An international student, Doris, at Beijing International Studies University said she started to learn Chinese in Grade One at her primary school in Panama(巴拿马). “China is developing very fast, and being able to speak Chinese will give me more chances around the world,” she said.
More than 70 countries have included Chinese as part of their national education system(体系), and it has become one of the official languages of the United Nations World Tourism Organization(联合国世界旅游组织).
To meet some learners need, Chinese-language teachers are using different kinds of new ways such as the Global Chinese Learning Platform(平台). The platform has already had more than 2.1 million users from 170 countries since it was started in 2019.
The platform has developed a mobile app that supports Chinese, English, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Thai. In the future, it will support more languages. What interests most learners is that it offers an immersive(沉浸式虚拟现实的) learning experience.
It’s said that about 40 million(百万) students around the world have taken Chinese-language exams over the years.
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| Chinese-language Learning Going Global(全球) | |
| The time when Doris started to learn Chinese | In the |
| One of the official languages of the United Nations World Tourism Organization | Chinese-part of the |
| The ways used by Chinese-language teachers to meet some learners’ need | |
| What most learners are | An immersive(沉浸式虚拟现实的) learning experience offered by the platform |
| The | 40 million |
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Jean Champollion was very good at languages. He learnt twelve languages in his life. When he was 18, he began teaching history at university. He was younger than many of his students and any other teacher.
Jean was very interested in ancient Egypt and in 1821 he began to study the Rosetta Stone （罗塞塔石）. A group of soldiers found the stone at Rosetta when Jean was still a young boy. It lay under the sand for hundreds of the years before the soldiers dug it up. There was a lot of strange writing on the stone. The writing was a message in three languages. One of the languages was ancient Egyptian. No one could read it at that time. But Jean worked out its secret.
The ancient Egyptian was not a language with letters and words like English. It was full of signs. According to many experts, these signs represented things and ideas, Jean did not completely agree. In his opinion, some of them represented sounds. He found fifteen signs of this kind in his study of the Rosetta Stone. Today, it is possible to understand ancient Egyptian 4, 000 years ago because of Jean’s discovery.
1. How many languages did Jean Champollion learn in his lifetime?2. Was he the youngest teacher when he began teaching history at university?
3. What did the signs of ancient Egyptian show according to Jean’s idea?
4. Why is Jean’s discovery important today?
【推荐2】The Future of Chinese
Do you know that one fifth of the people speak Chinese? About 873 million people speak ① it at home in China. Outside China, people in Singapore, Malaysia and some other Asian countries also speak Chinese.
②That makes Chinese a widely used language in the world.
③in, Chinese, schoolchildren, UK, the, are, USA, and, learning(. )
In the future, people will speak Chinese as an international language because China is becoming a very important country in the world.
④Many foreigners visit China, and many countries trade China. So many people will learn Chinese and speak Chinese as an international language.
1. 写出文中①处画线代词所指内容。2. 将文中②处画线句子翻译成汉语。
3. 将文中③处画线内容连词成句(标点符号已在括号内给出)。
4. 文中④处画线句子有一处错误, 改正、将正确的句子抄写在横线上。
5. Why does the writer think Chinese will be an international language?
【推荐3】My name is Peter. I come from a small village, close to London. I’ve been crazy about Chinese history and culture. So I learned Putonghua in the university and I am good at speaking it.
Three years ago, I came to China. I am an English teacher in a middle school in Chongqing, a city in the southwest. Now I get used to the life here except one thing—the language, the Chongqing dialect(方言).
When I talk with older people, they prefer to speak the Chongqing dialect, which is different from Putonghua. Putonghua has only four tones(语调) while there are five in the Chongqing dialect.
Besides, some sounds of the words are really confusing(混淆). the “h” sound in the middle of words is not pronounced. For example, “shuo”, which I learned in the university becomes “suo” with no “h” sound. You can’t imagine how difficult it is to use numbers because “four” and “ten” sound exactly the same. Even people from other parts of China feel it difficult to understand the Chongqing dialect when hearing it.
I made a lot of mistakes when communicating with Chongqing people here. However hard it is, I am already on the way to becoming a native speaker, speaking like a local of Chongqing.
1. Does Peter come from England?2. What subject does Peter teach in a middle school?
3. What makes it difficult for Peter to understand the Chongqing dialect?
4. Do you think it’s necessary for Peter to speak like local of Chongqing? Give your reasons.
When Wang Haiyan was young, her favorite toy wasn’t Barbie dolls. Instead, she started learning to make shadow puppets（皮影戏偶）from her father at 13. Now 43, Wang has spent 30 years practicing and spreading the art.
Shadow puppetry is a form of theater that use puppets made from leather（皮）or paper, accompanied（伴奏）by music and singing. It was invented during the Western Han Dynasty（206 BC-AD24）. It tells us about folk tales and historical stories, passing down culture and customs over thousands of years.
Shadow puppetry is all about creating the puppets and performing with them. Wang’s hometown of Hua county（县）, Shaanxi, is known as the birthplace of the folk art.
Puppet-makers must follow 24 steps to make the puppets including washing the leather, carving（雕刻）and painting, according to Wang. Carving is the most difficult part.
“We have a special carving skill-moving the leather under the knife.” Wang said. It took Wang three years to master this skill. She used a brick（砖）to make her left hand more powerful while practicing. It takes about 3,000 carves to make a shadow puppet. “The complex（复杂的）steps make it hard to hand down the folk art,” she said.
But Wang has found ways to do so. In recent years, she has made shadow puppets about traditional cartoons and given livestreaming（网络直播）performances. “I hope more and more young people enjoy shadow puppetry and pass it down,” she said.
1. What are shadow puppets made from?2. Is shadow puppetry only about making the puppets?
3. Where was shadow puppetry born?
4. Why is it so difficult for people to pass down shadow puppetry?
5. How does Wang Haiyan hand down the folk art of shadow puppets?
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根据短文内容，从选项中选出每段的主旨大意，其中有一项是多余的。
A. Traditional Chinese Dresses
B. Manners in Different Countries
C. Schools in England
D. The New Year in Australia
E. Eating in Thailand
F. Table manners in China
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6. 根据短文内容，完成信息卡（每空不超过三个词）。
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1 | ●Thai people usually eat rice as a meal. ●Most people eat a proper meal without |
2 | ●The origin (起源) of the name of Tang Costume is that China was |
3 | ●Australian New Year usually ●Many people spend this day with their family and friends. |
4 | ●In England, ninety percent of children go to |
5 | ●In parts of Polynesia, it’s impolite to watch others eat. In this case, you should |
【推荐3】Have you ever dreamed of traveling back to ancient China? See with your own eyes the dressing tables used during the Ming dynasty. Play some long-lost Chinese instruments (乐器) and enjoy their sounds. How interesting it would be!
Zhong Yetang has done just this. For sure, the young woman doesn’t have a time machine. She “travels” back to ancient China by carefully studying historical books.
Zhong began to show an interest in traditional Chinese culture at an early age. Her favorite book was Dream of the Red Chamber (《红楼梦》). The girl couldn’t stop turning its pages. She learned a lot about life in the past. Later, Zhong went to the U. S. to study. To her surprise, many of her American classmates knew more about traditional Chinese culture than her and they asked questions that Zhong couldn’t answer. The girl felt that it is a shame. She decided to further explore Chinese culture.
Now, Zhong makes online videos about ancient China. One of them is about the traditional clothing of China’s 56 ethnic groups (民族). Though the video lasts for only nine minutes, Zhong spent two years making it. She designed many of the clothes by herself. To do this, she read lots of books and asked experts for advice.
Zhong says she will make more videos to spread (传播) Chinese culture. She wants to help more people “see” ancient China with their own eyes.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题：
1. How does Zhong Yetang “travel” back to ancient China?
2. What was Zhong Yetang’s favorite book?
3. Why did Zhong Yetang feel that it is a shame when she was in the U. S. ?
4. How long does the video about the traditional clothing of China’s 56 ethnic groups last?
5. What will Zhong Yetang do to spread Chinese culture?
Under the influence of the Silk Road, China is often an exporter (输出国). However, throughout the history of these routes, many things were introduced to China through them. Here are three of them.
The Central Asian area introduced many products to China. For example, during the Han and Jin dynasties, nomadic people from the North introduced crops (作物) like carrots to China through the Northern Silk Road. One of the foods made from those crops is Hubing, a type of bread popular in the western areas of China. It was introduced to Chang’an by people from Central Asia during the Tang Dynasty.
Besides, many of these people from western areas opened cake shops in Chang’an. One of the most popular products these shops sold was Biluo, a type of cake that looked like a pillow. People could see the color of the filling inside from the outside because the surface of this dessert was quite thin.
Another food is a large number of spices (香料), such as pepper. They were introduced to China through areas such as the Indian Subcontinent. Pepper was first used for medical purposes, but later, during the Tang Dynasty it was used for cooking. After the Tang Dynasty, China began to grow pepper in its southern areas. However, the production was not enough to meet the needs and pepper continued to be imported (进口) from abroad.
During the Song Dynasty, thanks to the development of sea transportation, pepper was imported in large numbers and it was no longer as valuable as before. But for most people, pepper remained an expensive spice that was only saved for special events, such as when cooking for guests. During the Ming Dynasty, the Sea Silk Road greatly increased the import of pepper to China.
The food introduced to China through the Silk Road not only enriched the diet of the Chinese people, but also encouraged cultural exchanges.
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A zero-waste life is a lifestyle that hardly creates any rubbish. So, a zero-waste theme store is about providing people with a number of everyday, practical and pleasant zero-waste products to help them start on a one-stop, zero-waste life journey.
“Zero waste” or “danshari” was first given by a French woman called Bea Johnson. “Live a life and try not to create any rubbish; use different methods to protect the earth.” she said.
Yu Yuan, 27, and her boyfriend have lived in Beijing for many years. And earlier she used to be a customer without thinking a lot until she saw a video about “zero waste”. The video is about a family of four, and the rubbish they produce every year is placed in a jar. After watching the video, Yu wanted to experience this zero-waste lifestyle with her boyfriend.
Yu says that a zero-waste life followed the 6 R principle—Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle and Rot (腐烂).
Over August—October when Yu followed the principle of zero waste 6 R, she and her boyfriend Joe Harvey both produced only two cans of rubbish.
Now, the couple have opened a small shop called The Bulk House in Nanluoguxiang (南锣鼓巷), Beijing, to support a zero-waste life.
At the store they use environmentally friendly products. For example, they use wood products to replace plastic ones and prepare cloth bags printed with zero-waste logos for customers. Most of the products sold in the store can be reused, and a small number of them which are not recyclable can degrade (分解). The store also has secondhand books and audio-visual CD/DVDs.
For used toiletries (洗漱用品) things like soap and toothpaste that are used for cleaning yourself, there is a company which accepts them, and the couple regularly mails their waste to it.
Yu says that those who were once not interested in the zero-waste lifestyle have gradually changed because of curiosity. The zero-waste lifestyle, she adds, is for everyone. “It’s around us at our fingertips.” Yu expects some of her friends to join her on the road to zero waste. As the saying goes, many hands make light work.
1. Who first gave the idea of “Zero waste” or “danshari” ?2. Where is the Bulk House?
3. What can you do to be environmentally friendly if you have some used toiletries?
4. How much rubbish do Bea Johnson and her boyfriend produce after they follow 6 R principle?
5. What do you think of a zero-waste life?
Many Americans enjoy running in their daily life. Early in the morning, at noon, or in the evening, whether (无论) in big cities or in the countryside, all over the United States, you can see Americans running-men and women, the young and the old. People run everywhere—down quiet streets in towns or at the gym. Some people even run in their living rooms.
However, running wasn’t so popular in the past. In the 1960s, few people ran, of whom most were athletes (运动员) and healthy strong people. At that time, women almost never ran. If they did, people might laugh at them. But today all these have changed. Men and women of all ages enjoy running.
Doctors say many of the health problems come from bad habits like eating too much, smoking cigarettes or taking little exercise. They often advise (建议) people to eat less and exercise more. In fact, if you aren’t ready to change your diet, you can start running.
1. What sports do many Americans like?2. Where do Americans run?
3. Did Americans like running in the 1960s?
4. What would happen if women ran in the 1960s?
5. What advice (建议) do the doctors give people?
