Questions

　　1. Do you speak a foreign language?

　　你會講外語嗎?

　　2. Do you speak English?

　　你會講英語嗎?

　　3. Do you read and write Japanese?

　　你會讀寫日文嗎?

　　4. Do you read and write any other language?

　　你會讀寫其他語言嗎?

　　5. How long have you been studying English?

　　你英語學(xué)了多久?

　　6. How long ago did you start your class in English?

　　你多久前才開始上英文課?

　　7. When did you begin to learn English?

　　你從何時起學(xué)英語的?

　　8. Why did you study English?

　　你為什么讀英語?

　　9. How come you took English lessons?

　　你怎么會學(xué)起英文的?

　　10. How’s your English?

　　你的英語好不好?

　　11. Do you speak the language well?

　　你講得好嗎?

　　12. Is your English good enough to work in an American firm?

　　在美資機構(gòu)工作，你的英文夠不夠用?

　　13. Do you know the language well enough to communicate with English speaking people?

　　你的英文程度與講英語的人交談行不行?

　　14. Do you think your English is good enough to do desk work?

　　你想你的英文程度可以做文書工作嗎?

　　15. What language do you speak other than Chinese?

　　除了中文之外，你還會哪國語言?

　　16. How many languages do you speak?

　　你會講幾國語言?

　　17. What other dialect do you understand?

　　你還懂哪種方言?

　　18. Do you understand the Shanghaiese?

　　你懂上海話嗎?

　　Answers

　　1. Only enough to carry on a simple conversation.

　　只可以講簡單會話。

　　2. Yes, I speak it well.

　　是的，我講得很好。

　　3. I understand English better than I can express myself.

　　我英文聽的能力比表達的能力強。

　　4. Yes, I can do both well.

　　是的，讀寫我都會。

　　5. No, I only speak the language.

　　不會，我只會講。

　　6. I speak the language better than I read and write.

　　我講的比讀和寫好。

　　7. Only a short time.

　　只學(xué)了不久。

　　8. I began learning English when I was six.

　　我16歲就開始學(xué)英文。

　　9. I started to learn English when I was in the primary school.

　　我從小學(xué)的時候就學(xué)英語。

　　10. I have been learning English for more than sixteen years.

　　我英語學(xué)了16年以上。

　　11. I have been studying English since I was in primary school.

　　我從上小學(xué)的時候就學(xué)英語。

　　12. I’ve been speaking English all my life.

　　我講了一輩子的英文了。

　　13. I’m bilingual.

　　我會講兩種語言。

　　14. Because I was interested in it.

　　因為興趣關(guān)系。

　　15. Because there’s a great demand in the world for the usage of English.

　　因為世界上用英語的地方比較多。

　　16. Because I thought if I learned English well, it would help me in getting better jobs.

　　我想要是把英文學(xué)好了，可以找到比較好的工作。

　　17. I majored in English language so that I could more clearly express my ideas in the language.

　　我主修的是英語，這樣就可以更清楚的用這種語言表達我的意見。

　　18. Because English is the best language for communication.

　　因為英文是溝通思想最好的一種語言。

　　19. English has become an international language. No matter where you go, English is always commonly used. It is convenient to know the language.

　　英文已經(jīng)成為一種世界性語言。不論你到哪一國去，英文都普遍用得到。如果會英語就方便多了。

　　20. Pretty good. I used to be an interpreter in English.

　　不錯，我以前是英文翻譯。

　　21. I speak the language well. I’ve had ten years of it.

　　我講得很好，我學(xué)過十年了。

　　22. I can do translation work without difficulties.

　　我擔任翻譯工作沒有困難。

　　23. I think so. I used to be an interpreter.

　　我想可以的，我以前做過譯員。

　　24. The amount of English I know enables me to do general desk work.

　　我的英文足可以做普通文書工作。

　　25. I believe the amount of English I know is sufficient to work in an American firm.

　　我想我的英語在美資機構(gòu)做事絕沒問題。

　　26. Only Chinese and English.

　　只有中文和英文。

　　27. Other than Chinese, I speak English. I learned some Spanish in school, but forget all of it.

　　除中文，我會講英語。在學(xué)校我學(xué)習過西班牙文，現(xiàn)在都忘了。

　　28. I speak a little bit of everything, but none of them are very good.

　　我什么話都會講一點，可是都不太好。

　　29. I speak about twenty-some languages. I’m a linguistic genius.

　　我會講20種語言。我有語言天才。

　　30. I am a native. I was born and raised here. I speak the dialect perfectly.

　　我是本地人，我生長在這里，本地話我都懂。

　　31. I speak the Shanghai dialect, Szechuan dialect, Cantonese and, of course, Mandarin.

　　我會講上海話、四川話、廣東話和國語。