Those Chinese who do have some English often find comprehension easier if words are written out carefully.

那些懂得一点英语的中国人通常会发现，如果把英语单词仔细写出来的话，沟通会更容易一些。

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Although in written English, there're spaces between every word, in spoken English there're always never pauses between words.

虽然在书面英语当中，每个单词之间是有空的，而在英语口语中经常是单词之间是没有停顿的。

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Native English speakers may complain about Chinese confusion when using "he" and "she", for the two words sound the same, though, different in written forms in Chinese.

英语母语的人会混淆汉语中“他”“她”的用法，因为这两个字尽管字形不同，读音却相同，他们因此常常抱怨。

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