Conversation OneQuestions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One.Hi, Bob. You speak very good Chinese.Not really, Mary. I just know a little. Actually, not being able to speak a foreign language is a bit of a British trait or a particularly British characteristic.The British are generally considered to be lazy linguists. We just don't bother to learn another language.I guess the main reason is that when you travel around the world, you find that English is spoken almost everywhere.Yes, yes. We get by. We survive on just using our mother language.But you seem to love learning languages a lot. How many foreign languages can you speak?Not that many. A bit of German, some French, Polish a little, Chinese of course, a bit of Japanese. That's about it.I'm impressed. Well, what is the second most-spoken language in England? Is it Chinese?No, I don't think so.Then, that must be French.No. According to the recent census, 104 different languages are spoken in the UK and Polish is the second most spoken language, followed by Punjabi and Urdu.Then, do you have to learn a foreign language in school?No, it's not compulsory. But recently a campaign was launched to encourage everyone in the UK to learn at least 1,000 words of another language. It hopes to help Britain increase international trade.
对话1根据对话1回答第一题到第五题。嗨，鲍勃。你的中文讲得很好。不，玛丽。我只会一点点。事实上，不会说外语是英国人的一个特点，或者是英国人的一个特别的特点。英国人通常被认为在学习外语方面比较懒惰。我们只是不想去学另一种语言。我想主要原因是你到世界的其他地方，会发现几乎所有的地方都说英语。是的，是的。我们勉强能对付过去。我们仅靠母语就生存。但是你似乎很喜欢学习语言，你能说多少种外语?不是很多。一点德语，一点法语，一点波兰语，当然还有汉语，一点日语。仅此而已。真惊人啊。那么，英国第二大语言是什么呢？是中文吗？不，我觉得不是。那一定是法语。不。根据最近的普查，英国有104种不同的语言，波兰语是第二大语言，其次是旁遮普语和乌尔都语。那么，你在学校必须学外语吗？不，不是强制性的。但最近发起了一项运动，鼓励英国人学习至少1000个外语单词，以期帮助英国增加国际贸易。
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