新东方英语口语 开口篇 Lesson 22 Language 语言

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Lesson Twenty-two Language 语言

Do you speak English?

您讲英文吗?

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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I am proficient in English, and I can speak a little Gemp3an.

我英文很精通，而且我会说一点点德语。

English language proficiency text 英语水平测试

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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My English still needs work.

我的英语还有提高的余地。

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How long have you been studying Spanish?

您西班牙语学了多长时间了?

I have been studying English for two years.

I started to learn English since two years ago.

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What is your mother tongue?

您的母语是什么?

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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Italian is her native language, but she speaks French fluently too.

意大利语是他的母语，但他的法语也说得很流利。

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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How many languages do you speak?

您说几门语言?

I can speak in three languages.

I’m a trilingual.

I’m a bilingual.

Canada is a bilingual country.

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I can read and write in three languages.

我可以用三种语言进行读写。

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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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She speaks mandarin with a strong accent.

我说普通话口音很重。

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 普通话

mandarin fish 鳜鱼 mandarin bird 鸳鸯

Cantonese 广东话 Hokkien 闽南话 Hakka 客家话

character 汉字 alphabetic 字母的

Pinyin plan 汉语拼音方案

Chinese phonetic alphabet

letter 字母 word 单词 phrase 词组

sentence 句子 paragraph 段落 text 正文

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Everyone makes mistakes when they are learning to speak.

每个人在学说话的时候都会犯错。

Speak it out. Don‘t be afraid to lose face.

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As for me, reciting is essential to mastering a foreign language.

就我而言，背诵对掌握一门外语至关重要。

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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Will you slow down? I can‘t follow you.

您说慢点好吗?我跟不上你。

Will you speed up?

Will you speak up?

Will you speak down?

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What do you mean by 揅hinese characteristics?

您说揅hinese characteristics斒鞘裁匆馑迹?

character 汉字、性格

characteristics 具体性格特征

We are going to build socialism with Chinese

characteristics.

By Chinese characteristics, I mean that ...

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English

French

Russian

Chinese

Spanish + Arabic

most commonly used language

English speaking countries

UK

US

Australia

Ireland

New Zealand

France

Canada