Name: 第三部分--學習中文的重要性 (Part 3- The Importance of Learning Chinese)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T05:06:34.000Z
Duration: 8 min 39 s

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In the previous presentations we discussed in detail how

在前面三個影片中，我們已詳細討論

Chinese characters work as a pictographic writing system,

動名詞

and analyzed the traditional method of teaching Chinese characters

也分析了傳統的中文教學方法，

and proposed a solution to the typical problems that arise

並針對外國人學中文遇到的困難

when a foreign student studies Chinese characters.

to speak directly to the people we expect will be watching these videos,

我們要直接的向那些正在 觀看這個影片的人說話，

commend you for being interested in Chinese

and offer some encouragement to stick with it.

First of all, the fact that you're watching these videos

means you're considering learning or improving your Chinese.

表示你正在考慮學習或加強你的中文能力。

There are over one billion people in the world

making it the most popular first language.

所以中文是最多人使用的母語。

Chinese is the 2nd most common language on the Internet.

中文是網路上第二常用的語言。

Similiar to how English is a required course

就像英文是許多非英語系國家學生

around the world for many non-native speakers in school,

China is pushing for the same to become true of Chinese.

中國正在推動類似的中文潮流。

In 2005, over 30 million people all around the world were learning

Chinese as a foreign language or second language

根據大陸漢語國際推廣領導小組辦公室，

National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

全球學中文為外國語言或第二語言

That number was forecast to have increased

Chinese shows the highest increase in enrollment in colleges and universities.

中文課的選修率是大專院校內最高的。

So it's great that you are also aware of this trend and are interested

in preparing yourself along with the rest of the world.

並已準備好跟這個世界一起進步了， 太棒了！

or still contemplating whether or not to learn Chinese,

have you considered what the benefits would be?

To state it briefly, "Business is booming!"

簡單來說， "中國正在蓬勃發展！"

China is the second largest economy in the world.

It has a growth rate averaging 10% per year,

making it the fastest growing economy in the world.

成為世界經濟成長最快速的國家。

It's the biggest global market in the 21st century.

If you can speak, read, and write Chinese,

an entirely new level of work opportunities will open up to you

不同層次及領域的工作機會就會找上你，

in various fields such as government, international relations, investment,

這些領域包括政府機關、 國際關係、投資業、

manufacturing, business, tourism, translation, and education.

製造業、商業、旅遊業、 翻譯及教育。

in an increasingly competitive business world if you are

而不是個需依賴翻譯的外國人，

你在越來越競爭的工作環境中將

of a foreigner dependent upon a translator.

Or perhaps you're simply interested in Chinese culture

and would like the opportunity to travel and perhaps live overseas.

想要嘗試到亞洲旅遊或住在那裡，

Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, and Singapore are all exciting cities.

香港、上海、北京、台北和新加坡 都是很有趣的城市。

在你決定學中文是否值得的時候，

take into consideration when deciding if studying Chinese is "worth it":

Chinese is surprisingly easier to learn than a lot of other languages.

中文其實比其他語言好學很多，

1. There are no tenses or verbs to conjugate

3. There are no masculine/ feminine conjugations

why do people always say Chinese is one of the hardest languages to learn?

為什麼人們總是說中文是 最難學的語言之一呢？

the difficult aspects of Chinese are its writing system and spoken tones.

困難的部分是書寫系統跟聲調！

These are the two biggest stumbling blocks

這兩項是學中文最大的絆腳石，

and greatest causes of frustration for Chinese learners...

也是最容易讓人有挫折感的部分，

but removing that frustration is our speciality at the ABCs of Chinese.

但ABCs of Chinese的專門就是移除這兩個困難。

Are you already living overseas in Asia for work or travel?

你目前為了工作或旅行住在亞洲嗎？

You can probably speak a fair bit of Chinese,

but you've been putting off learning how to read and write Chinese

所以你一直拖延而不學，對吧？

In addition, you might think it's too much of an undertaking

而且，既然你沒打算待那麼久，

since you're not planning to be in Asia for "that" long.

since you're not planning 學讀跟寫中文似乎是個很沉重的承諾。

這些情況是否聽起來很熟悉呢？

You can't order your own food in restaurants

You rely on already knowing how to say what you want to order,

你只能靠著說出已經知道的菜名，

pointing to the item, or having others order it for you.

手指著圖片， 或依賴別人幫忙來點餐。

You're looking down a packed city street trying to find a shoe store,

你看著擁擠的街道想找一間鞋店，

but you can't read any of the big shop signs.

但是你看不懂招牌上任何的字。

to physically be standing right in front of the store so you can see

看著店裡的鞋子，才知道那是鞋店。

You are "functionally illiterate" ...and it's frustrating,

你等於是"功能性文盲"， 很挫折吧，

but you've gotten used to this and simply have to factor it into your life.

但是你已經習慣了也把 這個當做生活的一部分了。

We've been in your situation, so believe us when we say

you will significantly improve the quality of your life

by mastering your tones and learning Chinese characters.

you don't need to dedicate 4 years of your life to taking Chinese classes.

你不用犧牲四年的時間上中文課。

If you take the right approach, you can have perfect tones

如果選擇適合的學習 方法，你的聲調會

in a month, and you can easily learn all 400 of the building blocks

在一個月後變得完美， 也很容易就可以

在70個小時內學完400個中文部件。

When you do that, all of the signs and posters that you've gotten used

在學習期間，你會發覺那些你已習慣忽略

to completely ignoring will suddenly start to jump off the wall at you.

的招牌跟海報突然間從牆上朝你跳出來。

like a blind person suddenly being able to see.

像是一個盲人突然間看得到了。

Your world will become so much bigger when you understand

the sign in your elevator that says the water in your building