鸟语新闻
English translation: Please see explanation below
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1Please see explanation below Explanation: ‘鸟语’ 指令人费解的话, 莫名其妙的话 = gibberish, and a similar English expression is 'Greek to me'. I think he is talking about the news programs were all in foreign languages and therefore they were impossible for him to understand. A few suggestions: ...and the news programs were all in foreign languages which sounded gibberish to me... ...and the (foreign) news programs all sounded gibberish to me... Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_to_me Reference: http://www.iciba.com/Gibberish/ |
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