You havebeenworkinghardtolearnEnglish.DoyouknowAmericankidsaretryingtolearnChinese?Morethan60,000AmericanstudentsnowstudyChinese.      “BecauseofChina'sfastdevelopment,Chinesehasbecome

　　You havebeenworkinghardtolearnEnglish.DoyouknowAmericankidsaretryingtolearn

　　Chinese?Morethan60,000AmericanstudentsnowstudyChinese.

　　      “BecauseofChina'sfastdevelopment,Chinesehasbecomemoreuseful,andmoreandmore

　　Americansbegintolearnit,"saidScottMcGinnis,aWashingtonlanguageexpert(专家).

　　      Forexample,in1999,onlythreeschoolsinChicagohadChineselessons.Thisyearmorethan

　　30schoolstherehaveChineseduringschooldays.LastyearChinagavethem3,000textbooks

　　becausetheyhaddoneagoodjob.

　　      AlthoughChineseisbecomingmoreandmorepopular,itisoneofthemostdifficultlanguagesto

　　learn.Usually,anEnglishspeakertakesabout1,320hourstobecomegoodatChinese.Heneeds

　　only480hoursforFrench,SpanishorItalian.要人不要机器