VOA慢速英语:Young Navajos Study to Save Their Language

短语讲解：

1. “We had to speak English. So I lost a lot of just speaking the Navajo language.”

a lot of 许多
例句：I will not burden you with a lot of questions.
我不会提许多问题来烦扰你的。

2. My parents are actually, they grew up speaking the Navajo language; they’re fluent speakers.

grow up 成长，逐渐形成
例句：All plants like to grow up towards the sunlight.
所有植物都喜朝阳生长。

3. He said a language’s survival depends on one generation passing down knowledge to the next generation.

depend on 取决于；依赖
例句：My wife and daughter depend on me for their living.
我妻子女儿靠我生活。

4. If you just think about it, my parents, if they go, then that’s going to be me right there who has to carry that on.

think about 考虑
例句：We will think about your suggestion.
我们会考虑你的建议。