42 languages

6 Minute English

语言学习

2014-12-18

6 分钟
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  • Hello, I'm Rob.

  • Welcome to 6 Minute English.

  • I'm joined today by Finn.

  • Hello, or as we say in Chinese,

  • nihao or shir fin, which means hello, I'm Finn.

  • Ah, nihao.

  • Nihao.

  • Where did you learn to speak Chinese?

  • At university, though, I must say I'm a bit rusty.

  • No.

  • Rusty, you look OK.

  • But what you really mean is you're not as fluent as you were before.

  • That's right.

  • Learning and practicing a language requires effort.

  • But the children of the school in London that we're going to be hearing about today had no choice.

  • They're from different countries and no less than 42 languages are spoken in the playground.

  • It's incredible.

  • In the playground, that's the area in the school yard where children play during their break between lessons.