It is the official language in more than 50 countries and 250-300 million people speak it as a second language.
它是50多个国家的官方语言，2.5亿到3亿人把它作为第二语言。
I seemed to know it would do me good in future, but at that time I couldn't realize the fears of learning a second language.
我似乎知道这对自己将来有好处，但那时我没能意识到学习第二语言的好处。
According to this hypothesis, the acquisition processes create sentences in the second language, right?
根据这个假设，习得过程用第二语言创造句子，对吧？
Do these same advantages benefit a child who begins learning a second language in kindergarten instead of as a baby?
这些优势是否同样有利于在幼儿园而不是婴儿期就开始学习第二语言的孩子？
In different countries around the globe, English is acquired as the mother tongue; in others it is used as a second language.
在世界各地的不同国家，英语作为母语被习得；在其他地方，它被用作第二语言。
While learning a second language, students should also enhance their awareness of the importance of mastering their mother tongue.
在学习第二语言的同时，学生也应该更加重视掌握母语的重要性。
I made every effort to communicate in a second language by making new friends, seeing movies and even ordering food from restaurants in French.
我尽一切努力用第二语言交流，结交新朋友，看电影，甚至用法语在餐馆点餐。
Quite often, educators tell families of children who are learning English as a second language to speak only English, and not their native language, at home.
教育家经常告诉那些把英语作为第二语言来学习的孩子的家人，在家里要只说英语，不要说自己的母语。
A study found that there are similar changes in brain structure between those who are bilingual from birth and those who start learning a second language later.
一项研究发现，在双语环境下成长的人和后天开始学习第二语言的人之间，大脑结构有相似的变化。
A second language isn't generally required to get a job in business, but having language skills gives a candidate the edge when other qualifications appear to be equal.
在商业领域找工作通常不需要掌握第二语言，但拥有语言技能会让求职者在其他条件相当的情况下获得优势。
After two months on an ESL (English as a Second Language) course, I got my first report card.
经过两个月的 ESL（非母语英语课程） 的学习，我拿到了我的第一份成绩单。
Being devoted to learning a second language, whether you are old or young, will add to a lot of fun and broaden your horizon.
无论年龄大小，努力学习第二门语言都会给你带来很多乐趣并开阔你的视野。
You have to wait for the speaker to deliver quite a chunk of language before you then put it into the second language, which puts your short-term memory under intense stress.
你必须等说话者传递完大量的语言信息之后才能把它们翻译成第二种语言，这会让你的短期记忆承受巨大的压力。
Almost all non-Bengali Bangladeshis speak Bangla as a second language.
几乎所有非孟加拉族的孟加拉国人都把Bangla当作第二语言。
As your child learns new words, tell him what they're called in a second language too.
当你的孩子学习新的单词时，告诉他这个词在第二种外语中的意思。
Part of the reason is that medical terminology is difficult to express in a second language.
部分原因是因为医药术语在第二门语言中很难表达。
The most widely used form of English as a second language in Europe is known as the Euro-English.
在欧洲，被作为第二语言的欧式英语是最使用率最高的英语类型；
Almost two billion people worldwide speak it, more than half of these learned it as a second language.
在全球范围，几乎有二十亿人说这种语言，其中超过半数将它作为第二语言来学习。
The recent recipient of a master's degree in education, she plans to teach English as a second language.
最近获得了教育学硕士学位，她计划从事英语教学工作。
The age at which the second language needs to be acquired to yield the protective effect is also unknown.
在什么年龄开始学第二门语言才能够产生推迟痴呆症的效果也是未知的。
The system identifies which word or phrase in one language is the most likely equivalent in a second language.
该系统能够识别在一种语言中某个词或短语在另一种语言中与哪一个词是最接近的。
Ha Jin writes in his second language English a remarkable achievement but one that demands editorial vigilance.
哈金是用第二语言英语写成这本书的，非常了不起，不过这样的话需要在用词上相当谨慎。
She and fellow psychologist Barbara Greenberg are co-authors of a new book called Teenage as a Second Language.
她与同事芭芭拉·格林伯格共同写了一本叫做把青少年看成第二种语言的书。
She and fellow psychologist Barbara Greenberg are co-authors of a new book called Teenage as a Second Language.
她与同事芭芭拉·格林伯格共同写了一本叫做把青少年看成第二种语言的书。
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