新奇事件簿 近一半歐洲人為雙語達(dá)人

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Residents of the European Union (EU) are becoming better and better at languages. Almost 50 percent of the EU population say they can speak at least one foreign language very well. That figure rises to nearly 80 percent for students. To celebrate its linguistic diversity, September 26 has become the official European Day of Languages. The day’s website shows a Slovak proverb that says: “The number of languages you speak is the number of times you are human”. This is to encourage all Europeans to brush up on their language skills.

歐盟市民語言水平提高。近一半歐盟人至少精通一門外語。而對于歐盟學(xué)生，這一數(shù)字接近80%。為了慶祝語言多元化，將每年的9月26日定為歐洲語言日。官方還有一則斯洛伐克諺語，“人文化數(shù)量與語言習(xí)得量相同”。鼓勵所有歐洲市民提高語言能力。

The results of the “Eurobarometer” survey put Luxembourgers at the top of the language ability list. An amazing 99 percent of Luxembourg’s population is at least bilingual. Those with the poorest language skills are the Hungarians (29 percent) and British (30 percent). English is the most widely spoken foreign language, used by more than a third of the population. German (12 percent) is in second place followed by French (11 percent). European enlargement means Russian has risen to fourth place tied with Spanish. The EU spends $36 million a year on language programs.

根據(jù)民調(diào)機(jī)構(gòu)“歐洲晴雨表”的調(diào)查顯示，盧森堡市民的語言能力最強(qiáng)。99%的盧森堡人口至少會一門外語。語言能力最差國家是匈牙利（29%），英國（30%）。英語是普及度最高的外語，全球三分之一人口會說英語。第二大語言是德語（12%），緊隨其后是法語（11%）。歐洲范圍擴(kuò)大后，俄語升入第四位，與西班牙語持平。每年，歐盟的語言項目經(jīng)費(fèi)達(dá)3600萬美金。