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More and more 【小题1】(ambition) parents in the world are signing their children up for Chinese classes. Keen for their children to succeed in life, they see 【小题2】 (be) fluent in a second or third language as an advantage. In the USA, twice as many primary and middle school students took Chinese in 2017, 【小题3】(compare) to 2015. In France, the number of students learning Chinese in the same age group 【小题4】 (increase) by 400% between 2007 and 2017. And an estimated 100 million foreigners are now learning Chinese, up from 30 million in 2004.

It is easy to understand 【小题5】 Chinese is becoming so popular. Learning Chinese may help people get more job opportunities. For example, there is China’s Belt and Road Initiative, 【小题6】 motivates many countries along the Silk Road to cooperate more closely. It has created thousands of local jobs for people with 【小题7】 knowledge of Chinese. Another reason is that studying Chinese provides access 【小题8】 the wonderful Chinese history and culture. Adam Turner, a school head teacher in the U.K., cites this as one appealing aspect of the 【小题9】 (recent) added Chinese course. “Learning Chinese can 【小题10】 (broad) the students’ minds to the outside world and help them see life from a new perspective,” he explains.