None of them can carry out even the simplest conversation in the foreign language they have been learning . 他们当中没有谁能用所学的外语进行即便（是）最简单的会话。
I get self-made men in their 40s and 50s who have never studied a foreign language and are desperate . 我收到了一些年纪在四十和五十的靠个人奋斗而获得成功的人，他们从来没学过一门外语，因而感到悲观失望。
There was something earnest and inventive in her tone, which at times, in its strained deliberation, suggested a person of high culture speaking a foreign language . 她的发言吐语显得真挚，不流于俗套，在她聚精会神侃侃而谈的时候，使人觉得象是一位具有高度文化修养的人在用外语发表意见。
Joey season 2 episode 6 - joey and the esl 乔伊第2季第6集：乔伊和“第二外语”
They find it hard to master a foreign language 他们发现掌握一门外语是困难的。
Cross - cultural communication and foreign language teaching 跨文化交际与外语教学
Self - concept , english pronunciation and efl learning 自我概念与外语语音学习假设
People learn a foreign language for three major reasons 人们学外语有三个理由。
A study of foreign language anxiety and its influences 浅议外语学习中的焦虑问题
