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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,Ihavefeltaneedtolearn.Perhaps
2、,hereIcanbrieflyanswerafewofthemostfrequentquestionsIamasked.IhopethisarticlewillalsobeofinteresttothoselearningotherlanguagesbesideSpanish,foreitherworkorforpleasure.Mysuggestionswillbeofspecialinteresttothosewhowishtolearnanotherlanguageandsoundlikeanativespeakerratherthanaf
3、oreigner.ShouldIlearnanotherlanguage?Althoughitisnotaneasytask,surelytherearebenefitsfromlearninganotherlanguage.MyoldestsonrelatedthefollowingstoryheheardinUruguay,"Askinnycatstoodforhourswaitingforthemousetowalkoutfrombehindthehole,sohecouldnabhim.Hewashavinglittlesuccess.Af
4、atcatwalkedby,inquiredaboutthenatureofthedifficulty,andvolunteeredtoshowtheskinnycattheropes.Firstthing,hehadtheskinnycatmoveoutofthewaywherehecouldnotbeseenanddidlikewisehimself.Next,hebarked,"Woof,woof."Themouse,thinkingadoghadscaredthecataway,anditwassafe,venturedoutonlytob
5、enabbedanddevouredbythefatcat."Yousee,"explainedthefatcat,"itpaystobebilingual."Developinganearandtrainingourtongues.Afirststepistodeterminewhatwewanttodowiththatlanguage.Isittotravel?Toreadabookinanothertongue?Ortocommunicatewithpeopleweworkwith?Ifourinterestistocommunicatewi
6、thothers,thenwemustfocusonlisteningfirst.AsanamateurradiooperatorIhadtolearnMorseCode.Thedotsanddashes,atfirst,seemedtocomesofastatmethatthelettersallsoundedthesame.Withtime,however,Ibegantodistinguishtheirsoundsandrhythms.Afriendgavemesomegoodadvice."Don'tevenattempttolearnho
7、wtosendtheMorseCode,"hesaid."First,learnhowtolisten,andwhenyouhavelearnedhowtocopythemessagesdownwell,itwilltakelessthanadaytolearnhowtosend."Myfriendwascorrect.Withaforeignlanguage,wedealwithadditionalchallenges.Everylanguagesoundsdifferentandusesdifferentsounds.Differentmusc
8、lesareemployed.Themouth,cheeks,nose,andtongue,alongwithbreath
