Unit 5 课时作业27-【红对勾讲与练】2022-2023学年新教材高中英语必修第一册(人教版2019)

UNIT 5　LANGUAGES AROUND THE WORLD　　　　　　　 课时作业 27 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　Ⅰ. 阅读理解 More and more English-educated Chinese Singaporean parents are realizing the importance for their children to be not only good at the all- important English language, but also at Chinese. China has become a great political and economic superpower and they want their children to become bilingual. It is common knowledge that, to master any language, especially one􀆳s mother tongue, one must begin from childhood. But there are challenges and barriers for children of English- speaking homes to succeed in their journey towards bilingualism. Take my family as an example. While my wife and me are products of English education, we have some foundation in Chinese which we keep up in our working life. But the language of communication in our home is mainly English. We are glad that our three children had between 8 and 11 years􀆳 Chinese schooling before switching over to English schools. Their foundation in Chinese has become an advantage in their adult life. They can hold their own in the spoken language, but will find it hard to write a business letter in Chinese for lack of usage. We have a grandson who will be two years old shortly. His parents have given my wife and me the unenviable task of making him bilingual. It is a very tough assignment, as we are with him only a couple of hours on most days. For the rest of the time, he is being surrounded by English sounds by his busy parents. Fortunately, our perseverance