In New York City public school，176 different languages are spoken amore than one million students．For 160000 children，English is not their first language．New York's Department of Education makes learning bfor these students by providing dual﹣language （双语）programs．Students are taught in two languages，English and a one，such as French，German or Japanese，Math，social studies，science and all other regular courses are taught in both languages．And they learn about the /'kʌltʃə（r）/of the other country．
Milady Baez，a headmaster，says these dual﹣language programs will help children succeed in the future．”The jobs of the future /n'kwatɔ（r）/that our students know more than one language．They're going to travel （在国外）and communicate with people from all over the world．This will open doors for them．”
Shuya Zhang （教）a dual﹣language class．She says，”America started economic relationships with China．Lots of factories were b．companies moved to China．They need people with both language skills．”
Anna，a Russian girl came to America she was two years old．She says the Russian．English program keeps her connected to her heritage and her parents happy．
Nowadays，more and more （外国人）come to China．Perhaps in the future your school will also provide them with the dual=language program．
