It is the official language in more than 50 countries and 250-300 million people speak it as a second language.
它是50多个国家的官方语言，2.5亿到3亿人把它作为第二语言。
Do these same advantages benefit a child who begins learning a second language in kindergarten instead of as a baby?
这些优势是否同样有利于在幼儿园而不是婴儿期就开始学习第二语言的孩子？
In different countries around the globe, English is acquired as the mother tongue; in others it is used as a second language.
在世界各地的不同国家，英语作为母语被习得；在其他地方，它被用作第二语言。
While learning a second language, students should also enhance their awareness of the importance of mastering their mother tongue.
在学习第二语言的同时，学生也应该更加重视掌握母语的重要性。
I made every effort to communicate in a second language by making new friends, seeing movies and even ordering food from restaurants in French.
我尽一切努力用第二语言交流，结交新朋友，看电影，甚至用法语在餐馆点餐。
Quite often, educators tell families of children who are learning English as a second language to speak only English, and not their native language, at home.
教育家经常告诉那些把英语作为第二语言来学习的孩子的家人，在家里要只说英语，不要说自己的母语。
A study found that there are similar changes in brain structure between those who are bilingual from birth and those who start learning a second language later.
一项研究发现，在双语环境下成长的人和后天开始学习第二语言的人之间，大脑结构有相似的变化。
Being devoted to learning a second language, whether you are old or young, will add to a lot of fun and broaden your horizon.
无论年龄大小，努力学习第二门语言都会给你带来很多乐趣并开阔你的视野。
Almost all non-Bengali Bangladeshis speak Bangla as a second language.
几乎所有非孟加拉族的孟加拉国人都把Bangla当作第二语言。
As your child learns new words, tell him what they're called in a second language too.
当你的孩子学习新的单词时，告诉他这个词在第二种外语中的意思。
Part of the reason is that medical terminology is difficult to express in a second language.
部分原因是因为医药术语在第二门语言中很难表达。
Almost two billion people worldwide speak it, more than half of these learned it as a second language.
在全球范围，几乎有二十亿人说这种语言，其中超过半数将它作为第二语言来学习。
Mother mouse turned to her babies and said, "Now, do you understand the value of a second language?"
母老鼠回过头洋洋自得的对孩子说：“现在你知道外语的重要性了吧。
The recent recipient of a master's degree in education, she plans to teach English as a second language.
最近获得了教育学硕士学位，她计划从事英语教学工作。
The system identifies which word or phrase in one language is the most likely equivalent in a second language.
该系统能够识别在一种语言中某个词或短语在另一种语言中与哪一个词是最接近的。
Even if you don't learn a second language until after middle age, it can still help stave off dementia, York's Bialystok said.
即使中年后才学习第二种语言，它仍然可以帮助延缓老年痴呆症，纽约的比亚韦斯托克说。
Many skills, for example, leadership, a second language, and technical skills such as computer programming, are very useful today.
许多技能，如领导能力、第二语言能力，以及技术能力，如电脑程序设计等，现在都非常有用。
English has become a truly international language with more speakers of English as a second language than as a first or mother tongue.
英语已经成为真正的国际语言，因为把英语作为第二语言的人数已经超过以英语为第一语言或母语的人数。
A few years later German neurologist Carl Wernicke identified a second language center farther back, in the brain's left temporal lobe.
几年之后德国神经学家卡尔·韦尼克确定了更远的第二个语言中心，它位于大脑左侧颞叶。
The researchers say the best way for children to learn a second language is through social interactions and daily exposure to the language.
研究人员说，儿童学习第二语言的最佳途径是通过社会交往和日常可以接触到这种语言。
When we acquire a second language, we need to know the differences of language habit between our mother language and the second language.
当我们在习得一门第二语言的时候，我们就有必要去了解母语和第二语言之间语言习惯的差异了。
"If we want to learn a second language, [we need to] set time aside to allow that to happen" -and evidence suggests the payoff is worth it.
“如果我们想学习第二种语言，我们需要预留出时间来学习”，并且证据表明，回报是值得的。
"If we want to learn a second language, [we need to] set time aside to allow that to happen" -and evidence suggests the payoff is worth it.
“如果我们想学习第二种语言，我们需要预留出时间来学习”，并且证据表明，回报是值得的。
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