Their English is, at best, serviceable, and they struggle to carry on a basic conversation with a reporter.

他们的英语顶多只能算是凑和，连和记者进行基本的交谈都费劲。

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When I first came to China, I could talk to people in the street, I could do the basic conversation with no problem, and I could do those skits on television, but of course, my accent was very strong.

当我第一次来中国时，我可以在街头与人交谈，可以毫无问题地进行基本对话，而且可以在电视上演幽默小品，但当然了，我的口音很重。

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The basic technique is to slow the conversation down - to properly explore different perspectives on events before jumping to conclusions.

基本技巧是放慢谈话节奏，在完全探究大家对事件的不同看法之后，再下结论。

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As soon as we talk about basic literacy skills, the conversation turns to K-12 education, and while improving our schools is critical, with 60 percent of the 2020 workforce already working (or temporarily and suddenly unemployed), our efforts can't be limited to primary and secondary schools: We also need immediate and targeted investments in basic education for lower-skilled working adults.

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Like Netanyahu, Sharansky and Ya'alon understand the basic dishonesty of the current international conversation relating to the Palestinians.

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