Though metaphor is very important in both speech mechanisms and speech activities, anyhow, to state directly is necessary too.

不管在言语机制或言语活动中，隐喻固然重要，直赋其事更不可少。

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Listening and speaking abilities are the basis for all speech activities, so the cultivation of listening and speaking ability should be put in the first place in foreign language teaching.

听说能力是一切言语活动的基础，外语教学首先应将听说能力的培养放在首位。

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Listening and speaking are different forms of speech activities.

但听和说毕竟是不同的言语活动形式。

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Dr S. Lee, recently appointed Director of ICHCAP, delivered a key note speech, providing information on ICHCAP activities in the area of information and networking.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN APIA