English is no longer alien in the world's most populous country, with the language in common use from Beijing boardrooms to the back streets of Baoshan.
在中国这个世界人口最多的国家,英语对人们来说不再陌生,从北京的会议室,到云南保山的小巷,英语随处可见。
But it's not the same as conversing with native speakers, according to two winners of a big English language competition for undergraduate students in China.
但对于从中国大学生顶级英语演讲赛事的走出来的两位获奖者而言,与那些母语是英文的人交流却完全是另外一回事。
"We say, ‘long time no see!'" says Shen Jiahui, 20, who placed second in this year's 21st Century Cup competition.
"我们说,‘long time no see!(好久没见)'。"获得 本届21世纪杯英语演讲比赛一等奖第二名、20岁的沈家慧说道。
"That's Chinglish. People are not speaking like this [any more]."
"那是中式英语。现在人们不再这样讲了。"
Ms Jiahui is on a study tour of Sydney with fourth placegetter Wang Taojun, courtesy of competition sponsors Navitas English.
沈家慧以及获得本次大赛一等奖第四名的选手王陶钧正在进行悉尼游学之旅。此次行程由大赛赞助商——澳大利亚Navitas英语集团慷慨支持。
This year's competition attracted nearly 10,000 entrants from 850 universities in China and others in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea and Japan.
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