Cantonese, or Standard Cantonese is a language that originated in the vicinity of Canton in southern China, and is often regarded as the prestige dialect of Yue Chinese. Inside mainland China, it is a lingua franca in Guangdong Province and some neighbouring areas, such as the eastern part of Guangxi Province. Outside mainland China, it is spoken by the majority population of Hong Kong and Macau in everyday life. It is also spoken by overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia (like Malaysia, Christmas Island), Canada, Brazil, Peru, Cuba, Panama, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the United States where it is the third most common language in the country.
广州话是粤语广府片的一个分支,为粤语代表音。广府话起源于广信,主要流行于广东西部、广西东部、香港、澳门及海外广府人的华人社区。目前以广州话为代表的粤语已经成为澳大利亚第四大语言,加拿大和美国第三大语言,香港与澳门的法定语言。
Higher Education Mega Center 广州大学城
Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, also known as Guangzhou University Town, is a large university complex located in the southeast suburbs of Guangzhou. This huge higher education centre occupies the entire Xiaoguwei island in Panyu District, covering an area of about 18 square kilometers. It houses new campuses from ten universities, nine of which still maintain their old campuses in downtown Guangzhou. The whole Higher Education Mega Centre can eventually accommodate up to 200,000 students, 20,000 teachers and 50,000 staff.
广州大学城位于广州市番禺区新造镇小谷围岛及其南岸地区,是国家一流的大学园区,华南地区高级人才培养、科研交流中心。园区占地18平方公里,计划入驻学生20万人,教职工7万余人。入驻的高校大都保留市中心的老校区。
Higher education institutions with campuses in the Mega Centre:
一期入驻的十所广东高校有:
中山大学 (Sun Yat-sen University)
华南理工大学 (South China University of Technology)
华南师范大学 (South China Normal University)
广东工业大学 (Guangdong University of Technology)
广东外语外贸大学 (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies)
广州中医药大学 (Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine)
广东药学院 (Guangdong Pharmaceutical University )
广州大学 (Guangzhou University)
广州美术学院 (Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts)
星海音乐学院 (Xinghai Conservatory of Music)
Vocabulary 轻松学单词
hub [hb] n. 中心,轮毂
Hong Kong is one of the world’s most important transport hubs.
香港是世界最重要的交通枢纽之一。
elevation [elven] n. 海拔
The elevation gets higher as I travel westward.
随着我向西行进,海拔逐渐升高。
prefecture [pri:fekt(r)] n. 辖区
Tianhe District is a prefecture of Guangzhou.
天河区是广州市的一个辖区。
vicinity [visiniti] n. 临近,附近
There are some churches in the vicinity of this mountain.
这座山附近有几所教堂。
prestige [prestid] n. 威望,声誉
She has high prestige among the masses.
她在群众中声望很高。
Dialogue 对话
Jack:
Hi, Joyce!
Joyce:
Hi, Jack!
Jack:
What’s your favourite city
Joyce:
I love Guangzhou best.
Jack:
Why
Joyce:
Because it has pleasant climate and beautiful scenery, and it’s an open and comprehensive city.
Jack:
Wow! Wonderful! Hope to travel there in the future.
Joyce:
Me, too.
杰克:
你好,乔伊斯!
乔伊斯:
你好,杰克!
杰克:
你最喜欢那座城市?
乔伊斯:
我最喜欢广州。
杰克:
为什么呢?
乔伊斯:
因为那儿气候宜人、风景美丽,而且它是一座开放包容的城市。
杰克:
哇!好想去那旅行啊。
乔伊斯:
我也是呢。
汉语方言
中华民族是多民族国家,共有80多种语言。其中,现代汉语有七大方言:北方方言、客家方言、湘方言、吴方言、粤方言、闽方言和赣方言。
北方方言以北京话为代表,是汉语各方言中分布最广的一种,使用人口占汉族总人口70%以上,主要分布在东北、西北、华北、太行山麓、黄土高原、中部平原、江淮北部等地区。
吴方言又称吴语、江南话、江浙话,使用人口约为八千万,是世界上最大的非官方语言。在中国,吴方言主要分布在江浙、上海、安徽等地。
客家方言以广东梅县话为代表,是一种自成系统,内部差别较小的方言。客家方言主要分布在广东、福建、台湾、江西、广西等。
粤方言又称粤语,以广州话为中心,是一种保留古音特点较多、较为复杂的语言,使用人口约为4000万,主要分布在广东、广西、港澳地区及海外华人社区。
湘方言是汉语七大方言中通行地域较小的一种方言,由于湘方言主要分布于湖南,且为湖南方言中最有影响的一种,所以人们又将湘方言称为湘语或湖南话。
闽方言又称闽语、俗称“福佬话”,主要分布在福建、广东、台湾等地区。闽方言是汉语方言中内部分歧最大,最为复杂的一种方言,在部分闽语地区,一个县就有几种话。
赣方言又称赣语,是一种通行面积较小、使用人口较少的方言,主要分布在江西中北部、湖南东部以及福建西北部等地区。
Chinese Dialects
China is a multi-ethnic country with more than 80 languages, of which only Chinese has seven dialects, including Northern dialect, Wu dialect, Hakka dialect, Yue dialect, Xiang dialect, Min dialects and Gan dialect. Most of these groups are mutually unintelligible, for each of them has their own tones and terms.