About 60 percent of people identify English as their first language, while 24 percent claim French.
约有60%的人将英语作为他们的第一语言，而24%的人则选法语。
The first language I spoke was Chinese and I learned English later, but I forgot all my Chinese.
我会的第一种语言是汉语，后来我才学得英语，但是现在我已经把汉语全忘了。
Most Jews in the first century would've used Greek as their first language, not Hebrew or even Aramaic.
主后第一世纪大多数犹太人都把希腊语当作第一语言，而不是希伯来语或阿拉米语。
Sign language is the mother tongue of deaf people, and the "first language" they acquire naturally.
手语是聋哑人的母语，是他们自幼在最自然的状态下习得的第一语言。
On the estimates of David Crystal, a British expert, some 350m people speak English as their first language.
据英国专家大卫·克莱斯特估计，有3亿5千万人把英语作为第一语言。
Even if you are reading in your first language, some authors will throw big words down you may not understand.
即使阅读母语写的文章，有时候你也会被作者的一些大话搞糊涂。
It's used as the first language by most people in America, Canada, Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand.
它被美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、英国和新西兰的大多数人用作第一语言。
I translate for the millions of Arabic language speakers (spoken by more than 280 million people as a first language).
我是为全球数以百万计的阿拉伯语使用者来翻译的(全球有2.8亿人使用阿拉伯语作为第一语言)。
I have been using (programming and animated) Flash since version 4; ActionScript was the first language I ever learned.
我从版本4的时候开始使用Flash(编程、制作动画)。ActionScript是我学习的第一门编程语言。
Just as we learn our first language, if we are immersed in an English environment, we have to practice English each day.
就想我们学习第一语言一样，如果我们被包围在一个全英语的环境下，我们就必须每天说英语。
First, if you aren't reading in your first language, language proficiency will be your biggest obstacle to high reading rates.
首先，如果你读的不是你的母语，精通这门语言将是你通往快速阅读路上最大的障碍。
The constraints on first language transfer are explored from the perspectives of linguistic, social, and psycholinguistic factors.
从语言、社会和心理三个角度探讨制约母语迁移的多重因素。
More than 1 billion people speak English worldwide but only about 330m of them as a first language, and this population is not spreading.
全世界超过十亿人在说英语，但只有其中大约3.3亿人将其作为第一语言，而这些人数没有在增加。
Although philosophy no longer USES Latin as its first language, many of Cicero's philosophical terms are still in common employment today.
尽管哲学不再使用拉丁语作为其第一语言，但是很多西塞罗的哲学术语今天仍然被频繁使用。
Scores are recorded on the Test Report Form along with details of the candidate's nationality, first language, date of birth and id number.
成绩单上记录了考生各项的考试成绩，并写明了考生的国籍、母语，生日和身份证件号。
Overall vocabulary in the first language tends to be somewhat smaller (though overall vocabulary in both languages combined is of course greater).
母语的词汇量变少了，(虽然两种语言的词汇量总和当然变多了)。
However, even though the Normans spoke French, throughout the 250 years they ruled England, French did not replace English as the first language.
可是，尽管诺曼人说法语，在其统治英国的250年间，法语却没有取代英语而成为英国的第一语言。
Trying to be understanding of the fact that English wasn't his first language, I attempted to explain but, at 1am, didn't feel I was making much headway.
看来英语不是他的母语，我应该理解他。我尝试着向他解释，但他仍不是太明白。
Learning your first language can be difficult, but taking what you know and applying it to another language can make the learning experience a lot easier.
学习第一种语言是艰辛的，但将自己所掌握的知识应用于另一种语言可以极大地简化学习过程。
But because English is not his first language and because he's not as tech-savvy as his grandchildren, he has often found dealing with a typical cell phone difficult.
不过，由于英语不是他的第一语言，也不象孙辈们那样了解新技术，他总是觉得普通的手机操作起来有困难。
But because English is not his first language and because he's not as tech-savvy as his grandchildren, he has often found dealing with a typical cell phone difficult.
不过，由于英语不是他的第一语言，也不象孙辈们那样了解新技术，他总是觉得普通的手机操作起来有困难。
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