英語趣味課堂：學(xué)日語 Japanese

Todd: So, Eli, how are your Japanese classes going?

Eli: They're going OK. Japanese is a very difficult language and I think as someone who has never learned another language before I'm struggling more than other kids are. I feel that a lot of theother, say European kids, that this is there third or fourth language, that they can speak fluently, they pick it up very quickly, and for me it's slightly more difficult. As I say, our school is quite advanced and it moves very, very quickly in conversation. We're not learning any Kanji, which is kind of difficult cause that's one thing you really do need to learn if you're living here, but the conversation moves very quickly and we learn a lot of new stuff, so it's quite difficult to practice it all. I think that's the problem I'm finding, and a lot of my friends say the same thing: they're learning it all but then they don't have time to practice. It's actually crazy to think, you're in Japan but it's quite difficult to actually practice the Japanese language. You see all my Japanese friends they want to practice English with me, so, you actually end up being very lazy, and not talking that much Japanese, so I think that is the problem, just you have to have conversation thru conversation all the time and I'm not really doing that at the moment, so yeah, it's difficult. I think I'll get there. I'm just about starting to understand stuff now.

1 learned

adj.有學(xué)問的，博學(xué)的;learn的過去式和過去分詞

參考例句：

He went into a rage when he learned about it.他聽到這事后勃然大怒。

In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在這個小村子里，他被視為有學(xué)問的人。

2 fluently

adv.流利地，流暢地

參考例句：

He speaks English very fluently.他說英語說得很流利。

He could speak English as fluently as an Englishman.他說英語和英國人一樣流利。

3 learning

n.學(xué)問，學(xué)識，學(xué)習(xí);動詞learn的現(xiàn)在分詞

參考例句：

When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初學(xué)騎自行車時，常會從車上掉下來。

Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.學(xué)習(xí)語言不僅僅是記些單詞的事。

4 stuff

n.原料，材料，東西;vt.填滿;吃飽

參考例句：

We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我們可以供應(yīng)你原材料。

He is not the stuff.他不是這個材料。

5 finding

n.發(fā)現(xiàn)，發(fā)現(xiàn)物;調(diào)查的結(jié)果

參考例句：

The finding makes some sense.該發(fā)現(xiàn)具有一定的意義。

That's an encouraging finding.這是一個鼓舞人心的發(fā)現(xiàn)。