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1、Unit1Languageisawaytocommunicatewitheachother.Westartedtolearnlanguagewhenwewereborn.However,peopleareusedtospeakingtheirnativelanguage,soimmigrantsarehavingmanyproblemsbetweenthefirstgenerationandthesecondgenerationbecausetheydon'thavethesamenativelanguage.Also,th

2、esecondgenerationislosingtheiridentity.EspeciallyinAmerica,therearemanyimmigrantsthatcamefromdifferentcountriestosucceedintheStates.BecausetheysufferinlotsofareassuchasgettingajobandtryingtospeakEnglish,theywanttheirchildrentospeakEnglish,notonlyatschool,butalsoath

3、omeinordertobemoresuccessful.Becauseofthissituation,theirchildrenarelosingtheirethnicidentityand,evenmore,theyareignoringtheirparentswhoseEnglishisnotverygood.Ithinkmostimmigrantsaretryingtopreservetheirnativelanguageintheirnewcountry,butthisdoesn'thelpverymuchinge

4、ttingagoodjob.Myauntdidn'tteachKoreantoherchildreninordertohelpthemsucceedintheUS;shedidso,hopefully,tohelpthemestablishaKoreanidentity.Thoughthesecondgenerationisborninthenewcountry,theyoftengetconfusedabouttheiridentity.MycousinstoldmethatwhentheyvisitedKoreaafew

5、yearsago,theyfeltdifferentfromotherKoreans.Theycouldevenfeelitjuststrollingaroundthestreetbecausetheyworedifferentclothes.Wemustrealizethatlanguageisimportantandvaluableformanyreasons.Immigrantsshouldmakeaneffortnottobeignoredbytheirchildrenandtomaketheirchildrenun

6、derstandtheirheritagebyteachingthemtheparents'language.Thisisimportantinhelpingthesecondgenerationestablishtheiridentity.1.Whichpeoplearehavingtroublewithlanguage?A.Natives.B.Peopleofthe2ndgeneration.C.Peoplewhenborn.D.Immigrants.2.Whyarechildrenignoringtheirparent

7、s?A.Childrenhavelosttheiridentity.B.Parentscausechildrentosuffer.C.Theyspeakdifferentlanguages.D.Theyhavedifferentjoblevels.3.Theauthor'saunttaughtKorean________.A.soshecouldpreserveherlanguageB.soshewouldhaveajobinAmericaC.tohelpchildrensucceedintheirnewcountryD.t

8、ohelpchildrenkeeptheirKoreanidentity4.Theauthor'scousinsfelt________.A.theywerenotsimilartopeopleinKoreaB.theycouldnotgetajobinAmericaC.itwasallr