【考前必备】托福阅读背景材料——美国土著的语言文化
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摘要：托福作备考中，有一套自己备考策略是非常重要的。但是，托福备考的时候是否应该有着一套自己的规则呢？下面我们就为大家带来托福阅读背景知识美国土著的语言文化。
在托福备考中，很多学生都视托福阅读为自己的强项，从而就忽视了托福阅读的备考。其实不然，如果，因为在托福阅读中贸贸然的失分，而转加压力在其余三项中，那么对大家来说，可能冲刺高分的压力可能就更多了。那么，在备考托福过程中，我们应该更多关注些哪些内容呢？相信一些阅读背景材料会为你的备考带来不少的帮助吧。
托福阅读背景材料：美国土著语言文化
Native American languagesBefore Europeans arrived in North America there were over 300 Native American languages. Some have now died out, and of the 250 or so remaining many are spoken only by a few older people. Other languages, like Cherokee, are more widely spoken. Most Native Americans speak English, some as their first language and others as their second.
Native American languages have added many words to English, though the meaning of a word has often been changed. Teepees are a kind of tent, *wampum belts were made of beads and since the belts had great value Europeans used wampum to mean 'money'. Moccasins, a kind of shoe, are today worn by people all over the world. Many Native American words describe the things they name. For example, the Asakiwaki tribe's name means 'people of the yellow earth', and the Cherokees' name for themselves, Ani-Yun'wiya, means 'the leading people'. Indian names for Whites included 'people greedily grasping for land'.
Many American place names have their roots in Native American languages. *Ohio, for instance, is a Native American name, and the names of many of its towns and cities, such as Chillicothe and Sandusky, and the lakes Scioto and Olentangy, are of Native American origin.
