Language Barriers
语言障碍
It was easy enough to look around, I couldn’t really bargain.
到处看看还是可以的,但我无法讨价还价。
But I couldn’t communicate exactly what I was looking after.
但是我不能很准确地告诉他们我到底想要什么。
Don’t let language be a barrier for you.
不要让语言成为你的障碍。
But my poor English is a pain in the neck. I’m afraid I’ll have some difficulty in communicating with Americans.
但是令人头疼的问题是我的英语不是很好。我担心与美国人交流会有困难。
You absolutely deal with it depending on tour English level.
凭你的英语水平你完全可以应付。
Practice makes perfect. Speak English whenever you have chance.
熟能生巧。一有机会就说英文。
You can’t sit on your behind and hope that good things will come for you. You’ve got to go for it.
你不能做着期望好事就发生在你身上。你得努力争取。
Everyone uses slang in America. It makes speech more colorful.
美国人都用俚语,俚语使话语变得多姿多彩。
I’m having enough trouble learning English.
我学英文就已经困难重重了。
I’ll get out and find someone who speaks English and ask for directions.
我下车找个会说英语的人问问路。
I tried to go shopping myself yesterday.
我昨天自己试着逛街了。
How did you go? You can’t speak a word of Chinese.
你怎么去的?你一点中文都不懂。
Did the shop assistants get of the calculator to show you the figures?
商店的人有没有拿一个计算器向你报价?
They sure did.
他们真的这样做了。
You are so clever.
你真聪明。
I can manage in everyday conversation.
日常会话我能应付。
It’s not very strange to have the language barrier. After all, English is not your mother tongue. The students from other no-English—speaking countries will also meet such a problem. But you still have a lot of chances to improve your English quickly because you’ll have a good environment of learning English.
有一定的语言障碍并不奇怪,毕竟英语不是你的母语。来自其他非英语国家的学生也会遇到这个问题。但是你仍然有许多快速提高英语的机会,因为你有一个良好的学习英语的环境。
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