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Now more than 40 million foreigners around the world are learning Chinese, according to a report. The relationship between China and the United States is becoming more (71) . It has really (72) the growth of Chinese language learning in the US.
I am Chris from the US. I am one of the many people learning (73) . I am studying at a Confucius Institute in New York. There are 10 (74) in our class. Some are over 30 years old. Some are middle school students. Our Chinese teacher comes from Beijing. He often tells us some (75) things in China.
I think Chinese is (76) to learn. The biggest challenge for American learners is writing. Chinese is (77) different from any other language in the world.
It will (78) me a lot of time to learn enough Chinese characters(汉字). But I think there are many advantages of spending time (79) the language. One big advantage is that it makes me see things from a different point of view, (80) Chinese is such a different language from English.
I think for American students the most important advantage is that learning a different language can open up our mind. And we can learn about Chinese culture, too.
71. friendly 72. influenced 73. Chinese 74. students 75. interesting
76. difficult 77. completely 78. take 79. on 80. because