Native language usually means the first language you learn after you are born. This language is usually learned from parents. It's kind of a confusing『迷惑的』term『词语』because people can have two or even more "native languages" depending on where they are born. For instance, someone of Latin American『拉丁美洲』descent『血统、后代』in the United States could easily learn Spanish『西班牙语』and English at the same time growing up from parents, relatives『亲戚』and their general environment, making both languages "native languages." Such a person is what has traditionally been called "bilingual『双语的』." The term is applied to『应用在』anyone who knows more than one language extremely well.

　　Native speakers of English are people whose first language is English. They learned English when they were children. They think in English. They use it naturally. Usually native speakers of English are people from English-speaking countries like the USA, Great Britain, Australia, Canada, Ireland『爱尔兰』, etc.

　　Talking to native speakers is a great way of improving your spoken English.

　　Native speakers often don't realize that things they consider "simple" may be very difficult for English learners『英语为母语的人通常不会意识到对他们看来非常“简单”的事情，对英语学习者来说却有可能非常困难。』

　　[BRIAN小结]

　　1、confusing:令人迷惑的

　　经典例句：His magic is confusing, and I can never figure out how he made the plane disappeared. /他的魔术令人迷惑，我怎么也想不明白，他究竟是怎样把飞机给变没的。

　　2、descent:血统、后代

　　经典例句：Up to now, there are 4 American Chinese desecents who won the Nobel Prize. /至今为止，已经有4位华裔美国人获得了诺贝尔奖。

　　3、be applied to:应用

　　经典例句：This new technology is now applied to space project. /这项新技术已被用于空间计划中。