Hot Topics on the Internet｜Scene 5 of Hong Kong Drifting Girls praises Hong Kong for its high English proficiency. Mainland netizens are dissatisfied: The whole world will soon be able to speak Chinese!
Hong Kong has always adhered to the biliterate and trilingual education policy. That is, all children starting from kindergarten need to learn English and Mandarin in addition to their mother tongue Cantonese. Some schools have even replaced Cantonese as the main teaching language with English or Mandarin. Therefore, most children Some Hong Kong people are able to handle daily conversations in three languages. Earlier, a Hong Kong drifter posted an article praising the high popularity of English in Hong Kong. She also cited her own examples and experiences to prove that Hong Kong people’s English proficiency is better than that of Shenzhen. However, some mainland netizens believed that the victim’s statement was foreign. Some netizens who were suspected of immigrating to Canada left messages to refute, confidently claiming that Chinese would soon become a world language.
Earlier, a Hong Kong drifter posted an article praising the high popularity of English in Hong Kong. She also cited her own examples and experiences to prove that Hong Kong people’s English proficiency is better than that of Shenzhen. (Image source: Xiaohongshu)
Hong Kong drifter posted an article praising Hong Kong’s high English proficiency and listed 5 scenes to prove it
Earlier, a Hong Kong drifter published an article with the title “The real popularity of English in Hong Kong”. She pointed out that she has lived in Hong Kong for many years and found that the popularity of English in Hong Kong is much higher than that in the mainland. She shared that she had heard staff at Mannings and Sasa talking to foreign customers in super fluent English, which made her sigh, “Are the pharmacists at Wanning supermarkets so good at English?” and “It really seems to be very normal.” Later, she pointed out that her son and colleagues in the company are also very accustomed to communicating in English. She even asked her South African colleagues, “Do you find any inconvenience as a foreigner in Hong Kong?” and they replied, ” There is no language barrier at all and I can live and work peacefully in Hong Kong.”
Comparing the frequency of English usage in Shenzhen and Hong Kong and praising the popularity of English in Hong Kong
In addition to the above examples, the victim also pointed out that before coming to Hong Kong, he had worked for a foreign company in Shenzhen for nearly 10 years. Although “written emails also need to be read and written in English”, “after all, this is a Chinese-speaking world. If you don’t want to write in English, you can write it anytime.” There is absolutely nothing wrong with Chinese.” These experiences made her deeply understand that even when working in a foreign company in Shenzhen, “there are very few opportunities to speak English.” She also praised, “Before coming to Hong Kong, I knew that English was very popular in Hong Kong. Now I feel it firsthand.”
In addition to the above examples, the victim also pointed out that before coming to Hong Kong, he had worked for a foreign company in Shenzhen for nearly 10 years. Although “written emails also need to be read and written in English”, “after all, this is a Chinese-speaking world. If you don’t want to write in English, you can write it anytime.” There is absolutely nothing wrong with Chinese.” (Picture source: ViuTV “Uncle’s Love” stills)
A mainland netizen suspected of immigrating angrily left a message: Soon the whole world will be able to speak Chinese!
The victim’s post attracted a large number of comments from netizens in response. Some mainland netizens said that they were often intimidated by the English proficiency of Hong Kong people when they came to Hong Kong. “I saw the aunt who collected the dishes at McDonald’s arguing with foreigners in English,” and “I was shocked at the time.” “There are quite a lot of English-speaking environments in Hong Kong, and the better schools have very high English requirements.” Only netizens believed that the victim’s post had a foreign meaning, saying, “Foreigners are very comfortable and easy to integrate into, but we mainlanders don’t get this treatment.” Some netizens from the mainland who are suspected of having immigrated to Canada left a message saying, “Why do other people say so? I envy people who speak fluent English. I envy others who speak fluent and standard Mandarin.” “In a few decades, the whole world will speak Chinese.”
The original article was published on AM730
2023-12-22 08:00:00
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