美国人搬到中国学汉语
<p> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="families">families</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="uprooting">uprooting</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="entire">entire</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="relocating">relocating</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="families">families</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="leg">leg</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="learning">learning</span> <span word="Mandarin">Mandarin</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="influence">influence</span> <span word="continues">continues</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="grow">grow</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Wall">Wall</span> <span word="Street">Street</span> <span word="Journal">Journal</span>.</p><p> <span word="High">High</span>-<span word="powered">powered</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="couples">couples</span> <span word="reportedly">reportedly</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="enroll">enroll</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="elementary">elementary</span> <span word="schools">schools</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="teach">teach</span> <span word="Mandarin">Mandarin</span>. <span word="Instruction">Instruction</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="completed">completed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="schools">schools</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="families">families</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>.</p><p> <span word="And">And</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="aren">aren</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="moving">moving</span> <span word="there">there</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="choosing">choosing</span> <span word="Mandarin">Mandarin</span> <span word="submersion">submersion</span> <span word="programs">programs</span>, <span word="hiring">hiring</span> <span word="tutors">tutors</span>, <span word="using">using</span> <span word="Skype">Skype</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="talk">talk</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="teachers">teachers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="hiring">hiring</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span>-<span word="speaking">speaking</span> <span word="nannies">nannies</span>.</p><p> <span word="Sources">Sources</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="WSJ">WSJ</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="prospective">prospective</span> <span word="employees">employees</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="speak">speak</span> <span word="Mandarin">Mandarin</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="leg">leg</span>-<span word="up">up</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="job">job</span> <span word="market">market</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="doting">doting</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="everything">everything</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="edge">edge</span>.</p><p> <span word="Learning">Learning</span> <span word="Mandarin">Mandarin</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="hardly">hardly</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="easy">easy</span> <span word="task">task</span>. <span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tonal">tonal</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="there">there</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="no">no</span> "<span word="right">right</span>" <span word="way">way</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="learn">learn</span> <span word="it">it</span>.</p><p> <span word="To">To</span> <span word="earn">earn</span> <span word="certification">certification</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Mandarin">Mandarin</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> 2,200 <span word="class">class</span> <span word="hours">hours</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Mandarin">Mandarin</span>-<span word="speaking">speaking</span> <span word="country">country</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="comparison">comparison</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="sake">sake</span>, <span word="Spanish">Spanish</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="learned">learned</span> <span word="in">in</span> 600 <span word="to">to</span> 750 <span word="class">class</span> <span word="hours">hours</span>.</p><p> <span word="Ironically">Ironically</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="huge">huge</span> <span word="emphasis">emphasis</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="placed">placed</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="education">education</span>, 85 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="household">household</span> <span word="income">income</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> $950,000 <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="planned">planned</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="sending">sending</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="abroad">abroad</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="study">study</span>.</p>
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