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。

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This entailed completing my second language certification (I speak Mandarin Chinese and French), as Insead requires proficiency in three languages at graduation, two at the time of entrance.

为入学，我得通过第二外语考试(我会说法语和普通话)，因为欧洲工商管理学院要求学生毕业前能够流利使用三门语言，入学时必须会说两门。我还需要在新加坡找住房。

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French is the second most spoken language with about 40%, and German is spoken by less than 1% of the population.

法语是第二大主要的语言，大约40%的人口讲法语，讲德语的人口少于1%。

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She said French is a second language in her home and that her kids are learning to speak it, so being in this country at this time is good for her family.

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