When it comes to speaking other people’s languages, the UK suffers from the winner’s curse. History — the British empire, followed by the US’s post-second world war hegemony — made English the world’s language and led Britons to conclude there was little point in learning anyone else’s.
就掌握外语而言，英国人遭受着胜利者的诅咒。历史——大英帝国，之后是美国在第二次世界大战后的霸主地位——令英语成为世界语言，并让英国人得出学外语没什么意义的结论。
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