Most number systems, then, are the by-product of two key factors: the human capacity for language and our inclination for focusing on our hands and fingers.

因此，大多数数字系统都是两个关键因素的意外结果：人类的语言能力及我们对手和手指的关注倾向。

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Now, to sum up, in today's lecture, we have reviewed some of the reasons or factors that lie behind the popular use of English as the number one world language.

现在，总结一下，在今天的课上，我们回顾了英语作为世界第一语言的流行背后的一些原因或因素。

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In the Nivkh language of Siberia, each number can be said twenty-six different ways based on the object being counted.

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Now this is the point at which we need to say something about a number of key terms that Derrida uses to sustain this sort of criticism of traditional ideas of language.

所以现在我们需要说一些,德里达的关键词,这些关键词用来维持对语言的传统想法的批评。

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When the program launches in the Philippines in a few weeks, a farmer can call a toll-free number and hear a recording in his or her language that sounds something like this.

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But the drop in the number of foreign language assistants in Scotland has given some cause for concern.

BBC: Consuls in school foreign languages plea

The tourists have never played a Test in the region, despite the number of Welsh language speakers who live there.

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Daily output will be reduced by two hours, with popular classical and instrumental music, as well as a number of English language and international artists, played during the daytime.

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