How well do you speak the Irish language?

你爱尔兰语说的怎么样？

The areas of the island that were most severely affected by the famine and depopulation were in the west and the south, where the Irish language had previously been more dominant over English.

岛上受饥荒和人口减少影响最严重的地区在西部和南部，在那里，爱尔兰语比英语更占主导地位。

The result of these areas being hit the hardest accompanied by other linguistic policies from Britain, was the rapid destruction of what remained of the Irish language in Ireland over the next several decades.

这些地区受到了最严重的打击，再加上英国的其他语言政策，在接下来的几十年里，爱尔兰残存的爱尔兰语被迅速摧毁。

A growing number of schools teach in the Irish language and radio and TV programmes have helped nearly 20% of the Irish people to develop language skills in both languages.

越来越多的学校以爱尔兰语授课，广播和电视节目已帮助近 20% 的爱尔兰人发展两种语言的语言技能。