Much of this difference is explained by ethnicity: unsurprisingly, poor children who do not speak English at home have fewer words in what is their second or third language.

这种差异很大程度上用源于种族：对在家不说英语的穷孩子来说，英语是他们的第二或第三语言，词汇量自然少。

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We just want to make sure that no one is singled out because of their ethnicity or because they don’t speak perfect English.

我们只想确定，苹果专卖店没有根据种族不同或英语发音不标准来决定要不要严查身份。

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The English language is full of other apparently contradictory tendencies for words relating to ethnicity.

英语中还充满了其他一些显然具有矛盾倾向的与种族相关的词。

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But the managing director of another teacher recruitment agency operating in several different parts of England, who did not want to be identified, said that the issues of race and ethnicity could be confused with English language skills.

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