外教讲解地道美语 第254期:国籍

A: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!

B: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.

A: 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!

B: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.

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

B: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.

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

B:I highly doubt it. Your girlfriend is Chinese.

A:Well, there is that, yes.