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- 简单之词汇 我在学中文近两年了。在我的学习之路里，我遇到了很多中国人。我们做语言交流。不过有一件事情让我关心。大多数已经学英文十年多了。但是他们的英文水平还比较差。 我注意大多数的我中国朋友很喜欢用高级词。他们不充分认识的词。可是他们的语法不太好。所以每次他们跟我讲英文，我不明白他们在讲什么。为什么是这样？ 我觉得这是因为他们都太专注跟通过考试。所以他们学会很多词汇。不过有效的沟通不用那么高级的词汇。用简单的词就好了。最重要是语法。你们应该想一下，为什么你学英文。我确定你的目的是为了沟通，对不对？因为英文是世界的语言。通过考试没有用的。老实讲，除非你要做工程师，程序员，科学家等等，跨国公司都不管你有没有学位的。就算你有什么证书，如果你不会讲基本的英文，没有跨国公司会录用你。 英文有一个谚语，“We must learn to walk before we can run”。如果你的语法还不够好，你不应该用那么高级的词。我不是讲你的语法必须完美。我只是讲语法比词汇重要。June 25, 201662
- Negotiating in Mandarin I'm a business development manager for an internet service. However, my company doesn't charge a price for our service but instead takes a commission from what we help our partners sell. For example, we take 50% of the total bill if it is sold through our service. However, because we want to maintain our position as "partners", I try to avoid the word percentage (百分) as much as possible. How do I say 50-50, or 40-60 in Mandarin? Also, I'm really confused by the words for increase/reduce (减少, 降低, 增加 etc). Which ones do I use on commission, price, profit, costs etc? Also, how do I translate the following words in Mandarin? (Google Translate isn't really helping.) : 1) Negotiate (price) 2) Commission 3) Gross profit 4) Nett profit 5) Fixed costs 6) Variable cost Thank youNovember 8, 201580
- 我是马来人，不是马来西亚人 有很多人以为"马来"跟"马来西亚"是一样。这是不对。"马来"是一种种族。"马来西亚"是一个国家。不是每一个马来人是马来西亚人。同样，不是每一个马来西亚人是马来人。我是新加坡马来人。 马来西亚和新加坡都是多元种族的国家。在这两个国家里有华人，马来人，印度人等等。以前，新加坡是马来西亚的一部分。后来，新加坡接独立。(其实，我们被驱逐。） "马来"是一种种族。这个词有一点复杂。根据马来西亚和新加坡的政府，"马来"的意思是所有的马来群岛的本地人。就是说，马来人，爪哇人, 巴韦安人, 米南佳保人等等都是视为"马来人"。因为这些种族的文化，语言和宗教是挺一样。（其实，是因为政治。）可是根据印尼的政府，马来人唯一就是"马来人"。所以，虽然我祖父母是来自印尼的巴韦安人，我被视为马来人。August 18, 2015192
There is always existing an the argument about whether the knowledge from the books you read or the personal experience you gain in reality is more important. The young and educated will think the former one is more important but the old may hold the idea that the latter one is more significant. But as far as I am concerned, they are both of the same importance. ("...they are both equally important" would sound more natural.)
Within books, one can find houses of gold. Within books, one can find ladies as fair as jade. (It might be because I don't read a lot but I've never heard these expressions before.) There is no doubt that the golden house and the ladies is are the knowledge in the book. Actually it is the knowledge that can connect the civilized part (of what?) and some remote district and promote the progress of the whole society. Especially for the students who grow grew up in remote rural areas. It helps them to look at the world outside, to inspire them to strive to change their destiny. (Honestly, I feel this paragraph is a little incoherent.)
The knowledge in the book, however, is limited in terms of partialness and applicability. For one thing, it is impossible to put all the knowledge into practice but it is well-known that practice is extremely necessary. For another, it is impossible for all the knowledge to suit us well. In simpler terms, if you are a carpenter you do not need the knowledge of to know how to sew drapes because this knowledge has no applicability for your career.
One way to compensate for it is to gain experience in reality. When you truly do it later you will know what is best for you and you will clearly recognize in order to finish the work what should you do to prepare. After all if you are in the best way, then you will naturally know how to deal with a lot of problems. It is absolutely impossible for an armchair strategist can to do it.
Both the knowledge in the book and personal experience are essential. While book knowledge can make you us more intelligent, experience lets us be strong enough to face the society. Only having with the combination of the two can we success succeed.Overall a really good composition. If I was your English teacher, I would give you an A. :)
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