14.首先不讲创造一门新的全球性语言是不是可能的，单就学习和掌握任何一门已有语言来讲就绝对不是一件轻松的事情。
Leaving aside the issue whether there is the possibility of creating a new global language, learning and mastering any one of the existing languages is nothing easy at all.
15.我们从小学开始学英语，等到大学毕业了，大多数人还是开不了口，这说明了什么呢？
We start to learn English from primary school, but even after we have graduated from college, most of us are still unable to speak it. What does this situation suggest to us?
16.这充分说明了学好一门语言绝对不是一件简单的事情，是需要环境和多年积累的。
This shows fully convincingly that mastering a language is nothing easy at all. It needs the right environment for leaning it and requires years of accumulation.
17.如今，据估世界上有约六千种语言在使用中，然而，其中有不少语言讲的人越来越少。
Today, it is estimated that there are about 6,000 languages spoken in the world. However, many of these languages are spoken by an increasingly small number of speakers.
18.在世界上的所有语言中，几乎有一半被认为濒临消亡，其中最主要的原因之一就是英语日渐成为一门全球性的语言。
Nearly half of the languages spoken in the world are considered endangered. One of the principal causes of this is the rise of English as a global language.
19.英语正日渐成为国际上的娱乐语言和技术语言，特别是成为信息技术领域的语言，因为75%的因特网是英语的。
English is increasingly the language of international entertainment as well as technology, especially information technology, for 75% of all internet websites are in English.
20.英语是造成弱小语言渐渐淡出使用的“杀手语言”。
English is a “killer language” that is forcing out the use of smaller languages.
21.不错，语言正在以惊人的速度消亡，这无疑是可悲的，但是，把一切的过错都归咎于英语那是不公平的。
It’s true that languages are disappearing at an increasingly rapid rate, which is undoubtedly tragic, but it’s entirely unfair to put all the blame on the English language.
22.作为一门区域性语言，英语确实导致了很多种语言的消亡，但不要忘记英语只是约十个区域性语言中的一个。
As a regional language, English has indeed caused the disappearance of many other smaller languages, but we should bear in mind that English is only one of the 10 or so regional languages.
23.我认为与其再去创造一门新的国际性语言不如让更多的人学好英语，这可能是最可行的做事方法了。
I believe that rather than creating a new global language, we should encourage more and more people to study English well, which might be the most practical way of doing things.
24.与学习母语相比，学好任何一门外语的过程都显得特别艰辛和漫长。
Compared with learning one’s own mother tongue, the process of learning any one foreign language well seems to be especially hard and long.
25.学习一门外语的最好办法就是到母语为这门语言的国家工作或学习几年的时间。
The best way to learn a foreign language is to go work or study for a few years in a country where this foreign language is the mother tongue of the people there.
