Unit1LanguageinmissionNothavingheardsomethingisnotasgoodashavingheardit;havinghearditisnotasgoodashavingseenit;havingseenitisnotasgoodasknowingit;knowingitisnotasgoodasputtingitintopractice.—Xunzi不闻不若闻之，闻之不若见之，见之不若知之，知之不若行之。——《荀子》读写教程2

SectionCStoriesofChina新视野大学英语（第四版）读写教程21.WhydomoreandmorepeoplestarttolearnChinese?2.Whatarethemainchallengesforforeignlearners?3.WhatmakeslearningChinesecharactersahugelanguagebarrierforforeigners?4.WhyareChinesequantifiersconfusingtoforeigners?5.Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardslearningChineseinspiteofallthesechallenges?Readthepassageanddiscussthefollowingquestions.Activity1

SectionCStoriesofChina新视野大学英语（第四版）读写教程21.WhydomoreandmorepeoplestarttolearnChinese?Becausewiththerapidtransformationofitssocietyandthecontinuousdelvelopmentofitseconomy,ChinahasattractedmanypeoplefromabroadtoworkandstudyinChina.v

SectionCStoriesofChina新视野大学英语（第四版）读写教程22.Whatarethemainchallengesforforeignlearners?Themainchallengesincludetones,thewritingsystemandvocabulary.

SectionCStoriesofChina新视野大学英语（第四版）读写教程23.WhatmakeslearningChinesecharactersahugelanguagebarrierforforeigners?TolearnChinesecharacters,learnersshouldnotonlyremembertherelationshipbetweenformandmeaningbutalsotherelationshipbetweensoundandmeaning.

SectionCStoriesofChina新视野大学英语（第四版）读写教程24.WhyareChinesequantifiersconfusingtoforeigners?BecausethereisarichcategoryofquantifiersintheChineselanguage.

SectionCStoriesofChina新视野大学英语（第四版）读写教程25.Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardslearningChineseinspiteofallthesechallenges?Itisalwaysfuntolearnthelanguagebecauseofitslonghistoryanduniqueideographicmeaning.

SectionCStoriesofChina新视野大学英语（第四版）读写教程2Makeupadialogueaboutthechallengesforthelearnersof