我不講中文如何才能在中國生存

It depends allot on what city you are going to be living in. If you choose one of the big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou or Hong Kong, then you will find many western people living there and many locals who speak at least a little English.

這某種程度上要看你生活在哪個城市了。如果你選擇像北京、上海、廣州、香港這種大城市，你會找到很多也生活在那裏的西方人，許多本地人多少也能講一點英語。

Living in a smaller city will be different but not difficult. Although few if any people you meet will speak English, they will almost all try to help you do what you want to do. Most day to day tasks are quite simple - buying food in a supermarket, taking a taxi or going to a restaurant. You don't really need to be able to do much more than point to a menu card and look on the cash register for the amount to pay.

生活在小一點的城市會有不同，但也不難。儘管你遇到的人很少能有講英語的，但他們也會盡全力幫助你。你最常做的事很簡單----超市購物、打車、去飯館。除了點餐和付款這兩門技能，其他的都太不需要。

Some things will require assistance. Probably through your work or place or study, you will meet Chinese people who speak English and they will offer to assist you with shopping and such. There may even be someone officially assigned to you are in a large organisation such as a University. They will help you with things like negotiating with landlords, paying your electricity bill, arranging internet, telephone and other services or purchasing items.

有些事還是需要幫助的。可能在你工作、學習和呆的地方，會有些能說英語的中國人協助你買東西這些事。至於處在機構，機構官方會協助你去解決，比如和房東協商，交電費，裝寬帶、電話及其他設備，或者採購之類。

After six years in China, I still speak just the basics of the language but have few problems. One notable issue when I first came was paying for services like water and electricity. I didn't know that the electricity bills were bits of paper stuck on the wall outside the building door. Several times I spent a night or two in the dark after the power was cut off. Once I learned to read the name of the landlord on the bill, I could take the paper and pay it myself but I was surprised by the amount. Turns out there was another household with the same name as my landlord in the same building and that I was paying some other persons electricity bill by mistake.

來中國6個月了，我只能講點基礎的中文，但基本沒什麼問題。我剛來的時候，最大的麻煩是交水電費。我都不知道電費單貼在公寓大門口的牆上，好幾次因爲斷電了我一兩個晚上都是摸瞎。有一次我終於知道了看房東貼的電費單的名字，拿起來付款，被數字嚇了一跳。後來我才知道因爲失誤，居然幫一個跟我同公寓同名的人付了電費。

However, none of these misshapes were of great issue. Living in a foreign country, even if you don't speak the language, is fun and a great experience to add to your life.

然而，這些小曲折都不算啥事。在外國生活，即使你不會講外語，也很有趣，是你一生中很棒的經歷。