雅思英语中despite与prevent的运用（你都了解多少呢）
如今，人们对文化认同的兴趣越来越浓厚，身边的人们也带动了学习的气氛。雅思英语越来越受到大家的关注，英语的学习也让我们终身受益匪浅。下面是小编给大家带来的英语中知识，让我们一起来学习一下。
英文原文
So despite linguists"best efforts,many languages will disappear over the next century.But a growing interest in cultural identity may prevent the direst predictions from coming true.
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知识点小结
1.despite在本句中用作介词，与in spite of同义，意思是“尽管，虽然，不顾”，表示让步，后接名词性成分（如此处的“linguists"best efforts”），不可直接接从句。例如：
Despite his advanced years,he is learning English.
虽然年事已高，但他现在在学英语。
注意：没有despite of的用法。despite后面若要加从句，应该使用despite the fact that，此句型中，that引导的是fact的同位语从句。
2.词组one"s best efforts。
例句：I gave this contest my best efforts,however,the result was frustrating.
我为这场比赛全力以赴，但结果令人沮丧。
3.prevent的意思是“阻止，制止”
其常见用法是prevent sb./sth.from doing sth.，意思是“阻止某人/某物做某事”。例如：
We must try everything to prevent the fire from spreading.
我们要拼尽一切阻止火势蔓延。
参考翻译
所以，无论语言学家如何努力，很多语言都会在下一个世纪消失。但是人们对文化认同不断增长的兴趣也许能防止那些耸人听闻的预言变成现实。
下面是与本次句子翻译相关的阅读题目，我们一起来学习一下。
So despite linguists"best efforts,many languages will disappear over the next century.But a growing interest in cultural identity may prevent the direst predictions from coming true."The key to fostering diversity is for people to learn their ancestral tongue,as well as the dominant language,"says Doug Whalen,founder and president of the Endangered Language Fund in New Haven,Connecticut."Most of these languages will not survive without a large degree of bilingualism,"he says.In New Zealand,classes for children have slowed the erosion of Maori and rekindled interest in the language.A similar approach in Hawaii has produced about 8,000 new speakers of Polynesian languages in the past few years.In California,"apprentice"programs have provided life support to several indigenous languages.Volunteer"apprentices"pair up with one of the last living speakers of a Native American tongue to learn a traditional skill such as basket weaving,with instruction exclusively in the endangered language.After about 300 hours of training they are generally sufficiently fluent to transmit the language to the next generation.But Mufwene says that preventing a language dying out is not the same as giving it new life by using it every day."Preserving a language is more like preserving fruits in a jar,"he says.
Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading Passage 1?
Write
YESif the statement agrees with the views of the writer
NOif the statement contradicts the views of the writer
NOT GIVENif it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
The loss of linguistic diversity is inevitable.
汉英翻译练习
一个人要么选择一个假期多、薪水低的工作，要么选择一个薪水高但假期少的工作；选择取决于一个人的喜好或需求。
通过今天的学习，你对despite用作介词、词组one"s best efforts以及prevent这几个知识点的学习掌握扎实了吗？放轻松些，要有耐性，学习英语是趣味无穷的。