Zhou Lan, can I have a look at your copy of China Daily?

周兰，我可以看看你这张《中国日报》吗？

Both! American spellings are used more and more in Canada now.

两种都用！现在在加拿大人们越来越多的采用美国拼法了。

Thanks, I'd like that.

谢谢，我非常乐意。

We've been anxious about you. We were expecting you back much earlier.

我们都为你们着急呢。都盼着你们早点儿回来。

How long was that?

多长时间了？

so you're telling me that the situation here is bad for black people.

那么，你是说这里的情况对黑人来说是很糟了。