你掌握外语到哪种水平啦?

2014-08-30 15:36阿卡索英语

英语,对我们来说是一门外语,从认识ABCD开始,到熟练掌握,再到灵活应用、与母语无异,这中间不知要付出多少努力。我们今天来了解一下学习语言的这几个级别用英语怎么表达。

按从低级到高级的顺序介绍:

1. 不会说:

(1)can't speak:

例:

Several children in the class can't speak English.(班上一些学生不会说英语。)

(2)don't speak a word of...:

例:

I don't speak a word of French.(法语我一点不会。)

 

2. 只知道一点:

(1)know a few words: to be able to speak a few words of a language只会讲一点点某种语言

例:

''Do you speak Korean?'' ''I only know a few words.''-你会讲韩语吗? -只会讲一点点。)

I used to know a few words of German but I've forgotten them all.(我以前会讲一点德语,但现在已经忘光了。)

(2)broken English/ French etc.: English, French etc. that is spoken slowly and badly by someone who only knows a little of the language 某种语言讲得很烂

例:

The two students, one Chinese, the other Greek, communicated in broken English.(一个中国学生和一个希腊学生,用蹩脚的英语交谈。)

 

3. 没有掌握很多,但掌握了一些常用说法:

have a smattering of : to be able to speak a small but useful amount of a language smatter:一知半解)

例:

Martin is fluent in French, and also has a smattering of Swedish.(马丁法语说得很流利,并且瑞典语也能说一些常用的。)

 

4. 掌握一门语言,可以用它进行日常对话(讨价还价、求助等等):

get by: to speak enough of a language to be able to buy things, ask for help etc.

例:

He went to Tokyo and within a few weeks knew enough Japanese to get by.(到了东京,他花了几周时间,就掌握了基本的日语,可以进行日常对话了。)

备注:

''get by''的原意是''to have enough money to buy the things you need, but no more''(只够支付日常开销,无剩余)

如:I don't earn a huge salary, but we get by.(我工资不高,但也够我们日常开销。)

这里引申到语言学习中。

 

5. 掌握一门语言,听说读都没问题:

know: to be able to speak, read and understand some of a particular foreign language

例:

I know enough Italian to travel around there.(我意大利语已经很好了,在意大利旅行没问题。)

 

6. 流利:

fluent: very good at speaking a foreign language, so that you can speak it quickly without stopping and you can understand it very well

例:

Applicants should be fluent in Cantonese.(申请者要求粤语流利。)

Ann speaks fluent Italian.(安的意大利语很流利。)

 

7. 以该语言作为母语的人士:

native speaker: learned a particular language as their first language as a child

例:

One of my best dreams is to speak English as a native speaker.(我最大的愿望,就是把英语说得跟老外一样好。)

 

8. 除了英语,还掌握其他语言:

(1)掌握两种语言:bilingualable to speak two languages very well

例:

These kids are bilingual.(这些孩子能讲两种语言。)

Louis is virtually bilingual in Dutch and German.(路易斯差不多荷兰语、德语都能说。)

(2)掌握多种语言:multilingualable to speak several languages very well

例:

Many people who work at the European Parliament are multilingual.(欧洲议会的许多工作人员都掌握了多国语言。)

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