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Lesson Twenty-two Language 語(yǔ)言
Do you speak English?
您講英文嗎?
Do you speak Chinese?
I can speak in English.
Chinese English French
Italian Gemp3an Spanish
Portuguese Japanese Korean
Excuse me, do you speak English?
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Lesson Twenty-two Language 語(yǔ)言
I am proficient in English, and I can speak a little Gemp3an.
我英文很精通,而且我會(huì)說(shuō)一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)德語(yǔ)。
English language proficiency text 英語(yǔ)水平測(cè)試
I speak only a little English.
I can speak a little Chinese.
It‘s broken.
Well, sorry, I speak broken Enlgish.
Forgive my broken English.
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Lesson Twenty-two Language 語(yǔ)言
My English still needs work.
我的英語(yǔ)還有提高的余地。
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Lesson Twenty-two Language 語(yǔ)言
How long have you been studying Spanish?
您西班牙語(yǔ)學(xué)了多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間了?
I have been studying English for two years.
I started to learn English since two years ago.
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Lesson Twenty-two Language 語(yǔ)言
What is your mother tongue?
您的母語(yǔ)是什么?
mother tongue
mother language
native language
I’m a Beijing native.
Beijing Native in New York
Shanghai Native in Tokyo.
Chinese is my native language.
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Lesson Twenty-two Language 語(yǔ)言
Italian is her native language, but she speaks French fluently too.
意大利語(yǔ)是他的母語(yǔ),但他的法語(yǔ)也說(shuō)得很流利。
Chinese is my mother tongue.
I am proficient in English.
I am professional in English.
I can speak fluent English.
fluency n. 流利
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Lesson Twenty-two Language 語(yǔ)言
How many languages do you speak?
您說(shuō)幾門語(yǔ)言?
I can speak in three languages.
I’m a trilingual.
I’m a bilingual.
Canada is a bilingual country.
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Lesson Twenty-two Language 語(yǔ)言
I can read and write in three languages.
我可以用三種語(yǔ)言進(jìn)行讀寫。
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Lesson Twenty-two Language 語(yǔ)言
How well do you know Chinese?
你中文懂多少?
How well do you know English?
How long ... 多久
How many ... 多少
How well ... 程度如何
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Lesson Twenty-two Language 語(yǔ)言
She speaks mandarin with a strong accent.
我說(shuō)普通話口音很重。
accent 口音
She is speaking English with a strong Japanese accent.
dialect 方言
local vernacular
Do you speak the local vernacular?
We must master the local vernacular.
mandarin Chinese 普通話
mandarin fish 鱖魚(yú) mandarin bird 鴛鴦
Cantonese 廣東話 Hokkien 閩南話 Hakka 客家話
character 漢字 alphabetic 字母的
Pinyin plan 漢語(yǔ)拼音方案
Chinese phonetic alphabet
letter 字母 word 單詞 phrase 詞組
sentence 句子 paragraph 段落 text 正文
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Lesson Twenty-two Language 語(yǔ)言
Everyone makes mistakes when they are learning to speak.
每個(gè)人在學(xué)說(shuō)話的時(shí)候都會(huì)犯錯(cuò)。
Speak it out. Don‘t be afraid to lose face.
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Lesson Twenty-two Language 語(yǔ)言
As for me, reciting is essential to mastering a foreign language.
就我而言,背誦對(duì)掌握一門外語(yǔ)至關(guān)重要。
as for sb.
as to sth.
essential = crucial
master v. 掌握
master a foreign language
master n. 主人
You are my master now.
be essential to sth.
As for me, dictation is essential to mastering English listening comprehension.
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Lesson Twenty-two Language 語(yǔ)言
Will you slow down? I can‘t follow you.
您說(shuō)慢點(diǎn)好嗎?我跟不上你。
Will you speed up?
Will you speak up?
Will you speak down?
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Lesson Twenty-two Language 語(yǔ)言
What do you mean by 揅hinese characteristics?
您說(shuō)揅hinese characteristics斒鞘裁匆饉跡?
character 漢字、性格
characteristics 具體性格特征
We are going to build socialism with Chinese
characteristics.
By Chinese characteristics, I mean that ...
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Lesson Twenty-two Language 語(yǔ)言
English
French
Russian
Chinese
Spanish + Arabic
most commonly used language
English speaking countries
UK
US
Australia
Ireland
New Zealand
France
Canada