When the British Council published a study saying China had more English speakers than India readers with experience of both countries wondered aloud where China was hiding all those Anglophones. Even in Shanghai, with its British colonial past, taxi drivers are about as likely to speak English as they are to obey traffic signs; neither has really caught on.
英國大使館文化教育處(British Council)曾發布過一項研究結果,稱中國說英語的人數已經超過印度,當時親歷過這兩個國家的讀者滿腹狐疑地問道:中國把這么多說英語的人都藏到哪里去了?即便是在有著英國殖民歷史的上海市,出租車司機會說英語的可能性,就和他們遵守交通標志的可能性一樣高——這兩種習慣都沒有真正流行起來。
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