛。雅思英語越來越受到大家的關注，英語的學習也讓我們終身受益匪淺。下面是小編給大家帶來的英語中知識，讓我們一起來學習一下。
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
知識點小結
1.despite在本句中用作介詞，與in spite of同義，意思是「儘管，雖然，不顧」，表示讓步，後接名詞性成分（如此處的「linguists'best efforts」），不可直接接從句。例如：
Despite his advanced years,he is learning English.
雖然年事已高，但他現在在學英語。
注意：沒有despite of的用法。despite後面若要加從句，應該使用despite the fact that，此句型中，that引導的是fact的同位語從句。
2.詞組one's best efforts。
例句：I gave this contest my best efforts,however,the result was frustrating.
我為這場比賽全力以赴，但結果令人沮喪。
3.prevent的意思是「阻止，制止」
其常見用法是prevent sb./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.
我們要拼盡一切阻止火勢蔓延。
參考翻譯
所以，無論語言學家如何努力，很多語言都會在下一個世紀消失。但是人們對文化認同不斷增長的興趣也許能防止那些聳人聽聞的預言變成現實。
下面是與本次句子翻譯相關的閱讀題目，我們一起來學習一下。
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 bilingualism,'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 transmit 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.
漢英翻譯練習
一個人要麼選擇一個假期多、薪水低的工作，要麼選擇一個薪水高但假期少的工作；選擇取決於一個人的喜好或需求。
通過今天的學習，你對despite用作介詞、詞組one's best efforts以及prevent這幾個知識點的學習掌握紮實了嗎？放輕鬆些，要有耐性，學習英語是趣味無窮的。