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Americans no longer expect public figures, whether in speech or in writing, to command the English language with skill and gift.

美国人不再指望公众人物都有掌握英语的技巧和天赋，无论是在演讲还是写作方面。

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It is becoming a necessary language skill in the international community.

它正成为国际社会中一种必要的语言技能。

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"We live in an ever smaller global community and we probably are at a point where we believe having some language skills is a useful thing - it's what I would call a vocational skill really, " he says.

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