他从来没有学过法文；他所知道的是他住在法国的时候听会的。

He never studied French; what he knows he picked up while living in France.

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我在法国旅行时，我的法文知识帮了我大忙。

My knowledge of French helped me a lot while I was travelling in France.

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没有什麽事能比前往法国普罗旺斯（Proven? al）的家并囤积起红酒更让英国人更快乐了，但是很少人愿意费劲去学法文（当越来越多的法国人说英语的时候，他们有一种复仇的感觉）。

Nothing delights Britons more than to head for their Proven?al home and stock up on wine, yet few bother to learn French (and feel vindicated since more and more French speak English).

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