May：Isn’t learning a foreign language hard?

Paul：It’s not that hard.

May：I think it is. English was hard to learn.

Paul：What is your native language?

May：My native language is Hindi. How about yours?

Paul：Mine is French.

May：Oh, cool. Do you know any other languages?

Paul：I know German and a little bit of Spanish. How about you?

May：I only know English and Hindi.

Paul：Oh, okay. How did you learn English?

May：I took classes in school. How about you?

Paul：I taught myself.

May：Oh, really? Cool! How did you do that?

Paul：I started by studying vocabulary, and then simple phrases.

May：That’s really cool. How do you remember vocabulary?

Paul：The best way for me is to use flashcards. How about you?

May：I like to write vocabulary words many times.

Paul：That helps me too.

May：So, you know a lot of languages.

Paul：Yeah. I studied them a lot when I was a child.

May：I guess that’s why I only know two!

Paul：Too bad. Knowing a lot of languages can be really helpful.

May：How so?

Paul：Well, if you travel a lot, it’s easier when you can communicate with others.

May：That’s true. What if you don’t travel a lot?

Paul：It’s still nice to know about other cultures.

May：Do you study culture when you study language?

Paul：Well, I think that language is part of culture.

May：Oh, that’s absolutely true.

學外語

梅：學外語難嗎？

保羅：也沒那麼難。

梅：我覺得會，英語很難學。

保羅：妳的母語是什麼？

梅：我的母語是北印度語，你呢？

保羅：我的母語是法語。

梅：哦，酷。你還會其他語言嗎？

保羅：我會德語和一點西班牙語，妳呢？

梅：我只會母語和英語。

保羅：哦，好吧。妳是怎麼學習英語的？

梅：我在學校選課，你呢？

保羅：我是自學的。

梅：哦，真的嗎？酷！你怎麼做到的？

保羅：我從字彙開始學，然後是簡單的短句語。

梅：真的很酷。你怎麼還背單字？

保羅：最好的方法是用單字卡，妳呢？

梅：我喜歡重複地寫單字。

保羅：這也有幫助。

梅：所以，你會很多語言。

保羅：是啦，我從小就開始學了。

梅：我想，這就是為什麼我只會兩種語言！

保羅：太可惜了，會多種語言很有用。

梅：怎麼說？

保羅：嗯，如果常出去旅行，與他人溝通會更容易。

梅：真的，但如果你不常去旅行呢？

保羅：了解其他國家的文化，還是很棒的。

梅：你學語言時也學習文化嗎？

保羅：嗯，我認為語言就是文化的一部分。

梅：哦，這完全正確。