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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 German Spanish
Portuguese Japanese Korean
Excuse me, do you speak English?

2202
Lesson Twenty-two Language 语言
I am proficient in English, and I can speak a little German.
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.

2203
Lesson Twenty-two Language 语言
My English still needs work.
我的英语还有提高的余地。

2204
Lesson Twenty-two Language 语言
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.

2205
Lesson Twenty-two Language 语言
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.

2206
Lesson Twenty-two Language 语言
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

2207
Lesson Twenty-two Language 语言
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.

2208
Lesson Twenty-two Language 语言
I can read and write in three languages.
我可以用三种语言进行读写。

2209
Lesson Twenty-two Language 语言
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

2210
Lesson Twenty-two Language 语言
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

2211
Lesson Twenty-two Language 语言
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.

2212
Lesson Twenty-two Language 语言
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.

2213
Lesson Twenty-two Language 语言
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?

2214
Lesson Twenty-two Language 语言
What do you mean by ?Chinese characteristics??
您说?Chinese characteristics?是什么意思？

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 ...

2215
Lesson Twenty-two Language 语言
English
French
Russian
Chinese
Spanish + Arabic
most commonly used language
English speaking countries
UK
US
Australia
Ireland
New Zealand
France
Canada