Why More And More Foreigners Like China

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文章講述的是越來越多的中國故事被外國人通過互聯網傳播，越來越多的外國人喜歡在中國生活，喜歡中國。

More and more foreigners like China.Do you know why？ Let me tell you. Please follow me.

1. A growing number of Chinese stories are being told by foreigners through the Internet.

2. Recently， a video made by an Australian on Douyin swept the screen， followed by more than 2 million zans and 110， 000 comments （評論）. In the video he said. “I’m pleased with the Chinese lifestyle. It’s really difficult to live in a country like Australia， especially after you have spent so much time in China. If you don’t drive a car in China， you just ride a bike. You can get anywhere easily， and there are subways. But in Australia， if you don’t have a car， you can do nothing.”

The Australian uncle also complained about （抱怨） the price of Uber， an Australian taxi-hailing software. “My God， one kilometer is almost 20 Australian ollas （about 97 yuan RMB）.”

The blogger of Beijing Expat Guide， Paul Stoker， compared life in Beijing with life in America. He said： “Life is usually controlled by cars in the US. There’s no cheap and good public transportation， so it’s so difficult to get somewhere. You always have to borrow or rent a car or ask for a ride.”“Compared to the colorful life in Beijing， life seems so boring in America. It seems nothing has changed at home， except for you.”

Coming back to America， Cynthia Lopez said at eChinacities. “The number of mass shooting in the US has quickly increased in recent years. You don’t have to worry about your safety in China—guns are not allowed by law in China. Because of America’s gun culture， guns will never be illegal in the US.”

跟蹤練習：

根據短文內容，在空格上填入與短文意思最符合的單詞，每空一詞。

Many foreigners who have spent so much time in China are happy about the Chinese lifestyle. And they 1 living in China. They think public traffic in China is very fast and cheap， which can take them anywhere 2 . However， in their hometowns like Australia and America， public traffic is not so convenient， but 3 . They can hardly go anywhere without a car. In their eyes， life in China is 4 while the lifestyle in their own countries seems so boring. Another good thing in China is that they don’t have to worry about their 5 because guns are not allowed by law.

In fact， there must be something good both in China and any other foreign country. It’s important to understand and learn from each other.

難點解讀：

1. A growing number of Chinese stories are being told by foreigners through the Internet.

越來越多的中國故事被外國人通過互聯網講述。

①A growing number of越來越多;越來越多的，例如：

A growing number of people are returning to full-time education.

越來越多的人重返學校接受全日制教育。

②are being told by 是現在進行時的被動語態，其結構為：助動詞be（am/is/are+being+及物動詞的過去分詞），例如：

The students are cleaning the classroom now. → The classroom is being cleaned by the students now.

現在學生們正在打掃教室。 （are cleaning變為is being cleaned）

The boy is counting some eggs.→Some eggs are being counted by the boy.

那男孩正在數雞蛋。 （is counting 變為 are being counted）

2. Recently， a video made by an Australian on Douyin swept the screen， followed by more than 2 million zans and 110， 000 comments .

最近，一個澳大利亞人在抖音上制作的視頻橫掃屏幕，隨后有200多萬個贊和11萬條評論。

句式剖析：a video made by an Australian on Douyin作主語， swept作謂語 ，the screen作賓語， followed by more than 2 million zans and 110， 000 comments 是過去分詞短語作伴隨狀語。

①a video made by an Australian on Douyin 一個澳大利亞人在抖音上做的視頻

②followed by 緊隨其后，例如：

Potatoes are still the most popular food， followed by white bread.

馬鈴薯仍然是最受歡迎的食物，其次是白面包。

《跟蹤練習》 答案：

1. like/ love/ enjoy/ prefer 2. easily/ conveniently 3. expensive/ dear 4. colorful 5. safety