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1. about seven or eight languages 大概七八種語言

2. rare 少見的

3. native language 母語

4. I can speak Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Arabic, and a few other languages here and there.

我會講日語、中文、西班牙語、法語、葡萄牙語、阿拉伯語和其他零零碎碎的一些語言。

5. Because I like it. 因為我喜歡啊。

6. professional skills 職業技能

7. invest 投資，投入

8. Usually everyone starts studying a language when they are 11, 12, 13 years old.

一般人們從十一二歲開始學習外語。

9. Usually we don't have that much choice. And most places in the United States, you can only choose between Spanish and French.

通常來說我們的選擇沒有那么多，而且美國大部分地區學二外只能從西班牙語和法語之間選。

10. Sometimes you get couple of other languages, but usually it's just Spanish or French.

有時候你可能還有其他語言的選擇，但大部分時候只有西班牙語和法語可以選。

11. I think more and more recently you can study Chinese. But it's only some high schools that you have that. But, at universities, you have every language, including Chinese always.

我覺得最近越來越多人可以學中文了，但這只限于部分高中。不過到了大學，你可以學習所有的語言，當然包括中文。

12. Usually most high schools require that you study at least one, two, maybe three years. So everyone has to study a little bit. But a lot of people only study for two years, and they don't really learn that much.

大部分高中都會要求你學習一兩年，有可能三年的外語。所以每個人或多或少都要學點，但很多人只學了兩年，所以其實學到的不是很多。

13. Hispanic population 西班牙裔的人口

14.

Mexican (Central American) Spanish 拉美地區的西班牙語
European Spanish 西班牙的西班牙語

15. Usually it's you have class every single day for about one hour, 45 minutes to one hour.

通常每天都有一小時，三刻鐘到一小時的課程。

16. intensive 緊湊的，加強的

17. test-driven 以考試為目的的

18. lingua franca 通用語