短语讲解：

1. The speaker was talking about just one person. However, American English speakers use “their” and “they” as singular pronouns all the time in spoken English.

talk about 谈论
例句：He went on to talk about his accident.
他接着谈到了他的意外事故。

2. So if people already understand when you use the singular they what you mean, why make up a new word?

make up 弥补
例句：Her beauty can't make up for her stupidity.
她的美丽不能弥补她的愚蠢。

3. … It has become so common, in our language now, that people frequently use the singular ‘they’ all the time.

all the time 一直，始终
例句：At least you can't write to them all the time.
至少你不能一直给他们写信。


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