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本帖最后由 移民电工 于 2011-2-1 06:05 编辑
: ?) ^8 F/ M- N谢谢楼上各位的回答! 4 E5 H7 q! s, y( ^1 T* Q
( Q8 ~0 |/ g1 o P. f& a* v, E8 C我接受”56 ethnic groups“这个说法。
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: |' V, Y' @5 l1 K7 @7 c5 R' R* T5 Y现在我开始讲我的故事:
2 m" E: u& X) }4 q有一天,一个黑人问我,"where r u from?" 我答:"China"接着他问:"China has 50 nations, is that true?"5 _8 l7 O' a$ C6 k
我当时把nations理解为民族(不怕您见笑),所以我答:"yes, even more."0 W: M) a3 c) l' l
紧接着这黑人说,"Do u know what nation mean? it means country."
' n& o4 j( a4 ^这下子把我气着了,我立刻翻了脸,怒视着他问“what u mean?why u ask such question?”
; ?3 y9 V9 E [' ~. h$ H e$ {他看我怒了,不停滴sorry,sorry,然后滚蛋了。
w# {3 F: C8 [. y我也不知道我这样做是对还是错,只是觉得英语不好,很障碍。
3 ]4 k: n- [/ Z8 a6 Y) W+ w6 Rhawa 发表于 2011-1-31 20:23 
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This guy just play with you in English word. If you don't like his game just tell him --go home check your F-English dictionary. Do you know who said --Quebec is a nation. 4 u9 l7 D( C3 u) n# W. [
加拿大土著--First Nations is a term of ethnicity that refers to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis.
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Nation has different meanings in different contexts. In worldwide diplomacy, nation can mean country or sovereign state.[1] The United Nations, for instance, speaks of how it was founded after the Second World War with “51 countries” and currently has “192 member states”.[2] Nation may more broadly refer to a community of people who share a common territory and government—but who are not necessarily a sovereign state; and who often share a common language, race, descent, and/or history, such as the “Palestinian nation”.[1] The word nation can more specifically refer to a tribe of North American Indians, such as the Cherokee Nation.[1] |
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