speak a language

It takes a long time to learn to speak a language well .

学会说好一种语言需要花很长的时间。

What I mean is that it takes two people to learn to speak a language .

也就是说两个人来学习一门语言是一种很好的方法。

If you can speak a language , you can teach it .

如果你会说一门语言，那你就可以教这种语言。

Being able to speak a language is not related to how smart you are .

能否讲一种语言，和你是否聪明无关。

To be able to speak a language , it is important to know about the society and culture of the target language .

要想学好一门语言，了解所学语言所属社会的社会和文化非常重要。

And if you want to speak a language rapidly , well , you have to start speaking . A lot .

如果你想让自己说得非常流利，那你就要开始做大量的口语练习。

It goes without saying that the best way to learn how to speak a language is to actually speak it .

不用说，学习如何说一门语言的最好方式是说这门语言。

The Gypsies speak a language called Romany which has many common words with Indian languages .

吉普赛人说一种吉普赛语，与印度语言有很多共同的单词。

Casual interest can only get you so far – if you just'want'to speak a language , that gives you no edge .

仅仅是兴趣爱好不会有很大的进展&如果你只是“想要”说一门外语，这没有给你任何界定。

Or to learn how to speak a language for no higher purpose than that it pleases your ear to hear it ?

只是为了取悦自己的听觉而去学习一种语言，别无其他目的？

If you are a journalist who can speak a language other than your native one , why not apply for a foreign correspondent ?

如果你是一位记者（除了会说本国语外，还会说另一种语言），那为何不申请外国记者的岗位呢？

So when people try to learn to speak a language out of a book , I try to show them that they won 't achieve their goals that way .

所以每次我遇到想通过一本书学会一门语言的人，我通常都会告诉他们：这种方法无法让他们实现语言学习的目标。

To speak a language , one must know its grammar almost completely , not just its vocabulary or its sounds , not even sets of rules for constructing sentences .

为了能说一种语言，一个人不仅要掌握词汇和发音，以及一系列造句的规则，还应对语法做到差不多融汇贯通。

It has become more ethnically diverse in recent years : 20 per cent of people in St Lucie county now speak a language other than English at home .

近年来这个地区所居住的族裔变得更加多样：圣露西县现在有20%的人在家中说英语以外的语言。

He now has super-human mathematical talent , can read and remember the contents of an encyclopedia volume in a few minutes , and speak a language fluently after reading one textbook .

他现在有超过人类的数学能力，能阅读，能在几分钟内记住百科全书的内容，通过阅读一本教科书就可以，流利地讲一门语言了。

And unless you already speak a language like Spanish or German , there are no short-cuts to large vocabulary in English : you just have to rely on diligence and dedication .

除非你已经会讲一种像西班牙语或德语这样的语言，要获得大的英语词汇量是没有捷径可走的：你就得依靠勤奋和专注。

The United States is spread out over a huge land mass , and for most of its citizens there is no need to speak a language in addition to English in order to communicate with people who live nearby .

早年，英国移民在如今成为美国的这片广袤无垠的土地上迁徙时，把他们的语言带到四面八方，从而使今天大多数美国人无需使用其他语言与自己周围的人交流。

IT is my considered view that no one can invent fictional characters without first having made a lengthy study of people , just as it is impossible for anyone to speak a language that has not been properly mastered .

我认为只有在深入地研究了人以后，才能创造人物，就像要讲一种语言就得先认真学习这种语言一样。

You know , we don 't grow most of the food we eat . We wear clothes other people make . We speak a language that other people developed . We use a mathematics that other people evolved ... I mean , we 're constantly taking things .

并不是每个人都需要种植自己的粮食，也不是每个人都需要做自己穿的衣服，我们说着别人发明的语言，使用别人发明的数学……我们一直在使用别人的成果。

They 're helped and hindered along the way by a pair of scheming , talentless buskers who fly about in a rickety old capsule and speak a language that 's dominated by the catchall word " koo . "

一路上，一对狡猾而又无能的卖艺人坐着一个破破烂烂的胶囊状物体飞行，有时帮助他们，有时阻挠他们，他们的语言主要是一个含义甚广的词——koo。

The fact that he didn 't speak a foreign language put him at a distinct disadvantage .

他不会说外语使他处于明显的不利地位。

The Ukrainians speak a Slavonic language similar to Russian .

乌克兰人所说的那种斯拉夫语系的语言类似于俄语。

We might try to write or speak a different language ,

我们可以尝试写或说不同的语言，

What 's the key of learning to speak a foreign language well ?

说好外语的关键是什么呢？

If you can speak a foreign language , you can

如果你会说一门外语你就能

He may speak a different language .

他也有可能说方言。

An animal 's eyes have the power to speak a great language .

动物的眼睛有说伟大语言的能力。

I want to live abroad and learn to speak a different language .

我想到国外去住住，学一种新的语言。

If you speak a second language , speak it at home .

如果你能讲第二语言，那么你在家里就要讲。

Each of them can speak a foreign language .

他们每个人都会说一门外语。