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Collin: So you've been to south America. Not many people in China can boast of that.
科林：這么說你去過南美。在中國，去過南美洲的人可不是很多。
Victor: I went to the Confucius Institute in Brazil to teach Chinese.
維克多：我去了巴西的孔子學(xué)院教漢語。
Collin: Are there many people in Brazil who want to learn Chinese? What language do they speak?
科林：巴西有很多人想學(xué)漢語嗎？他們自己說什么語言？
Victor: The majority of the population speak Portuguese. Due to the European colonization, Spanish, French and Portuguese are widely spoken.
維克多：多數(shù)人說葡萄牙語。由于那里曾是歐洲的殖民地，西班牙語、法語和葡萄牙語是說的最多的語言。
Collin: What about the natives?
科林：那么原住民呢？
Victor: The native people of south America are the Amerindians, but now they only form a minority of the society. Many have their own languages. For example, Mexico has near 80 native languages but none of these is specified as the official language.
維克多：南美洲的原住民是印第安人，但現(xiàn)在他們在人口中只占少數(shù)。許多有他們自己的語言，比如，墨西哥的原住民有將近80種語言，但都不是官方語言。
Collin: Is speaking Spanish enough if one wants to go there?
科林：如果想去那里的話，是不是會西班牙語就夠了？
Victor: In most countries, it suffices if one can speak Spanish or Portugese.
維克多：在多數(shù)國家，能說葡萄牙語或西班牙語就沒問題。
