As is shown in the picture, the pupils in the class are questioning the necessity of learning basic skill such as multiplication table.

如图所示，班上的学生正在质疑学习诸如乘法表等基本技能的必要性。

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However, few people realize the importance of basic skills. As is shown in the picture, the pupils in the class are questioning the necessity of learning basic skill such as multiplication table.

然而，很少有人意识到基本技能的重要性。如图所示，班上的学生正在质疑学习诸如乘法表这样的基本技能的必要性。

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Vouching for someone else's skill requires close observation or questioning by someone already possessing it.

为了证实一些人的技能，必须要由已经掌握了这些技能的人，进行密切观察或是提问。

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Unlike most other party leaders at the time, he was good at talking to ordinary people, a skill which would help him win support and then power later, but he also showed no sign of questioning the Marxist-Leninist gobbledegook that he was required to recite at public events.

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