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DalianNo.48SeniorMiddleSchoolXiaoLingWhichEnglish?ChoosethebesttitleTheOriginofChineseWhatisChinese?VarietiesofChineseDoyouknowmoreaboutChinese?ThewritingsystemVarietiesofChineseThelanguagetodayChoosethetopicyou’reinterestedin,andtalkaboutitwithyourgroupmembers.ReadandcompletethepassageHiTony,I’mhappytohearthatyouwillcometoChinaandnowIwouldliketotellyousomethingaboutCantonese.Cantonese,alsoreferredtoasYueyu,isalanguagespokenthroughoutsouth-eastChina,________(尤其是香港、澳门和广东省).ThoughMandarinisthe_________(官方语言)inChina,__________(粤语是香港的两种官方语言之一),andoneofthefourinMacau.______MandarinandCantonesearetonallanguages,Mandarinonlyhasfourtones.Thevocabulary,grammar,andpronunciationofthetwolanguagesarequitedifferentaswell.Thislanguage_________(被认为是)oneofthemostdifficultlanguagesfornon-Asianstolearn._________(据说)ittakesanaverageofaround2,200hoursfornativeEnglishspeakerstobecomecompetentinit.________________(能讲普通话，日语或韩语的人)canoftenlearnitinashorteramountoftime.Hopetheabovecanhelpyou.Yours,LiHuaWriteashortparagraph未来的世界语言——汉语汉语是世界上的主要语言之一，大约有10亿的人说汉语。主要有八种汉语，通常被称为方言，这些方言在发音上各不相同。解放后许多汉语文字被简化了，而且在公共场合要求必须说标准的汉语，即人们所熟知的普通话。现在，尽管人们说的汉语带有不同的口音，但是人们之间交流起来没有任何困难。随着中国文化的传播，越来越多的外国人在学汉语。也许将来中文将成为首选的官方语言。FactsaboutChineseChinesehasmorenativespeakersthananyotherlanguages.Chinesehasnotenses,nocases,nogendersandsimplegrammar.ChineseisoneofthesixofficiallanguagesusedbytheUnitedNations.Chineseisthefuture.I’mproudofbeingaChinese.HomeworkLevelA:Finishthecompositionafterclass.LevelB:Modifythecompositionafterclass.