城市化的迅猛进程带来了普通话的高速普及。这情形应该说是令人欣慰甚至惊诧的,尤其是在南方各大方言区的中心城市里,比如广州吧,公共场所使用的语言居然也以普通话为主了,原因恐怕也很简单,数以百万计的服务行业的从业者大都是外来人,他们要掌握粤语非经年累月之功不可,普通话于是也就成为必需的沟通工具了。大气候既已形成,以致广州本地人在一般的公共接触中,明明从对方的 The rapid urbanization has brought the popularity of Putonghua. This situation should be said to be even more comforting and even astonishing. Especially in the central cities of major southern dialects, such as Guangzhou, the language used in public places is actually mainly in Putonghua. The reason is perhaps very simple. The number of Millions of practitioners in the service industry are mostly foreigners. They must master the non-long-term achievements of Cantonese and Mandarin as a necessary communication tool. The climate has been formed, so that local people in Guangzhou in general public contact, obviously from the other side