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课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
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The Chinese language is one of the 1 (old) written language in the world. It 2 (speak) by the Han majority and many other ethnic groups in China. Nearly 1.3 billion people speak some form of Chinese as their first language.
The varieties of Chinese are 3 (usual) described by native speakers as dialects of a single Chinese language, but linguists (语言学家) note that they are as diverse as a language family. There are between 7 and 13 main regional groups of Chinese, of 4 the most spoken by far is Mandarin (普通话), 5 (follow) by Wu, Min, Yue, etc. Standard Chinese is a standardized form of spoken Chinese based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin. It is 6 official language of China, and also one of the six official 7 (language) of the United Nations.
Though many Chinese dialects exist, the written language is still a very common form of communication. If we go to 8 (difference) provinces, we may not be able 9 (communicate) with the local people verbally (口头地), but we can understand each other in writing. And the written language can be further divided 10 different forms, like simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese. There is also a form called “pinyin”, which is the Chinese language with a roman spelling.
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答案:1.oldest 2.is spoken 3.usually 4.which
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Chinese is a very old language, and it is the crystallization of the splendid culture which has developed continuously for over 5,000 years.
汉语是一门很古老的语言,它是五千多年持续发展的灿烂文化的结晶。
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