"Many parents fear that their language is an obstacle, a problem, and if they abandon it their children will integrate better," says Antonella Sorace of the University of Edinburgh.

爱丁堡大学的安东内拉·索拉斯说：“许多父母担心他们的语言对孩子来说会是一个障碍、问题，如果他们放弃这种语言，他们的孩子会更好地融入社会。”

youdao

First, if you aren't reading in your first language, language proficiency will be your biggest obstacle to high reading rates.

首先，如果你读的不是你的母语，精通这门语言将是你通往快速阅读路上最大的障碍。

youdao

Yeah, language is a great obstacle for many people but it's still a great fun.

是的，语言对很多人是阻碍，但也是无比的乐趣。

youdao

Making this life change is hard on all fishermen, but for the Vietnamese and Cambodians here, the language barrier is an added obstacle in trying to reach out to BP for work and compensation.

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