Facebook ________(block)in China since 2009, but the company has long expressed a desire ___
____ (enter)the Chinese market. On Wednesday, Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, gave a dramatic display of his interest __
__the country, speaking in Chinese for about a half-hour at___
___forum at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He discussed his thoughts on innovation(创新) in China, Facebook’s future in the country and __
___he is studying Chinese. His Mandarin is ___
___from perfect, ___
___his first few words were received with cheers and applause by the students present.
“Hello everyone. Thanks for coming,” he told the group. “I’m very glad to be in Beijing. I love this city. My Chinese is really a mess, but I study using Chinese every day.” “Perhaps I need practice,” he added. ______(ask) why he studied the language, Mr. Zuckerberg said his wife Priscilla Chan’s family members speak Chinese. He said that while he knows more words in Mandarin, his wife also speaks Cantonese and has much ___
___(well)listening comprehension than he does. “One time I asked her, why is ___
___ listening comprehension so bad?” Mr. Zuckerberg said. “She said, ‘Your listening comprehension in English is also bad.’”