汉语学习热 Chinese Learning Heat

On TV programs, we can see many foreigners can speak Chinese fluently and sing songs well. Or, walking on the street, we may see a foreigner talking with friends in fluent Chinese. And a lot of Confucius Institutes has been built arond the globe. Indeed, Chinese is more popular around the world than before, and the population speaking Chinese is on the rise. Some people argue that this phenomenon is good for the development of the language and the communication between countries, while others doubt it. As for me, I prefer to the former.

在电视节目上，我们可以看到很多外国人可以流利说中文和唱中文歌。或者，走在大街上我们可能会看到一个外国人用流利的中文和朋友交谈。很多孔子学院在全球范围内建立起来。事实上，汉语在全世界比以前更受欢迎了，说汉语的人口数量正在上升。有的人认为，这一现象对语言的发展以及国与国时间的交流是有好处的，而其他人则对此表示怀疑。在我看来，我更赞同前者的观点。

With the Chinese-speaking population becoming larger and larger, Chinese is endowed with greater vitality, which is of great importance to the survival and development of a language. With constant change of time, more new words and phrase from other languages are added to Chinese, which greatly enriches Chinese. What's more, the wide use of Chinese can introduce real Chinese culture to the world so that people from other nations can gain a better and further understanding of China. Since language and culture are closely related, it's impossible to learn a language without learning its culture. Once knowing a nation's culture, the understanding of that nation would be deeper and the barriers would be eliminated gradually.

随着说汉语的人口数量越来越多，汉语被赋予了更大的生命力，这对一门语言的生存和发展很重要。随着时代的迅速改变，越来越多其他语言的词和词组加入到汉语中，这将大大丰富汉语。另外，汉语的广泛使用能够向世界介绍中国的真正文化，这样来自其他国家的人们就能对中国有更好更深的了解。由于语言和文化是密切联系的，我们不可能不学习文化就能学习一门语言。一旦了解一个国家的文化，对那个国家的了解就会更深，就能够逐渐消除障碍。

From the discussions above, with the progressing of globalization, Chinese has been widely recognized and learned. It's a good way to broadcast our nation's culture. However, in view of this situation, we can not be to optimistic, because with the deepening of communication, something bad can be brought to our language, too. Therefore, we should be cautious to thisphenomenon.

从以上的讨论我们可以看出，随这全球化的进步，汉语已经被广泛认识和学习。这是传播我国文化的一种好方法。但是，鉴于这一情况，我们不能过于乐观，因为随着交流的深入，一些不好的东西也可以被带到我们的语言。因此，我们应该对这一现象保持谨慎。