投资未来：美中语言交流的重要性
<p>美国国务院为我提供了大约2.5万美元学习汉语。作为高中<span word="NSLI">NSLI</span>-<span word="Y">Y</span>奖学金和大学“重要语言奖学金”获得者，我在中国同寄宿家庭一起生活了两个夏天，每天学习九小时汉语。读本科时，我花了大约2000小时的课堂时间坚持学习汉语。说实话，我在我的汉语能力上还是小有投入的。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="State">State</span> <span word="Department">Department</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="invested">invested</span> <span word="some">some</span> $25,000 <span word="in">in</span> <span word="enabling">enabling</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="Mandarin">Mandarin</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="recipient">recipient</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="NSLI">NSLI</span>-<span word="Y">Y</span> <span word="scholarship">scholarship</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="school">school</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Critical">Critical</span> <span word="Language">Language</span> <span word="Scholarship">Scholarship</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="college">college</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="summers">summers</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="host">host</span> <span word="families">families</span>, <span word="studying">studying</span> <span word="Mandarin">Mandarin</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="nine">nine</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="day">day</span>. <span word="Tack">Tack</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="approximately">approximately</span> 2,000 <span word="classroom">classroom</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="learning">learning</span> <span word="Mandarin">Mandarin</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="undergraduate">undergraduate</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="seems">seems</span> <span word="fair">fair</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="fortune">fortune</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="resources">resources</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="invested">invested</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="Mandarin">Mandarin</span> <span word="ability">ability</span>.</p>
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