As we know, many people are learning English in the world now. However, do you know a lot of American kids are trying to learn Mandarin (普通话)?
Why do people like learning Chinese? With the rapid development of China, Chinese is becoming more useful than other languages. For example, in 1999, three Chicago schools had Chinese classes.
In many American cities, students are learning Chinese lessons after school or on weekends but Chicago schools teach Chinese during the weekdays. Because these schools had done a good job, more than 5, 000 textbooks had been given to them by China.
Though Chinese classes are becoming popular, it is one of the most difficult languages to learn.
But an English speaker needs only 480 hours for French, Spanish or Italian.
A. Chinese is spoken by most people.
B. Nowadays more than 30 schools do.
C. Chinese is becoming more and more popular.
D. About 60, 000 American students study Chinese now.
E. At the same time some schools set up Chinese clubs.
F. So more and more foreigners like learning Chinese.
G. An English speaker takes about 1, 320 hours to become good at Chinese.
