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1、1.中文是世界上最古老的文字之一。传说中的仓颉造字让中国人有了共同的根。从甲骨文到简体汉字，中文伴随着中华民族绵延至今。中文铸造类中华民族的精神品格。比如说，中文书写各笔每画都要伸缩有度，相互映衬，取长补短，以使整个字浑然一体。这体现了中国人谦让包容、合作共赢的处事风格。 中文富有哲理，很多字由意生字，寓意丰富。中文的“信”字由“人”和“言”组成，意思就是“人要言而有信”。这是中国人的做人原则，也是中国与世界各国的相处之道。中文的优美、简练举世公认。中文是从象形字演变而来，逐步发展成一种可以欣赏的书写艺术。这是世界上是独特的。 Chine
2、selanguageisoneofthemosttime-honoredlanguagesintheworld.LegendhasitthatCangJiecreatedtheChinesecharacters,whichformedthecommonrootforChinesepeople.Chinese,fromtheinscriptionsonbonesortortoiseshellsintheearliesttimestothesimplifiedcharactersinthepresent,hasbeenthethreadalong
3、theprogressofChinesenation.IthasforgedthecommonspiritoftheChinesenation.Forexample,Chinesecalligraphyrequireseverystroketobeflexibleandcomplementarytoeachothersothatincombinationthesestrokesformtheharmoniouswhole.ItisavividsymbolofChinesepeople’smodestyandinclusiveness,coop
4、erativeandwin-winmindset. Chineseisaphilosophicallanguage,withmanycharactersentailingprofoundmeaningbasedontheiringredientsofsignificance.Forinstance,“integrity”(信)inChineseiscomposedoftwoparts:person(人)andword(言),signifyingthatapersonshouldbeasgoodashisword.Itisthebasicpr
5、incipleforChinesepeopletoconductthemselvesandforChinatocoexistwithothernationsintheworld.Chineselanguageenjoysworldwiderenownofeleganceandconciseness.Itdevelopsfrompictographtothecalligraphicartforgeneralappreciation,whichisquiteuniqueintheworld.2.Speakingtwolanguagesrather
6、thanjustonehasobviouspracticalbenefitsinanincreasinglyglobalizedworld.Butinrecentyears,scientistshavebeguntoshowthattheadvantagesofbilingualismareevenmorefundamentalthanbeingabletoconversewithawiderrangeofpeople.Beingbilingual,itturnsout,makesyousmarter.Itcanhaveaprofoundef
7、fectonyourbrain,improvingotherskillsnotrelatedtolanguage. Thisviewofbilingualismisremarkablydifferentfromtheunderstandingofbilingualismthroughmuchofthe20thcentury.Researchers,educatorsandpolicymakerslongconsideredasecondlanguagetobeaninterferencethathinderedachild’sacademi
8、candintellectualdevelopment. Butthisinterference,researchersarefindingout,isn’tso
