14.首先不講創(chuàng)造一門(mén)新的全球性語(yǔ)言是不是可能的，單就學(xué)習(xí)和掌握任何一門(mén)已有語(yǔ)言來(lái)講就絕對(duì)不是一件輕松的事情。
Leaving aside the issue whether there is the possibility of creating a new global language, learning and mastering any one of the existing languages is nothing easy at all.
15.我們從小學(xué)開(kāi)始學(xué)英語(yǔ)，等到大學(xué)畢業(yè)了，大多數(shù)人還是開(kāi)不了口，這說(shuō)明了什么呢？
We start to learn English from primary school, but even after we have graduated from college, most of us are still unable to speak it. What does this situation suggest to us?
16.這充分說(shuō)明了學(xué)好一門(mén)語(yǔ)言絕對(duì)不是一件簡(jiǎn)單的事情，是需要環(huán)境和多年積累的。
This shows fully convincingly that mastering a language is nothing easy at all. It needs the right environment for leaning it and requires years of accumulation.
17.如今，據(jù)估世界上有約六千種語(yǔ)言在使用中，然而，其中有不少語(yǔ)言講的人越來(lái)越少。
Today, it is estimated that there are about 6,000 languages spoken in the world. However, many of these languages are spoken by an increasingly small number of speakers.
18.在世界上的所有語(yǔ)言中，幾乎有一半被認(rèn)為瀕臨消亡，其中最主要的原因之一就是英語(yǔ)日漸成為一門(mén)全球性的語(yǔ)言。
Nearly half of the languages spoken in the world are considered endangered. One of the principal causes of this is the rise of English as a global language.
19.英語(yǔ)正日漸成為國(guó)際上的娛樂(lè)語(yǔ)言和技術(shù)語(yǔ)言，特別是成為信息技術(shù)領(lǐng)域的語(yǔ)言，因?yàn)?5%的因特網(wǎng)是英語(yǔ)的。
English is increasingly the language of international entertainment as well as technology, especially information technology, for 75% of all internet websites are in English.
20.英語(yǔ)是造成弱小語(yǔ)言漸漸淡出使用的“殺手語(yǔ)言”。
English is a “killer language” that is forcing out the use of smaller languages.
21.不錯(cuò)，語(yǔ)言正在以驚人的速度消亡，這無(wú)疑是可悲的，但是，把一切的過(guò)錯(cuò)都?xì)w咎于英語(yǔ)那是不公平的。
It’s true that languages are disappearing at an increasingly rapid rate, which is undoubtedly tragic, but it’s entirely unfair to put all the blame on the English language.
22.作為一門(mén)區(qū)域性語(yǔ)言，英語(yǔ)確實(shí)導(dǎo)致了很多種語(yǔ)言的消亡，但不要忘記英語(yǔ)只是約十個(gè)區(qū)域性語(yǔ)言中的一個(gè)。
As a regional language, English has indeed caused the disappearance of many other smaller languages, but we should bear in mind that English is only one of the 10 or so regional languages.
23.我認(rèn)為與其再去創(chuàng)造一門(mén)新的國(guó)際性語(yǔ)言不如讓更多的人學(xué)好英語(yǔ)，這可能是最可行的做事方法了。
I believe that rather than creating a new global language, we should encourage more and more people to study English well, which might be the most practical way of doing things.
24.與學(xué)習(xí)母語(yǔ)相比，學(xué)好任何一門(mén)外語(yǔ)的過(guò)程都顯得特別艱辛和漫長(zhǎng)。
Compared with learning one’s own mother tongue, the process of learning any one foreign language well seems to be especially hard and long.
25.學(xué)習(xí)一門(mén)外語(yǔ)的辦法就是到母語(yǔ)為這門(mén)語(yǔ)言的國(guó)家工作或?qū)W習(xí)幾年的時(shí)間。
The best way to learn a foreign language is to go work or study for a few years in a country where this foreign language is the mother tongue of the people there.
Leaving aside the issue whether there is the possibility of creating a new global language, learning and mastering any one of the existing languages is nothing easy at all.
15.我們從小學(xué)開(kāi)始學(xué)英語(yǔ)，等到大學(xué)畢業(yè)了，大多數(shù)人還是開(kāi)不了口，這說(shuō)明了什么呢？
We start to learn English from primary school, but even after we have graduated from college, most of us are still unable to speak it. What does this situation suggest to us?
16.這充分說(shuō)明了學(xué)好一門(mén)語(yǔ)言絕對(duì)不是一件簡(jiǎn)單的事情，是需要環(huán)境和多年積累的。
This shows fully convincingly that mastering a language is nothing easy at all. It needs the right environment for leaning it and requires years of accumulation.
17.如今，據(jù)估世界上有約六千種語(yǔ)言在使用中，然而，其中有不少語(yǔ)言講的人越來(lái)越少。
Today, it is estimated that there are about 6,000 languages spoken in the world. However, many of these languages are spoken by an increasingly small number of speakers.
18.在世界上的所有語(yǔ)言中，幾乎有一半被認(rèn)為瀕臨消亡，其中最主要的原因之一就是英語(yǔ)日漸成為一門(mén)全球性的語(yǔ)言。
Nearly half of the languages spoken in the world are considered endangered. One of the principal causes of this is the rise of English as a global language.
19.英語(yǔ)正日漸成為國(guó)際上的娛樂(lè)語(yǔ)言和技術(shù)語(yǔ)言，特別是成為信息技術(shù)領(lǐng)域的語(yǔ)言，因?yàn)?5%的因特網(wǎng)是英語(yǔ)的。
English is increasingly the language of international entertainment as well as technology, especially information technology, for 75% of all internet websites are in English.
20.英語(yǔ)是造成弱小語(yǔ)言漸漸淡出使用的“殺手語(yǔ)言”。
English is a “killer language” that is forcing out the use of smaller languages.
21.不錯(cuò)，語(yǔ)言正在以驚人的速度消亡，這無(wú)疑是可悲的，但是，把一切的過(guò)錯(cuò)都?xì)w咎于英語(yǔ)那是不公平的。
It’s true that languages are disappearing at an increasingly rapid rate, which is undoubtedly tragic, but it’s entirely unfair to put all the blame on the English language.
22.作為一門(mén)區(qū)域性語(yǔ)言，英語(yǔ)確實(shí)導(dǎo)致了很多種語(yǔ)言的消亡，但不要忘記英語(yǔ)只是約十個(gè)區(qū)域性語(yǔ)言中的一個(gè)。
As a regional language, English has indeed caused the disappearance of many other smaller languages, but we should bear in mind that English is only one of the 10 or so regional languages.
23.我認(rèn)為與其再去創(chuàng)造一門(mén)新的國(guó)際性語(yǔ)言不如讓更多的人學(xué)好英語(yǔ)，這可能是最可行的做事方法了。
I believe that rather than creating a new global language, we should encourage more and more people to study English well, which might be the most practical way of doing things.
24.與學(xué)習(xí)母語(yǔ)相比，學(xué)好任何一門(mén)外語(yǔ)的過(guò)程都顯得特別艱辛和漫長(zhǎng)。
Compared with learning one’s own mother tongue, the process of learning any one foreign language well seems to be especially hard and long.
25.學(xué)習(xí)一門(mén)外語(yǔ)的辦法就是到母語(yǔ)為這門(mén)語(yǔ)言的國(guó)家工作或?qū)W習(xí)幾年的時(shí)間。
The best way to learn a foreign language is to go work or study for a few years in a country where this foreign language is the mother tongue of the people there.