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漢語有著悠久的歷史，是聯(lián)合國(guó)規(guī)定的六種工作語言之一，也是當(dāng)今世界上母語使用人口最多的語言。

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1More than 70 countries have officially included Chinese language teaching into their national education systems,including the UK,Russia,South Africa,Japan,and Australia.

2Kensington Wade in London, Britain's first Eng?lish?Chinese primary school,recruited(招收)its 15 stu?dents from Europe, the United States and South America recently for the first time. The school, the first of its kind in Europe, is an example of the rising popularity of the Chinese language around the world.Mastering the Chinese language means advantages and opportu?nities in the job market and the business world, because Chinese companies and projects are on the rise around the world.

3A recent survey by the British Council,the United Kingdom's international organiza?tion for cultural relations and educational opportunities,shows Chinese has become the lan?guage that British parents want their children to learn most, and is considered“the most useful language in the future”.

4Statistics from American Councils for International Education show the number of students learning Chinese at primary and middle schools in the US doubled between 2009 and 2015. And statistics show the number of primary and middle school students learning Chinese in France has quadrupled (使……變?yōu)樗谋? over the past 10 years. It is esti?mated that the number of people learning Chinese around the world has increased to 100 million from 30 million in 2004.

5Behind the growing popularity of Chinese language learning is the international community's positive attitude towards China's future development, as well as people's longing to learn about Chinese civilization and culture.With the rise of China's interna?tional influence, the Chinese language will enter more classrooms in foreign countries,helping young people around the world better understand the country.

Reading Check

1.What can we know about Kensington Wade?

B.It is Britain's first school.

C.It is an English?Chinese primary school.

D.It is a training center for language learning.

2.Which language is the most useful in the future according to British parents?

A.English. B.French.

C.Spanish. D.Chinese.

3.Why does the author list numbers in paragraph 4?

A.To show the great changes around the world.

十幾天后，西大街那孩子王釣魚，不想失了足，掉入河里，偏他不會(huì)水，頭冒了兩下，就沉下去了。跟他一起來的孩子都慌了，沒一個(gè)敢去救他。

B.To prove the increasing popularity of Chinese.

C.To compare middle schools in different countries.

D.To describe the history of education in France.

4.What's the author's attitude to the status of Chinese?

A.Neutral. B.Unclear.

C.Doubtful. D.Positive.

Language Study

Difficult sentence

Behind the growing popularity of Chinese language learning is the international com?munity's positive attitude towards China's future development, as well as people's longing to learn about Chinese civilization and culture. 在漢語學(xué)習(xí)日益受歡迎的背后，是國(guó)際社會(huì)對(duì)中國(guó)未來發(fā)展的積極態(tài)度，以及人們對(duì)了解中華文明和文化的渴望。

【點(diǎn)石成金】該句中，介詞短語Behind the growing popularity of Chinese language learning 位于句首，句中的主語和謂語完全倒裝。

注意：

在通常情況下，介詞短語置于句首時(shí)，其后的句子是不用倒裝的。如：

On the platform she kissed her mother.她在月臺(tái)上吻了她的母親。

但是，有時(shí)為了保持句子的平衡或使上下文銜接緊密，可將用作地點(diǎn)狀語的介詞短語置于句首，此時(shí)句中的主語和謂語完全倒裝。如：

On the top of the hill stood an old castle.山頂上有一座古堡。