English is the leading international language. In different countries around the globe, English is acquired as the mother tongue, in others it's used as a second language.

英语是主要的国际语言。在世界上不同的国家，英语被看作母语，其他国家被看作为第二外语。

You must work hard to acquire a good command of a foreign language.

须努力用功，才能具备良好的外语能力。

The report also advocates greater study of foreign languages, international affairs and the expansion of study abroad programs.

这份报告同样大力提倡学习外语、国际事务以及拓展出国留学项目。

When most people learn English as a second language, they learn formal English.

当大多数人以英语为第二外语开始学习时，他们学的就是这种正式英语。

Ok. Can you say anything in a foreign language?

那能用外语说点什么吗？

Today, more people speak English as their first, second or foreign language than ever before.

今，把英语作为自己的第一语言、第二语言或外语来使用的人比以往任何时候都多。

I need to take an English test this autumn, so I'm looking for a language school. I've got some adverts from the phone book and this TESOL magazine.

今我要参加一个英文考试，所以我正在找语言学校。我从电话簿和这本《英语外语教学》杂志上收集了一些广告。

There was an elderly woman, who might be the housekeeper, mending clothes, and two young ladies, who seemed to be learning a language with dictionaries.

一位上纪的妇人，可能是管家，正在补衣服，还有两个轻姑娘似乎正借助字典学外语。

For example, things like HTML or speaking a foreign language — those are skills.

比如会某种计算机语言或者会说一门外语——这些都是技能。

What does this mean? Well most people learning a second language sort of take the mother tongue words and the target words and go over them again and again in their mind to try and remember them. Really inefficient.

这是什么意思？大部分的人学习第二外语，就是拿母语的字、目标学习的字然后不断的重复，在心中一遍又一遍尝试把他们记住，非常没有效率。

This is just a sample of the foreign words that we use regularly in English.

这只是我们在英语日常使用中用到外语单词的例子。

Ok, what can you say in another language?

用外语会说些什么？

Now, presenting in a foreign language is even harder and the chances are if you want to work in a multinational company, you'll have to present at some point.

那么要用外语演讲就更困难了，然而有可能想去一个跨国公司工作，有时候就须用外语演讲。

What about your second foreign language since you were an English major?

既然学的是英语业，那的第二外语如何?

Scholars have different opinions on how to learn a foreign language well.

关于如何学好一门外语，学者们持不同观点。

How many foreign languages can you speak?

能说多少门外语？

He lived abroad for many years, he knows several foreign languages.

他在国外住了许多，他懂好几种外语。

You can choose the mask you want in this foreign language and I think it's a great way to use the mask not just to hide yourself but to present yourself differently and just build your confidence with the mask.

可以用这门外语选择想要的面具，我认为这是一个很好的方法，使用面具不仅可以隐藏自己，还可以用不同的方式展示自己，用面具建立的自信。

What's more, it's an easy way to master a language when you live there. As everybody knows, the employment situation for young people is becoming more and more serious.

另一方面，居住国外是掌握一门外语的最佳方式。众所周知，对于轻人而言，目前的就业状况日益严峻。

Then, do you have to learn a foreign language in school?

那么在学校须学一门外语吗？