渐渐地，我发现了我对美国手语的热爱。
我自己经历了这个搜索过程，发现了一些让我在大学里变得更好的经历：美国手语。
I myself went through this searching process and found something that has changed my experience at college for the better: I discovered ASL—American Sign Language.
在圈养的情况下，它们生活在动物园和科学中心，它们可以学习美国手语，这样它们就可以用手交流。
In captivity, where they live in zoos and science centres, they can be taught American Sign Language so that they can communicate with their hands.
接下来的学期，我决定成为美国手语班的一员。
The following term, I decided to be a member of an ASL class.
在那之后，觉得有必要进一步探索，我决定去参加美国手语俱乐部的会议。
After that, feeling the need to explore further, I decided to drop in on one of ASL club's meetings.
克拉拉在过去的一年里一直在学习美国手语，以帮助盲人和聋人，她知道她可以在这个人的手掌上拼写。
Clara had been studying ASL for the past year to help blind and deaf people and she knew she'd be able to finger spell into the man's palm.
视频聊天可以传达美国手语的这类元素。
美国手语的手势等同于英语文字的作用和地位。
The signs of ASL are the equivalent of the words in English.
人类广泛传授给海豚的一种语言是一种美国手语。
The only language which has been extensively taught to dolphins is a version of American Sign language.
如果你选择这个专业，你将从事美国手语的翻译。
If you major in sign language interpretation, you'll prepare for work as an interpreter of American sign language (ASL).
我们期待与你分享语言学习的欢喜和研习美国手语的挑战。
We want to share the excitement of language study and the challenges offered by the study of American Sign language.
甚至还有些诗人通过美国手语进行诗歌创作的美国手语诗集呢。
There are even ASL poetry slams in which poets perform their works in ASL.
当美国手语已经确定，油门响应司机的需求，直到达到限量。
When the ASL has been set, the throttle will respond to the driver's demand until the set limit is reached.
美国手语是单独使用，而不是一起自适应巡航控制系统(acc)系统。
ASL is used separately rather than together with the Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) system.
换而言之，流利的美国手语用于面对面的交流，流利的英语用于阅读和书写。
In other words, he or she is fluent in ASL for discourse and English for reading and writing.
不过在新的iPhone的广告里，有一段简短的通过美国手语进行的双人对话。
A commercial for the new iPhone, however, includes a brief conversation in ASL between a couple.
这些基础工作使得后继研究者能够在新的领域里对美国手语进行更深层次的研究。
This groundwork has led other researchers to delve into new areas of study in American Sign Language.
既然语言最基本的功能是传达概念，那么美国手语在这一方面和其他的口头语言相同。
ASL is in this respect no different from spoken languages, since the principal function of language is to convey concepts.
你可以说他是成功的：他是一个作家并出了书，一个颇有成就的音乐家，一口流利的德语，而且懂美国手语。
You could say he was a success: he was a published author, an accomplished musician, fluent in German and American Sign Language.
他们设计的胸针展示了美国手语的“我爱你”符号，象征着持反对信念的人能愈合他们之间的鸿沟的愿望。
Their pin, which showcases the American sign language symbol for "I Love You, " is meant to symbolize a desire to heal the gulf between those with opposing beliefs.
此事由演讲者——一位众所周知的政坛名人发起的，虽然它提供了美国手语翻译机，却没有助听设备也没有字幕。
Although the event, which featured a well known political figure as the speaker, provided an American Sign Language interpreter, there were neither assistive listening devices nor captioning.
你可以称他是成功人士：他是一名发表过作品的作家，一位有造诣的音乐家，能说流利的德语，能熟练运用美国手语。
You could say he was a success: he was a published author, an accomplished musician, fluent in German and the American Sign Language.
实际上，那种认为美国手语应当基于文字的想法显示了一种认为口头语言是现实世界的概念的唯一正规的表现方式的误解。
In effect, the expectation that ASL should be word-based indicates a misunderstanding according to which spoken language is the only legitimate way to symbolize our conception of reality.
因此，我想做的是，我想来谈谈语言的科学定义，首先我会将自己限定在，诸如英语，荷兰语，美国手语，或迪瓦霍语等语言系统之下。
So, what I want to do is, I want to discuss the scientific notion of language, at first restricting myself to systems like English and Dutch and American sign language and Navajo and so on.
一些聋人和听力障碍者使用耳蜗植入设备和助听器来用英语口语沟通，但许多人还是更喜欢用美国手语，这是聋人文化中很重要的一部分。
Some deaf and hard of hearing use cochlear implants and hearing AIDS for spoken English, but many prefer ASL, which is an important part of deaf culture.
一些聋人和听力障碍者使用耳蜗植入设备和助听器来用英语口语沟通，但许多人还是更喜欢用美国手语，这是聋人文化中很重要的一部分。
Some deaf and hard of hearing use cochlear implants and hearing AIDS for spoken English, but many prefer ASL, which is an important part of deaf culture.
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