You are mistaken if you think all Chinese people speak in the same way. Have you ever seen a person from Shanghai try talking to someone 小题1: Guangzhou? 小题2: is quite likely that both of them may feel puzzled! The Chinese language, as a whole, uses the same set of character, 小题3: even the same characters can have different pronunciations. That is 小题4: it is difficult for people to understand each other. Luckily, the widespread use of Putonghua in China has made a great contribution 小题5: people’s communication, though people from different areas tend to speak with various accents. People in Northern Europe are 小题6: luckier. Even though people from Sweden , Denmark and Norway have their own official languages, it is very convenient 小题7: them to communicate with one another. Do you know why? That is because their languages are quite similar, though not without small distinctions. 小题8: , they can communicate easily in their mother tongues.