Composition of Putonghua and Dialect in Grade Seven

It is a topic whether Mandarin is more important or dialect is more important. Mandarin is the unified language of the whole country, while dialects represent the characteristics of a place. Is it better to speak Mandarin? Is dialect better? I think we should speak more Mandarin and speak it well. Because of the dialect, sometimes joking is inevitable, and speaking Mandarin is only inevitable. Please look at the following example-the joke played by the minister and Xiao Zhang in the dialect dialogue.

Minister: "Hello, is Xiao Zhang there?"

Xiao Zhang: "I am the headmaster (Xiao Zhang)."

Minister: "Principal (Xiao Zhang)? Oh, sorry, I have the wrong number. " The minister put down the receiver and dialed the telephone of Xiao Zhang's office. Xiao Zhang picked up the receiver again.

Xiao Zhang: "Hello, I'm the headmaster (Xiao Zhang). Who is calling? "

Minister: "Me? Don't talk about (Minister). "

Xiao Zhang thought the other party was a little strange, so he asked again.

"hello? I am the headmaster (Xiao Zhang). Who are you? Please tell me. "

Minister: "Hey? Why the headmaster (Xiao Zhang) again? Oh, I just don't talk about it (Minister). "

So both of them died inexplicably.

This is a typical dialect joke, which proves the importance of Mandarin, so we should speak Mandarin more, speak Mandarin well and promote Mandarin. However, while speaking more Putonghua and learning it well, we should also keep our own dialect, because it is at least a local feature, a language left by our ancestors for thousands of years and must not be discarded.

So, how to deal with speaking Mandarin or dialects? I think the best way to kill two birds with one stone is to speak Mandarin in public, and to speak more dialects between home and fellow villagers. In this way, when we speak Mandarin well, the dialects are also preserved.