On the one hand, being able to communicate with someone is his or her language is the optimal solution. And in some situations such as living in a new country, you simply don't have the choice.

我认为两种情况皆有可能：一方面，能够用对方的母语与其沟通当然是最好的，且在某些情况下你根本没有别的选择，例如在外国生活，你就必须掌握另一种语言。

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And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.

过了不多几日、小儿子就把他一切所有的、都收拾起来、往远方去了。在那里任意放荡、浪费赀财。

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Calling Hoffman "one of our country's living treasures, " Judge Dickran Tevrizian was upset that editors had superimposed new clothing on his Tootsie character for a fashion spread.

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