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就500万以上人口大城市来说,香港准是全世界文化程度最高的。文字在香港使用量之充沛,超过想象。可以说香港的人口、建筑与街道有多么密集,香港的文字覆盖就有多么密集。由于香港是一个国际城市,文字用量翻倍,一定是三种:中文,英文,粤语。比如:“不准吸烟”一定还有同等大字的英文:“No Smoking”;“小心滑倒”必定也有“Wet Floor”;这两条,很重要,标牌上必定还有醒目配图。人类创造的文字在香港体现出最高价值。在香港做一个文盲很可能有生命之虞。你待家里,会有纸片无声地从门底下塞进来:
For a metropolitan area of more than 5 million people, Hong Kong is the most educated in the world. The amount of words used in Hong Kong, more than imagination. It can be said how densely populated Hong Kong’s population, buildings and streets are and how dense Hong Kong’s coverage is. Since Hong Kong is an international city, the amount of words to be doubled must be three kinds: Chinese, English and Cantonese. For example: “No Smoking ” must have the same characters in English: “No Smoking ”; “Carefully slipping ” must have “Wet Floor ”; these two, very important, the sign must be There are eye-catching map. The words created by man have the highest value in Hong Kong. Being illiterate in Hong Kong is very likely to have life’s danger. When you stay home, there will be paper slipped under the door: