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ID: 2177 Upper Intermediate
While punctuation marks in Chinese are similar to those in English, there are some notable differences. In fact, there are even some symbols used in Chinese punctuation which don't exist in English. In this lesson, someone helps their Chinese coworker write a letter in English, only to discover these differences first hand.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
fēng measure word for letters
检查 jiǎnchá to check, investigate
内容 nèiróng content
标点 biāodiǎn punctuation
Kevin,我要写一封英文邮件给客户。你能不能帮我检查一下,看看有没有问题?
Kevin ,wǒ yào xiě yī fēng Yīngwén yóujiàn gěi kèhù 。nǐ néng bu néng bāng wǒ jiǎnchá yīxià ,kàn kan yǒumeiyǒu wèntí ?
Kevin, I want to write an English letter to a client. Can you help me look over it and see if there are any problems?
当然可以。我来看看。嗯,内容没什么问题。不过,你标点点得有些问题呀。
dāngrán kěyǐ 。wǒ lái kàn kan 。ng4 ,nèiróng méi shénme wèntí 。bùguò ,nǐ biāodiǎn diǎn de yǒuxiē wèntí ya 。
Of course I can. Let me see. Yeah, there's no problem with the content. However, there are some mistakes with your punctuation.
嘿,这些我都搞不清楚,谁让我英语语法课都在睡觉呢!你帮我改改吧。
hēi ,zhèxiē wǒ dōu gǎo bu qīngchu ,shéi ràng wǒ yīngyǔ yǔfǎkè dōu zài shuìjiào ne !nǐ bāng wǒ gǎigai ba 。
Yeah, I'm not clear at all on this stuff. That's what I get for sleeping through English grammar class. Maybe you should help me change it.
首先所有的标点符号之前都不用空格,但是之后都要有一个空格,然后才能再写内容。
shǒuxiān suǒyǒu de biāodiǎn fúhào zhīqián dōu bùyòng kònggé ,dànshì zhīhòu dōuyào yǒu yī gè kònggé ,ránhòu cáinéng zài xiě nèiróng 。
First of all, before all of the punctuation marks, you don't need to have a space. However, you have to have a space after them. Only then can you begin to write again.
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