Nationalities

Hey! How was your first day of class? I’m in level two and I’m loving my class this semester! It’s great being in a class of international students!

嘿！你第一天上课怎么样？我上二级，这学期我超喜欢我的班级！和一群国际学生一起上课太棒了！

Mine was ok, except that no one in my class speaks English. I guess it will force me to converse in Chinese more in class so at least I should improve a lot this semester.

我的还行，就是班上没人说英语。我想这会逼我在课堂上多讲中文，所以这学期至少应该能进步不少。

That’s both fortunate and unfortunate. It’s the United Nations in my class! We have people from all over the world! There are three Germans, a Pole, a Scottish, two French, an American, a Brazilian, a Chilean, a New Zealander, though he prefers to call himself a Kiwi. Who else do we have? Oh, we also have a Moroccan, a Togolese, a Pakistani, and two Indonesians!

这既是好事也是坏事。我班就像联合国！有来自世界各地的人！有三个德国人，一个波兰人，一个苏格兰人，两个法国人，一个美国人，一个巴西人，一个智利人，一个新西兰人，不过他更喜欢自称kiwi。还有谁？哦，还有一个摩洛哥人，一个多哥人，一个巴基斯坦人，还有两个印尼人！

That’s quite the array of nationalities. Everyone in my class is from Asia, except me. There are a few South Koreans, several Japanese, Malaysian, Thai, Singaporean, Filipino, Kazakhstani, and one Russian.

这国籍真是五花八门。我班上除了我，都来自亚洲。有几个韩国人，几个日本人，马来西亚人，泰国人，新加坡人，菲律宾人，哈萨克斯坦人，还有一个俄罗斯人。

Well, I think you’re pretty lucky actually. You’ll have the opportunity to learn so much about Asian culture.

嗯，其实我觉得你挺幸运的。你将有机会学到很多亚洲文化。

I guess so, but I think it’s going to be hard to relate to my classmates, especially with the language barrier. I think I might change classes.

也许吧，但我觉得和同学相处起来会很难，尤其是语言障碍。我可能考虑换班。

Don’t! Stay the course! Your spoken Chinese will be eternally grateful. I bet you it will even surpass mine with all that practice.

别换！坚持下去！你的口语中文会感激不尽的。我敢打赌，经过这么多练习，你的中文甚至能超过我。

I highly doubt it. Your girlfriend is Chinese.

我高度怀疑。你女朋友是中国人。

Well, there is that, yes.

嗯，这倒也是。