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Question 1 of 6What is the columnist's view of machine translation and language learning? Question 2 of 6What example does the columnist give of an ambiguous expression? Question 3 of 6What does the walking-and-car comparison imply? Question 4 of 6What does the columnist mean by "lived in the language, not merely passed through it"? Question 5 of 6Which learners does the columnist suggest will rely on machines? Question 6 of 6Why will skilled speakers become "more valuable" according to the closing paradox? Vocabularyجَنَائِزِيّfunereal
جَدْوَىpoint, usefulness
اللَّافِتَاتsigns
وَجِيهsound, reasonable
بَرَاعَةskill, ingenuity
تَتَعَثَّرُstumbles
التَّلْمِيحhinting, allusion
التَّصْرِيحexplicit statement
الرَّفْض الْمُهَذَّبpolite refusal
التَّهَوُّرrecklessness
أَنْدَرrarer
أَثْمَنmore valuable