Affable, friendly, exceedingly shrewd, and speaking French capably, he was admirably suited for his task.

殷勤，友善，非常精干，并能说流利的法语，他对他的任务确能胜任愉快。

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Speaking French and playing the piano are social graces.

讲法语和弹钢琴是社交界的两大风雅。

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Belgium is now almost totally split on linguistic lines between the rich Flemish-speaking north and the poorer French-speaking south.

比利时现在几乎完全由语言区域分割，说佛兰德语的富有的北部和说法语的较为贫穷的南部。

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Senator Lodge continued. "A literacy test will bear very lightly, if at all, upon English-speaking immigrants or Germans,Scandinavians and French.

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I love speaking different languages. I speak French and Russian and Spanish,

我喜欢说不同的语言。我能说法语、俄罗斯语，还有西班牙语，

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People speaking Flemish in the north and French in the south.

北方人说弗兰德语，南方人说法语。

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Belgium is a supranational state, constructed by the European powers in 1830 and made up of two different nations, Dutch-speaking Flanders and French-speaking Wallonia.

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Although no party straddles the divide between Dutch-speaking Flanders and French-speaking Wallonia, the new coalition will include socialists and liberals as well as Christian Democrats.

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Split by linguistic differences between a Flemish-speaking north and a French-speaking south, voters in Belgium set a world record this year, by being unable to agree on a formal government since holding elections last June.

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