Mikes wrote later, tongue in cheek, that he had expected his English friends to be very angry at the mocking portrait he painted of their country.
迈克斯先生后来还非常好意思地写道,他本来以为他的英格朋友会因为他对他们祖国的嘲讽刻画而大发雷霆。
Mr. Wong, a retired sign maker who speaks English, can still get by with his Cantonese, which remains the preferred language in his circle of friends and in Chinatown’s historic core.
王先生以前是做招牌的,现在退休了,会说英语。 由于他的朋友圈和唐人街的历史核心区仍是使用广东话为主,他还可以用他的广东话勉强应付日常生活。
"My friends tell me I'm quite handsome," he said in confident English one recent evening, fingering his car keys as if they were a talisman.
“朋友们都说我挺帅的。”接受采访的那个晚上,他一边把玩着他那护身符般的车钥匙,一边用自信的英语侃侃而谈。
Maybe his friends speak English.
也许他的朋友们会说英语。
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