Why More and More People Learn Chinese 为什么越来越多人学习汉语

In China, students have to learn English since they went to school. Some parents even hire a tutor to let their children master English when they are very small. In western countries, a lot of people learn mandarin just as we learn English. They want to master Chinese, because China is the future market. Look back on the past decades, Chinese economy developed so fast that the foreign media were shocked. They predicted that Chinese economy would be N0.1 in the coming year. To learn Chinese well is to seize the chance, so more and more foreign parents send their children to learn Chinese. Some even can speak as well as a local people.
在中国，自从学生开始上学后就必须学习英语，有些父母甚至在孩子很小的时候就雇家教让孩子掌握英语。在西方国家，很多人学习中文就像我们学习英语那样。他们想掌握汉语，因为中国是未来的市场。回顾过去的几十年中，中国经济发展得非常之快，外国媒体都为之震撼。他们预测，未来中国经济发展将会排在第一位。学好中文等于抓住机会，所以越来越多的外国父母送他们的孩子去学习中文，有些人甚至说得像当地人一样溜。