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How long have you been studying English?

Let me see. I started primary school when I was around seven years old, and so I suppose it’s been a little over 10 years now.

Is it important for you to know a foreign language?

In my opinion, it’s absolutely vital, because well-paid jobs often involve international communication, and so I need to be able to speak more than one language, in order to communicate worldwide. To be honest, English is by far the most useful language to know, because it’s so widely spoken these days, and is used as the international language of business and trade.

Why are some people better at learning languages than others?

That’s an interesting question, let me see. On the one hand, I think some people have a natural talent for languages, and also enjoy learning them, so this makes it easier for them to do so. On the other hand, some people have better teachers, and better schools, so this is a vital factor in their relative success.

What are the benefits of having an international world language?

In general, one benefit is that communication is becoming easier across national boundaries, and this makes international understanding greater between different countries. Another might be that people don’t have to learn so many languages at school. For example, if they only have to learn one international language, that means they don’t have to learn the several different languages which, in the past, it used to be necessary to learn.

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be absolutely vital 絕對重要

to communicate worldwide 全球交流

be by far the most useful 到目前為止最有用的

a vital factor in their relative success 他們相對成功的一個關鍵因素

communication is becoming easier across national boundaries 跨國界交流變得越來越容易

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語言學習

你學習英語多久了？

讓我想想。我大概七歲開始上小學，所以我想應該有十年多了。

對你來說，掌握一門外語很重要嗎？

我認為非常重要，因為高薪工作通常需要國際交流，所以我需要掌握多種語言才能與世界各地的人溝通。說實話，英語是迄今為止最有用的語言，因為它現在使用得非常廣泛，而且被用作國際商業和貿易語言。

為什麼有些人比其他人更容易學習語言？

這是一個有趣的問題，讓我想想。一方面，我認為有些人天生就有語言天賦，也喜歡學習語言，所以他們學起來比較容易。另一方面，有些人有更好的老師和學校，所以這是他們相對成功的重要因素。

掌握一門國際通用語言有什麼好處？

總的來說，好處之一是跨國溝通變得更加便捷，從而增進了各國之間的國際理解。另一個好處是人們不必在學校學習那麼多語言。例如，如果他們只需要學習國際語言，那就意味著他們不必像過去那樣學習多種不同的語言。