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【題目】 In a school, you may hear a student saying in Chinese，“我對(duì)漢語很感興趣�！�__but you're not in China. You're in a foreign country. Like the student, many foreigners are learning Chinese. But it's not easy. The Chinese use a different character( 漢 字 ) for each word. People have to memorize about 600 characters before they can do even basic reading and writing. For foreigners, it's hard to memorize them. And the following chart shows the top 3 difficulties for foreigners while learning Chinese.

However, Chinese is more popular around the world today. The long history and colorful culture of China attract many foreigners to learn Chinese. With the rapid development, China is staying ahead in many fields and is playing its role in the world. Chinese is becoming a global (全球的) language and its popularity has risen around the world. Many countries set up Chinese courses in their schools.

For example, in the UK, students used to choose between Spanish, Latin, French and other foreign languages. But now schools encourage their students to study Chinese. The increase in popularity of Chinese has been surprising. 1031 people took Chinese language exams in 2001, and the number was 2062 last year, while 2561 people chose Spanish. It's predicted that studying Chinese in the UK could overtake (超過) Spanish in less than five years.

Just like the foreigners do, we also learn foreign languages. Different languages carry different cultures. So exchanges are necessary. By learning a foreign language, we not only have a useful tool of communicating, but experience a new culture, what's more important, learning a foreign language well will help us tell our own stories to the world.

【1】Please translate the underlined sentence into English.

【2】According to the passage, why is it difficult for foreigners to learn Chinese?

【3】Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

【4】How does the UN celebrates Chinese Language Day?

【5】Compared with 2001, how many more people took Chinese language exams in the UK last year? What does the result tell us?

【6】What can you do by learning a foreign language?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】I’m very/ really/ quite interested in Chinese./ I take / show a great interest in Chinese/...

【2】Because they have to memorize a large number of characters./ Because Chinese characters are not easy to write./ Because the same word has different meaningin different sentences./ Because they have difficulties in reading poems.(答出其中一條即可)。

【3】中國悠久的歷史和燦爛的文化吸引了許多外國人學(xué)習(xí)中文。

【4】It holds colorful activities./ By holding colorful activities.

【5】1031. (It tells us) the increase in popularity of Chinese is surprising in the UK./ Chinese is becoming more and more popular in the UK.

【6】We / I can tell our own stories to the world./ We/ I can spread colorful Chinese culture to the world. / We/ I can teach foreign people Chinese./ We/ I can have more chances to find a good job.

【解析】

現(xiàn)在越來越多的外國人都在學(xué)習(xí)漢語，很多人都覺得漢語非常難學(xué)，如他們要記住很多的漢字、漢字很難寫、一個(gè)漢字在不同的句子里有不同的意思等等。但現(xiàn)在學(xué)習(xí)漢語是一個(gè)趨勢(shì)，漢語的重要性日益明顯。文章還以英國為例，說明了漢語越來越受歡迎。

【1】根據(jù)句意可知，這句話中可以使用短語be interested in…意為“對(duì)…感興趣”；或者動(dòng)詞短語take/show interest in….。這句話表示客觀事實(shí)，應(yīng)用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，故應(yīng)該是：I’m very/ really/ quite interested in Chinese./ I take / show a great interest in Chinese.

【2】根據(jù)短文第一段中The Chinese use a different character( 漢 字 ) for each word. People have to memorize about 600 characters before they can do even basic reading and writing. For foreigners, it's hard to memorize them.可知，外國人覺得漢語難學(xué)，其中一個(gè)原因是他們要記住大量的漢字。短文中的表格中也列出了一些其他的困難，如寫漢字、不同句子中漢字的意思不同以及讀漢語詩歌的困難等等。故答案為Because they have to memorize a large number of characters./ Because Chinese characters are not easy to write./ Because the same word has different meaningin different sentences./ Because they have difficulties in reading poems.

【3】The long history悠久的歷史；colorful culture燦爛的文化，這兩個(gè)并列的名詞短語是該句的主語；attract吸引，是謂語動(dòng)詞；many foreigners 許多外國人；to learn Chinese學(xué)習(xí)漢語。故該句意為：中國悠久的歷史和燦爛的文化吸引了許多外國人學(xué)習(xí)中文。

【4】根據(jù)短文中As one of the six official working languages of the United Nations, Chinese Language Day has been celebrated since 2011. The UN holds colorful activities on this day可知，在漢語日這一天，聯(lián)合國舉行豐富多彩的活動(dòng)來慶祝。故答案為It holds colorful activities./ By holding colorful activities.

【5】根據(jù)短文中1031 people took Chinese language exams in 2001, and the number was 2062 last year, while 2561 people chose Spanish. It's predicted that studying Chinese in the UK could overtake (超過) Spanish in less than five years.可知，2001年參加漢語考試的有1031人，去年參加的有2012人，多了1031人。這說明越來越多的英國人學(xué)習(xí)漢語，漢語在英國變得越來越受歡迎。故回答1031. (It tells us) the increase in popularity of Chinese is surprising in the UK./ Chinese is becoming more and more popular in the UK.

【6】短文的最后By learning a foreign language, we not only have a useful tool of communicating, but experience a new culture, what's more important, learning a foreign language well will help us tell our own stories to the world.這幾句話講述了學(xué)習(xí)外語的作用，學(xué)生們也可以根據(jù)實(shí)際情況回答，符合情理即可。如We / I can tell our own stories to the world./ We/ I can spread colorful Chinese culture to the world. / We/ I can teach foreign people Chinese./ We/ I can have more chances to find a good job.