263 Nationalities

 A:Hey! How was your first day of class? I’m in level two and I’m loving my class this semester! It’s great being in a class of international students!                                                                                                                          
 B:Mine was ok, except that no one in my class speaks English. I guess it will force me to converse in Chinese more in class so at least I should improve a lot this semester.                                                                                                   
 A:That’s both fortunate and unfortunate. It’s the United Nations in my class! We have people from all over the world! There are three Germans, a Pole, a Scottish, two French, an American, a Brazilian, a Chilean, a New Zealander, though he prefers to call himself a Kiwi.  
 Who else do we have? Oh, we also have a Moroccan, a Togolese, a Pakistani, and two Indonesians!                                                                                                                                                                                 
 B:That’s quite the array of nationalities. Everyone in my class is from Asia, except me. There are a few South Koreans, several Japanese, Malaysian, Thai, Singaporean, Filipino, Kazakhstani, and  one Russian.                                                                
 A:Well, I think you’re pretty lucky actually. You’ll have the opportunity to learn so much about Asian culture.                                                                                                                                                                 
 B:I guess so, but I think it’s going to be hard to relate  to my classmates, especially with the language barrier. I think I might change classes.                                                                                                                              
 A:Don’t! Stay the course! Your spoken Chinese will  be eternally grateful. I bet you it will even surpass  mine with all that practice.                                                                                                                                         
 B:I highly doubt it. Your girlfriend is Chinese.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 A:Well, there is that, yes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 semester 学期  /sɪˈmestər/                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 converse 交谈 ; 谈话 ;ˈkɑːnvɜːrs/                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
 barrier 障碍   /ˈbæriər/                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  surpass 超过 ; 超越 ; 优于 ; 胜过  sərˈpæs/                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
  eternally 永恒地；不朽地  ɪˈtɜrnəli/                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
   Stay the course 坚持到底                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 So is this for a woman and a man or is this just one gender?                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 set of 集合 ; 的 ; 释……的集合                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 I've said Malaysian food generally                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 ethnic group 民族 ; 民族团体，少数民族团体 ˈeθnɪk ɡruːp