The goal was to establish a public school system and turn the Philippines into an English-speaking country.

目的是建立一个公共教育系统，把菲律宾变成一个说英语的国家。

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Back in the Philippines, some people would be so surprised with my speaking Filipino that they would forget to stop speaking English with me.

在菲律宾很多人对我说的菲律宾语很吃惊他们就会和我接着说英语。

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In addition, almost all the people forget a country, Philippines, in fact, the country's official language is English, because it was a colony of the United states.

另外，几乎被所有人遗忘的一个国家，菲律宾，其实这个国家的官方语言也是英语，因为它曾是美国的殖民地。

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By injecting Philippine dialects into English dialogue, and switching between the Philippines and the U.S., Nation takes a path familiar to other American immigrant dramas.

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Maureen is a media figure, public speaker, producer and author who emigrated from the Philippines when she was five years old and spoke very little English.

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