More foreigners start to learn Chinese

“全世界都在學中國話，孔夫子的話越來越國際化，全世界都在講中國話……”很多年前流行的一首《中國話》，如今已成為當下的一種真實寫照。隨著中國國際影響力的不斷提升，越來越多的外國人開始學習漢語，了解中華文化。

今天，我們一起來聊聊外國人學漢語的那些事兒。

難詞掃障

1.webcam n.網(wǎng)絡攝像頭

2.Confucius Institutes孔子學院

掃碼聽測

I.聽力理解

聽錄音并從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項。本題考查的重點是學生對文本意義的理解能力和信息獲取能力。

1.Why are there more foreign people who want to learn Chinese?

A.They think Chinese language is really funny.

B.They want to know Chinese and visit China one day.

C.They would like to do business with fastest-growing China.

2.What's the purpose of setting up Confucius Institutes around the world?

A.To promote Chinese language and culture at the university level.

B.To do business better with foreign countries in economy.

C.To attract more foreign students to come to China.

Ⅱ.聽寫練習

一邊聽錄音一邊閱讀以下文字材料，這些文字材料不是錄音的全部內(nèi)容，而是以提綱、摘要、筆記、圖表等形式再現(xiàn)的錄音的主要內(nèi)容，需要補全的內(nèi)容一般是錄音中的關鍵信息。注意一空一詞。

1.Now an increasing number of American companies that do_____________in China are having their workers learn Mandarin.

2.Michael Cheng's Mando Mandarin Online School invites teachers in_____________to teach through webcams.

3.The Chinese government has_____________with colleges and the Asia Society to set up programs across the US.

4.Taking time to learn other countries'language is a great sign of_____________.

文本解說

近年來中國的國際影響力不斷提升，中國的經(jīng)濟也高速發(fā)展，孔子學院在世界各地陸續(xù)開辦，很多的外國企業(yè)來到中國，國際上掀起了一股漢語熱，越來越多的外國人在學習我們博大精深的漢語，了解源遠流長的中華文化。

English istheinternationallanguageof business.But an increasing number of American companies that do business in China are having their workers learn Mandarin.

Michael Cheng is a Taiwanese-American Internet entrepreneur and property developer.He is also in the business of teaching Chinese.Mr Cheng is president and founder of the Mando Mandarin Online School.The school is based in New York and invites teachers in China to teach throughwebcams.

“Over the past few years,China very quickly has already become the world's second largest economy.China's got over three trillion （萬億）dollars in reserves now.So if you want to do businessorconnectwith the fastest-growing country in the world,it might make sense to make an effort to engage（參加）the people in their own language,as understanding of their language and culture goes a long way in building strong relationships,especially with the Chinese.”

By some predictions,China could pass the United States and become the world's largest economy by 2025.Michael Cheng says that as China's economic power has increased,so has its cultural power.

“Starting back in 2004,the Chinese Ministry of Education,along with what was called their Chinese Language Council,began to set upConfucius Institutesaround the world,and with the purpose of promoting and developing Chinese language and culture teaching resources around the world.”

Now,he says,there are more than three hundred Confucius Institutes in almost 100 countries.These institutes work to promote Chinese language at the university level.The Chinese government has cooperated（合作）with colleges and the Asia Society to set up programs across the US.High schools have also received money to start Chinese language training programs.

Mr Cheng says that there are also many people in China who are learning English.“In fact,when it comes to numbers,only based on population,there are actually more people who speak English in China than there are English speakers in the United States.I think right now there are about 400 million people who are either learning or currently speak English.”

He says taking the time to learn other countries'language is a great sign of respect and a way to build business relationships.

文本拓展

The meanings of teaching Chinese in the West

1.Reshape China's image.By expressing the traditional Chinese culture to foreign people,foreign people can understand the actual situation of China and its current development,and gradually eliminate the prejudice of foreign people.

2.Increase China's influence in the world.This has not only created conditions for Chinese culture to go to the world,but also opened up a road for the worldwide spread of Chinese culture.

3.Enhance the competitiveness of Chinese culture among other cultures.The cultural collision between different nationalities has begun,but the competitiveness of Chinese culture is obviously inadequate.Therefore,it is very important and urgent to do a good job in TCSL （Teaching Chinese as a Second Language）and strengthen the communication of Chinese culture.