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素有“英国高考”之称的A-level考试8月16日正式放榜。今年报考外语科目的A-level考生中选考汉语的人数首次超过德语。 Chinese A-level has overtaken German for the first time, as it becomes the UK’s third most popular language. 在英国今年的A-level考试中，选考汉语的考生人数首次超过德语。汉语成为英国第三大热门语言。 This year 3,334 students took Chinese A-level, compared to 3,058 taking German. While entries for Chinese have increased by 8.6 percent since last year, German entries have declined by 16.5 percent. 今年有3334名学生报考了汉语A-level考试，德语有3058人。选考汉语的报名人数比去年增长了8.6%，而德语则减少了16.5%。 | 
