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You work hard t o learn English. Do you know American kids are 小题1: to learn Chinese? About 50,000 American students now study Chinese. “Because of China’s fast growth, Chinese is more 小题2: than the other languages,” said Scott McGinnis, a Washington language expert.(专家)
For example, in 1999, only three Chicago schools had Chinese classes. This year more than 20 do. In many US cities, students take Chinese lessons at school or at weekends. But Chicago schools teach Chinese 小题3: the regular day. Last year China gave them 3000 textbooks because they had 小题4: a good job.
Although Chinese classes are becoming popular, it is one of the most difficult languages. It takes an English 小题5: about 1320 hours to become good at Chinese, but he needs only 480 hours for French, Spanish or Italian.