TheVieirafamilymovedtotheUnitedStatesin1981.AtthattimetheydecidedtostopspeakingSpanishathomeandonlycommunicateinEnglish.ThiswasbecausetheywerenowlivinginanEnglish-speakingcountry.

NowtheVieirachildrenareadultsandtheysometimestraveltoSpaintovisittheirfamilyandfriends.Buttheycannotcommunicatewiththem.Unfortunatelythisiscommon.Whenpeoplemovetonewcountriestheyoftenleavetheirowncustomsandmotherlanguagebehind.Thisisamistakebecausetherearemanybenefits（益处）ofknowingmorethanonelanguage.

Oneadvantageofspeakingmorethanonelanguageisthatyoucancommunicatedirectlywithmorepeoplearoundtheworld.Youdonothavetodependonotherstotalkforyousoyou’remoreindependent.Peoplewhoknowonlyonelanguagemustuseotherstohelpthemcommunicate.

Furthermorespeakingasecondlanguagealsoallowspeopletoexperienceotherculturesandcustomsmoreeffectively（有效地）.Localexpressionsvocabularyandevenjokescanhaveapowerfuleffectonaperson’sunderstandingofanotherculture.Soknowingmorethanonelanguageincreasesyourknowledgeofothercultures.

Finallyhavingmoremulti-languagespeakersimprovesrelationshipsbetweencountries.Ifpeoplefromdifferentcountriescancommunicatewelltheworldcanbecomecloser.Countrieswillthenhavemorerespectforeachotherandbetterunderstandeachother’sproblems.

Thebenefitsofknowingmorethanonelanguageareclear.Infacttherearenodisadvantages.Itisverysadthatmanypeopledon’ttrytolearnanotherlanguage.Itisevenworsewhenpeopleletthemselvesforgettheirmotherlanguageandbecomesilenced.

【小题1】ThepassagebeginswiththeexperienceoftheVieirafamilyinorderto______.

A．discusstheneedforteachinganewlanguageB．showtheproblemsofspeakingonlyonelanguageC．describetheadvantagesofmovingtoanothercountryD．introducethepassage’smaincharacterstothereaders【小题2】Accordingtothepassageifyoucanspeakmorethanonelanguageyoucan______.A．findabetterjobB．makemorefriendsC