The program will see over 5,000 British students towards fluency in Mandarin Chinese by 2020.

到2020年，该项目将帮助5000多名英国学生流利地说普通话。

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It is known in English as Mandarin Chinese, or Standard Chinese.

在英语中它被称为普通话或标准汉语。

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Mandarin, the biggest language in the Chinese family, has four tones, so that what sounds just like "ma" in English has four distinct sounds, and meanings.

汉语中最大的分支普通话有四种声调，所以英语中的“ma”在汉语中就有四种不同的发音，以及各不相同的意思。

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Try to enroll in Mandarin classes before you go (Mandarin Chinese is the default language in almost every part of China), or try to teach yourself some of the basics -- the BBC website has a decent introduction to learning Chinese.

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For this reason, Britons at home never need to use Mandarin in their dealings with Chinese firms.

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