BBC Learning English - Limehouse Chinatown Limehouse 唐人街

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　　Connie: We were born here and our outlook is entirely, I won’t say British I’ll say English, but we’re very very proud of our Chinese fathers. So when we get the questionnaires – what ethnic people we are, it’s a bit difficult because our thoughts are purely, purely British.

　　William: Well, Connie says that they are very very proud of their Chinese fathers, but their outlook is entirely English.

　　Feifei: Their outlook, 生活观念, is English. 所以当他们在填表格时，到底选择自己属于哪一个民族，a questionnaire asking what their ethnic group is, 有时并不容易回答 it’s a bit difficult。

　　William: Let’s listen again and this time we’ll also hear from Connie’s husband, Leslie. Try to answer this question – why can’t Leslie and Connie speak Chinese?

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　　Connie: We were born here and our outlook is entirely, I won’t say British I’ll say English, but we’re very very proud of our Chinese fathers. So when we get the questionnaires – what ethnic people we are, it’s a bit difficult because our thoughts are purely, purely British.

　　Leslie: We have English mothers and our fathers were very seldom at home because they were working and when they came home they went into the tea place or the restaurant or their club and that’s why none of us speak Chinese – the common language is English and we were brought up in a particularly peculiar East End English fashion.

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