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选择性必修二英语《Unit 2 Bridging Cultures》Reading and Thinking精品课课件
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Bridging Cultures
Guess what former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd,Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and US president Donald Trump’s granddaughter,Arabella Kushner,have in common?They all study Chinese as a second language.
Although Chinese is known as one of the hardest languages to learn,a lot of people from different backgrounds① are studying it with hopes of big benefits.
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Nov 2 saw more than 120 people,representing② 105 countries,compete in the finals of the 12th “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition for foreign secondary school students.Held in Zhengzhou,Henan Province,the finals featured speech contests and talent shows.The contestants③ also visited the Shaolin Temple,Longmen Grottoes and other historical sites in Henan.
While reasons for learning Chinese varied among contestants,a common one was enthusiasm④ for the country’s rich culture and rapid development.
Raissa,17,from the Union of the Comoros,developed a strong emotional connection⑤ with China after her grandmother was cured by doctors of the Chinese medical team in Africa three years ago.This led her to learn Chinese at a local Confucius Institute.
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Fascinated⑥ by Chinese culture,the contestant has taken part in activities on traditional Chinese medicine and folk arts during her first trip to China.“My dream is to study medicine in China so that I could cure patients like the Chinese doctors did,” she said.?
For Fekete Marcell Zoltan,17,from the Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School,studying Chinese may secure him a future job as a Hungarian diplomat to China.“After graduation from high school,I would like to further my studies in China,” he said.
Now that a bridge has been established between the contestants and China,where will their journeys take them?
Robert Davis,director of the Chinese-language program in Chicago’s public school system,may give you a hint.“Chinese isn’t the new French.It’s the new English,” he told CGTN.
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