So she wanted them to speak Spanish at home and study the language at school.

所以她想要孩子们在家说西班牙语，在学校也能学习西班牙语。

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I mean I took Spanish in high school for four years and I didn't become a proficient speaker of the language.

我意思是我在高年级学了四年的西班牙语，但是我并没有成为一个语言专家。

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Now,just two do. That's because - while Spanish is still the language in many homes - the children of immigrants from Cuba and other Latin nations speak English in school and on the street, wear American clothes and prefer upbeat Anglo rock music to their parents' dreamy, old Spanish ballads.

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