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Homework: You are to assume the role of a Chinese immigrant…

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Another totally superfluous thread, but when I saw that image I just had to share with you :-) perhaps somebody here will tell us whether it is valid Chinese.

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Found here: http://www.viralnova.com/awesome-kid-answers/, some of these have been floating around the ’nets for a while but some I didn’t know.


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Re: Homework: You are to assume the role of a Chinese immigr

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It's traditional Chinese. The grammar seems a bit awkward, but understandable.

Edit: also, I thought the beginning is pretty interesting wording: "I'm living pretty terribly right here. The work environment is pretty bad and benefits are lacking. But don't worry, there are only about 10 people getting seriously injured every day."
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I think I saw this before but didn't get the joke since "I don't understand Chinese". :roll:
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Oh, this is homework for Chinese lessons? I thought this was expected to be answered in English and thought that the answer in Chinese alone was the joke :-D
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Bonobo wrote:Oh, this is homework for Chinese lessons? I thought this was expected to be answered in English and thought that the answer in Chinese alone was the joke :-D
I think you're right. I was just saying I failed to pick up on that the first time because I was too busy trying to read the answer.
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