McWhorter 承认正式的语言并不是绝对必要的，也没有提出任何激进的教育改革——他实际上是在为失去一些美丽但相对不实用的东西而悲伤。

McWhorter acknowledges that formal language is not strictly necessary, and proposes no radical education reforms—he is really grieving over the loss of something beautiful more than useful.

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在上海创办了英语语言分校的卡罗尔说，这些服务是为“绝对初学者”设计的。

Carroll, who runs a chain of English-language schools in Shanghai, said the service is designed for "absolute beginners".

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But language is definitely not one of them.

但是，学习语言绝对不适合这种方法。

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