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。
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。
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。
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。
If writing is such a chore in one's first language, how much more so in a second language!
如果用母语写作都如此不容易，那不用说用第二语言写作更是难上加难了！
Learn it as the way you pick up your first language, that is to think the things in English.
就像你学母语那样去学英语口语，即用英语思维。
So, if children are still learning their first language, how can they begin to learn a second one?
所以，假如小孩子还在学他们的第一种语言，如何开始学习第二种？
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。
Sign language is the mother tongue of deaf people, and the "first language" they acquire naturally.
手语是聋人的“母语”，是他们自幼起在最自然的状态下习得的“第一语言”。
Waless also has its own language, which is still the first language for some people in certain areas.
威尔士也有自己的语言，在某些地区，这还是一些人的母语。
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。
I thank the person who translated my articles: I hope you stick around, even if English is not your first language.
我希望你留下来，即使英语不是你的第一语言。
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。
It is generally believed that first language transfer is more likely to occur at the early stage of second language acquisition.
不少学者认为母语迁移在第二语言习得的早期要比在中、后期明显。
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。
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。
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。
It is estimated that more than 375 million people speak English as a first language, with possibly another 375 million speaking it as a second language.
据估计，超过3.75亿人把英语作为第一语言，而大约另外3.75亿人把它作为第二语言。
One remarkable thing about first language acquisition is the high degree of similarity which we see in the early language of children all over the world.
第一语言习得值得一提的一点是我们在全球各地儿童早期语言中所看到的高度相似性。
One remarkable thing about first language acquisition is the high degree of similarity which we see in the early language of children all over the world.
第一语言习得值得一提的一点是我们在全球各地儿童早期语言中所看到的高度相似性。
应用推荐