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高三英语培优外刊阅读 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 外刊精选｜新冠如何灭绝一门语言？ 数据显示，美国北达科他州新冠肺炎死亡率位居美国各州及世界各国首位。而这里正是美洲原住民部落拉克塔族的家乡。新冠让这个民族的很多年长者从此消失，与之一同离开的还有他们与大自然交流的语言。原住民语言的消亡究竟会有什么影响？语言对于一个人、一个民族、一个国家的意义又是什么？ How Covid-19 Threatens Native Languages By Jodi Archambault Over four centuries, nine out of 10 Native Americans perished from war or disease. Now our people are dying from Covid-19 at extraordinarily high rates across the country. North and South Dakota, home to the Lakota reservations, lead the United States for coronavirus rates per capita. We are losing more than friends and family members; we are losing the language spoken by our elders, the lifeblood of our people and the very essence of who we are. The reach of our languages has been felt far beyond North and South Dakota. Global sustainability movements have adopted Lakota concepts like “Water is life”, the understanding that life does not exist without water; “We are all related”, the interconnectedness of all energy in the universe, including humans; and planning for the future, the idea that we must care for future generations in all our actions. We are running out of time. We are losing the links that bind thousands of generations to the present day. We are losing our chance to inherit their understanding of what it means to be human. Rather than dwelling on our suffering, consider the extraordinary resilience of my people. Covid-19 has only strengthened our resolve to honor and protect our elders, the languages they speak, and the wisdom they carry. I believe that if Americans knew what we’re facing, they would help us. If history has taught us anything, it is that generations to come will need that wisdom more than we can imagine. 【词汇过关】 请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。 1.native [?ne?t?v] adj.________________________ n. ________________________ 2.perish [?per??] vi. ________________________ 3.extraordinarily [?k?str??d?n?r?li] adv. ________________________ 4.reservation [?rez??ve???n] n. ______________________