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55 [fifty-five]

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Working

55[五十五]

55 [Wǔshíwǔ]

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工作

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What do you do for a living? 您 是 做 什- 工- 的 ？ 您 是 做 什么 工作 的 ？ 0
ní- s-- z-- s----- g------ d-? nín shì zuò shénme gōngzuò de? 		+
My husband is a doctor. 我的 先- 是 医- 。 我的 先生 是 医生 。 0
Wǒ d- x-------- s-- y------. Wǒ de xiānshēng shì yīshēng. 		+
I work as a nurse part-time. 我 是 做---- 护- 。 我 是 做半天班的 护士 。 0
Wǒ s-- z-- b------ b-- d- h----. Wǒ shì zuò bàntiān bān de hùshì. 		+
     
We will soon receive our pension. 不久 我- 就- 拿 退-- 了 。 不久 我们 就要 拿 退休金 了 。 0
Bù--- w---- j-- y-- n- t----- j----. Bùjiǔ wǒmen jiù yào ná tuìxiū jīnle. 		+
But taxes are high. 但 纳- 很 高 。 但 纳税 很 高 。 0
Dà- n----- h-- g--. Dàn nàshuì hěn gāo. 		+
And health insurance is expensive. 医疗-- 很 贵 。 医疗保险 很 贵 。 0
Yī---- b------ h-- g--. Yīliáo bǎoxiǎn hěn guì. 		+
     
What would you like to become some day? 你 将- 想 从- 什----- ？ 你 将来 想 从事 什么（职业） ？ 0
Nǐ j------- x---- c------ s----- (z----)? Nǐ jiānglái xiǎng cóngshì shénme (zhíyè)? 		+
I would like to become an engineer. 我 想 当 工-- 。 我 想 当 工程师 。 0
Wǒ x---- d--- g-----------. Wǒ xiǎng dāng gōngchéngshī. 		+
I want to go to college. 我 要 读 大- 。 我 要 读 大学 。 0
Wǒ y-- d- d----. Wǒ yào dú dàxué. 		+
     
I am an intern. 我 是 实-- 。 我 是 实习生 。 0
Wǒ s-- s---- s----. Wǒ shì shíxí shēng. 		+
I do not earn much. 我 挣- 不- 。 我 挣得 不多 。 0
Wǒ z---- d- b- d--. Wǒ zhēng dé bù duō. 		+
I am doing an internship abroad. 我 在 国- 实- 。 我 在 国外 实习 。 0
Wǒ z-- g----- s----. Wǒ zài guówài shíxí. 		+
     
That is my boss. 这是 我- 老- 。 这是 我的 老板 。 0
Zh- s-- w- d- l-----. Zhè shì wǒ de lǎobǎn. 		+
I have nice colleagues. 我的 同-- 很-- 。 我的 同事们 很友好 。 0
Wǒ d- t--------- h-- y-----. Wǒ de tóngshìmen hěn yǒuhǎo. 		+
We always go to the cafeteria at noon. 中午 我- 总- 一- 去 食- 。 中午 我们 总是 一起 去 食堂 。 0
Zh----- w---- z--- s-- y--- q- s------. Zhōngwǔ wǒmen zǒng shì yīqǐ qù shítáng. 		+
     
I am looking for a job. 我 在 找-- 。 我 在 找工作 。 0
Wǒ z-- z--- g------. Wǒ zài zhǎo gōngzuò. 		+
I have already been unemployed for a year. 我 失- 已- 一- 了 。 我 失业 已经 一年 了 。 0
Wǒ s---- y----- y- n-----. Wǒ shīyè yǐjīng yī niánle. 		+
There are too many unemployed people in this country. 这个 国- 有 太- 失-- 。 这个 国家 有 太多 失业者 。 0
Zh--- g----- y-- t-- d-- s---- z--. Zhège guójiā yǒu tài duō shīyè zhě. 		+
     

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Memory needs speech

Most people remember their first day of school. However, they no longer recall that which came before. We have almost no memory of our first years of life. But why is that? Why can't we remember the experiences we had as a baby? The reason lies in our development. Speech and memory develop at about the same time. And in order to remember something, a person needs speech. That is, he must have words for that which he experiences. Scientists have conducted various tests with children. In doing so, they made an interesting discovery. As soon as children learn to speak, they forget everything that came before. The beginning of speech is therefore also the beginning of memory. Children learn a great deal in the first three years of their lives. They experience new things every day. They also have many important experiences at this age. Despite this, it all disappears. Psychologists refer to this phenomenon as infantile amnesia. Only the things that children can name remain. The autobiographical memory retains personal experiences. It functions like a journal. Everything that is important in our life is recorded in it. In this way, the autobiographical memory forms our identity. But its development is dependent upon the learning of the native language. And we can only activate our memory through our speech. The things that we learn as a baby are not really gone, of course. They are stored somewhere in our brain. We just can't access them anymore… – that's a shame, isn't it?