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课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
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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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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.
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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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