Many of you will start out doing satisfactory work or, truth be told, less than satisfactory work.

很多人刚开始时只能说令人满意，或者，说实话，甚至不太令人满意。

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Many of you will not start out doing good work.

很多人在刚开始时不会很棒。

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It turns out that if you start learning a language, a second language is where most of the work's been done, within the first few years of life you're fine.

如果你在出生的头几年里开始学习一门语言,非常努力地学习了第二门语言,那么你一切正常

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