Learning Chinese has been like climbing a
steep(陡峭的)mountain.
My mother was born in Tokyo,while my father
moved from Shanghai to Hong Kong when he was seven years old. At home we speak
English. I know some basic Chinese customs :to use chosticks gracefully (得体地)and what to say on Spring
Festival to get a red envelope. But I never truly learned to speak Chinese.
Why should I need to learn the language
,anyway? I live in America where everyone speaks English.
I realized I was wrong in ninth grade when
I arrived at Philips Academy,a famous boarding school in Massachusetts.The
school encourages a global outlook(视野). There I decided to welcome the opportunity to learn Chinese. I
met other American-born Chinese and together we spoke Ching-lish outside of the
classroom.
I searched for ways to access Chinese
culture through dramas such as Meteor Garden (《流星花园》)and music by singers such as S.H.E,Wilbur
Pan and Jasmine Leung(梁静茹). Listening to Chinese music is where I found my favorite singer in
the whole world:Jay Chou. Even if I cannot understand what he is crooning(哼唱), I do feel more Chinese
whenever I listen to his music.
Last summer I spent five weeks in
China,four of which were taking a language course at a Beijing high school. I
was proud when I could understand the dialogue in Intitial D(《头文字D》) and when I could easily
translate Fairy Tale sung by Kong Leung(光良).
Learning Chinese has been a rocky trek(艰苦跋涉), and I know it will
continue to be that way before I arrive at a relative plateau(高地) of fluency(流利).I hope that one day I will
be able to work and maybe even live in China as a true Chinese.
1.The author wrote the text mainly to___.
A.share her experience of learning Chinese
B.tell us why she is interested in learning
Chinese
C.show off(炫耀) the progress she made in learning Chinese
D.give advice on how to learn Chinese
2.The author's attitude to learning Chinese changed
because___.
A.she found Chinese was interesting to
learn
B.she wanted to take a course to pass
easily
C.she realized she should have an open mind
to the outside world
D. she made friends with some
American___born Chinese at the school she studied
3.The author tried all of the following to learn
Chinese EXCEPT___.
A.listening to Chinese music
B.practicing speaking Chinese with her
parents
C.enjoying Chinese dramas
D.taking a Chinese course in China
4.We can learn from the text that___.
A.S.H.E.is the author's favorite singer[来源:Zxxk.Com]
B.dialogues in Meteor Garden are easy to
guess
C.the author enjoys learning Chinese though
it is difficult
D.the author can speak fluent Chinese now