The most extraordinary thing about language, however, is that one doesn't have to be a genius to set its wheels in motion.

然而，语言最非凡之处在于，一个人不必成为天才也能驾驭语言。

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Saying "thank you" is probably the first thing most of us learn to do in a foreign language.

说“谢谢”可能是我们大多数人学习外语要做的第一件事。

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Another thing that distinguishes a real language is a property we call "discreteness".

区分真正语言的另一因素是我们称为“间断性”的一种特质。

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Director Roxana Silbert, "What's great about what we're doing is it allows them to come to it in their own terms and of course the thing that young people find most alienating about Shakespeare is the language, which feels like a different language to them and this isn't in anyway attempting to copy Shakespeare's language - it's written by young people in a language they would use."

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Second thing we want to talk about very briefly as we go along is the semantics of the language.

我们要说的第二点,是语言的语义。

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What do you think is the most important thing to teach students who learn English as a second language?

你觉得要教那些以英语为第二语言的学生，最重要的是什么？

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One wonderful thing the English language can do is adapt.

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The thing about body language is that it is unconscious.

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Until now, I've thought that music is the most powerful thing, an emotional language that can express everything.

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