Daily English-2016年03月02日

“You know, I'm really glad you decided¹ to learn Mandarin².” “Why?”  “Once you're fluent, you'll have a billion more people to annoy instead of me.”

“话说，你终于要学普通话了我还真高兴。”  “为嘛？” “等你说顺溜了，有十多亿中国人民等着你去烦，你就不用来烦我了。”  

 

 

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1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 Mandarin   

n.中国官话，国语，满清官吏；adj.华丽辞藻的

参考例句：

• Just over one billion people speak Mandarin as their native tongue.大约有十亿以上的人口以华语为母语。
• Mandarin will be the new official language of the European Union.普通话会变成欧盟新的官方语言。