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1、智课网雅思备考资料2014年雅思口语范文(五)话题:Asecondlanguage题目:secondlanguage范文:Thereseemstobeamountinginterestinlearninganotherlanguage.AsanativeofChile,IamfrequentlyaskedquestionsaboutSpanish,andthebenefitsanddifficultyoflearningit.Whilelanguagesdonotcomeeasyforme,Ihavefeltaneed
2、tolearn.Perhaps,hereIcanbrieflyanswerafewofthemostfrequentquestionsIamasked.IhopethisarticlewillalsobeofinteresttothoselearningotherlanguagesbesideSpanish,foreitherworkorforpleasure.Mysuggestionswillbeofspecialinteresttothosewhowishtolearnanotherlanguageandsound
3、likeanativespeakerratherthanaforeigner.ShouldIlearnanotherlanguage?Althoughitisnotaneasytask,surelytherearebenefitsfromlearninganotherlanguage.MyoldestsonrelatedthefollowingstoryheheardinUruguay,"Askinnycatstoodforhourswaitingforthemousetowalkoutfrombehindthehol
4、e,sohecouldnabhim.Hewashavinglittlesuccess.Afatcatwalkedby,inquiredaboutthenatureofthedifficulty,andvolunteeredtoshowtheskinnycattheropes.Firstthing,hehadtheskinnycatmoveoutofthewaywherehecouldnotbeseenanddidlikewisehimself.Next,hebarked,"Woof,woof."Themouse,thi
5、nkingadoghadscaredthecataway,anditwassafe,venturedoutonlytobenabbedanddevouredbythefatcat."Yousee,"explainedthefatcat,"itpaystobebilingual."Developinganearandtrainingourtongues.Afirststepistodeterminewhatwewanttodowiththatlanguage.Isittotravel?Toreadabookinanoth
6、ertongue?Ortocommunicatewithpeopleweworkwith?Ifourinterestistocommunicatewithothers,thenwemustfocusonlisteningfirst.AsanamateurradiooperatorIhadtolearnMorseCode.Thedotsanddashes,atfirst,seemedtocomesofastatmethatthelettersallsoundedthesame.Withtime,however,Ibega
7、ntodistinguishtheirsoundsandrhythms.Afriendgavemesomegoodadvice."Don'tevenattempttolearnhowtosendtheMorseCode,"hesaid."First,learnhowtolisten,andwhenyouhavelearnedhowtocopythemessagesdownwell,itwilltakelessthanadaytolearnhowtosend."Myfriendwascorrect.Withaforeig
8、nlanguage,wedealwithadditionalchallenges.Everylanguagesoundsdifferentandusesdifferentsounds.Differentmusclesareemployed.Themouth,cheeks,nose,andtongue,alongwithbreath