62 The Best Way to Study foreign Languages 学习外语的最佳方法
Dialogue One
A:I give up! I simply can't learn French!
我放弃了！我就是学不会法语！
B:Why do you say that? I think you're making a lot of progress.
你什么那样说？我觉得你取得很大的进步。
A:No, I'm not.I try and try and I still can't speak it very well.
不，我不是。我努力了又努力，我仍然讲得不是很好。
B:Learning any language takes a lot of effort.But don't give up.Why don't we practise those dialogues together?
学习任何语言都要花很多功夫。但是不要放弃。为什么我们不一起练习那些对话呢?
A:Good idea.That might help.
好主意。那天可能有帮助。
Dialogue Two
A:Does she make any sense to you?
你听懂她的意思吗？
B:No.It's all Greek to me.
不。我一窍不通。
A:She's speaking French, not Greek.
她说的是法语，不是希腊语。
B:I know that.I mean I couldn't understand her at all.
我知道。我是说我完全不懂她说的。
A:Me neither.All I have to do isstudyFrench hard.
我也是。我要做的就是努力学法语。
B:I wish you the best of luck.
祝你好运。
Dialogue Three
A:Are you a newcomer?
你是新来的吗？
B:Yeah,this is my first visit here.
是的，这是我第一次访问这里。
A:You speak good English,though.
但是你的英语说得很好。
B:Thanks,but I speak English with a strong German accent.
谢谢，但是我说英文有很重的德国口音。
A:But let me tell you,you're doing just fine.I couldn't do half as well as you do when I was learning German.By the way,how long have you been learning English?
但是让我告诉你吧，你做得很好。我在学德语时做得没有你一半好。顺便问一下，你学英语学多久了？
B:On and off,for quite a few years.
断断续续，好几年了。