63. The Dying Languages p. 435
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：赖世雄中级美国英语
Today, more people than ever before are speaking to each other through satellite television, cellulartelephones and computers. This means that people from different parts of the world need to be able tocommunicate in the same language. That language happens to be English.
Because of this, experts have predicted that more than half of the world's 6,000 languages may die outin the next century. Already almost all Californian Native American languages are in danger of extinction 1.
They are being swallowed up by English and other language. It is a pity, but that is one of the prices ofmodernization.
Don't use dirty/bad language 脏话 (language = speech)
I am dying to see the movie with Madonna.
than ever before = than ever = than before
handy 方便的
Bruce wrote a letter to Peter in English.
sector 2 = area
It happens that I have 20 dollars. 演变: I happen to have 20 dollars.
die out = become extinction 绝迹
Native American 土著人 native American 美国出生的 a native zhuang
capitalize 将...大写
- The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
- The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。