The national college entrance exam in Russia, Unified State Exam, will include Chinese as elective foreign language starting from 2019. Chinese will become the fifth elective test item for the Unified State Exam (follow) English, German, French and Spanish.
The number of Chinese learners in Russia (grow) quickly in the past decade, according to a survey (conduct) by a linguistic research center in Russia.
Approaches to learning Chinese vary from person to person, more and more people choosing university courses in Russia.
The three-hour-long Chinese test will quiz students on (they) listening, reading, and writing abilities and a fourth section will examine students on grammar, vocabulary and Chinese (character). Some parts in the exam are even a little bit difficult for native Chinese speakers.
According to the Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban) 7 as of 2017, some 100 million people, excluding native speakers, use Chinese (global).
The United Nations (UN)in 2010 suggested a Chinese Language Day falls on April 20 each year (celebrate)cultural diversity as well as to promote the equal use of all official languages.
How can my son be a year old already?
My son turned one last week. The day marked the end of has been both the longest and shortest year of my life. I haven't slept for a year and I don't really know how time works any more. From the instant he was born, it's felt my son has always been part of this family.
How is he one already? First he was born, and was a sleepy ball of flesh then, and now in his place is a little boy who walk and has teeth and knows how to switch off the television at precisely the most important moment of anything I ever try to watch. It's not exactly (extraordinary) development in all of human history — child gradually gets older — but it's the first time I (see) it close up. It's honestly quite hard to grasp. Even photos of him (take) last week seem like a different boy. He's leaving milestone after milestone in his tiny parts of me along with them.
He'll never again be the tiny baby who lay in my arm, (suck) on my little finger in the middle of the night while his mum slept, will he be the baby amazed by the taste of solid food. Soon enough he'll stop being the baby who rests his head on my shoulder whenever he gets tired, or laughs uncontrollably whenever I say the word 'teeth' for reasons, I don't think I'll ever work out.
But I've had a year of this and it's ok. He's never going to stop changing, and I don't want him to. This sadness, this constant sense of loss, of time slipping just your grasp, is an important part of this process. He won't realise this, of course. He's got years of unbroken progress ahead of him, where everything will always be new. Years of his life will pass in a moment and he won't be able to understand where they've gone.
But it's ok. You can't freeze time. You just have to make the most of what you have.
Hotel guests in China might no (long) have to worry about waiting in line to check in. At the Alibaba's futuristic hotels, guests can scan their IDs, take a photo and input personal details using a machine to check (they) in. The smart equipment will then provide a room key card after the information (check). The process will take less than a minute, according to company. Targeting only Chinese customers for now, the new service will be (gradual) expanded globally. The rapid growth of mobile usage and mobile payment adoption can show convenient people's life, is becoming in China.
Alibaba isn't the only company introduces high-tech hotels. Smart LYZ, a Shenzhen-based company which focused developing AI technology and smart hotels, opened the first ever fully automated (自动化) hotel in Chengdu, Sichuan, back in January. (travel) can book a room through Smart LYZ's WeChat website, check in through a facial recognition machine, unlock the door with a (give) passcode or through its mobile app and finally, check out by pressing a button on the app. The AI Smart Room will undoubtedly be extremely attractive for guests, (create) the way for a new level of modernization and consumers' satisfaction.
Louis Cha (Chinese: Cha Leung Yung; 10 March 1924 - 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong, was a Chinese wuxia novelist and essayist, co-founded the Hong Kong daily newspaper Ming Bao in 1959 and served as first editor-in-chief. He (be) Hong Kong's most famous writer.
His wuxia novels have a widespread following in Chinese communities worldwide. His 15 works (write) between 1955 and 1972 earned him a reputation as one of the greatest and most popular wuxia writers ever. By the time of his death he was the best-selling Chinese author, and over 100 million (copy) of his works have been sold worldwide. According to The Oxford Guide to Contemporary World Literature, Jin Yong's Novels are (high) evaluated and are able to appeal to both highbrow and lowbrow tastes. His works have the unusual ability (go) beyond geographical and ideological barriers separating Chinese communities of the world, achieving (great) success than any other contemporary writer.
His works (translate) into many languages including English, French, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Burmese, Malay and Indonesian. There are many fans outside of Chinese-speaking areas, as a result of the numerous adaptations of his works into films, television series, comics and video games.
The asteroid (小行星) 10930 Jinyong (1998 CR2) is named him.
Jin Yong is named along with Gu Long and Liang Yusheng as the "Three Legs of the Tripod of Wuxia”.
With the(invent) of personal computers, the Internet and cell phones, people now have more immediate access to others and informationany time in history. Losing that access can lead to "disconnect anxiety'',is a psychological term used to describe the(anxiety) feelings that people experience when they are unable(use) their cell phones or cannot log on to the Internet. Some people(affect) by disconnect anxiety may start to feel upset whencannot reach their friends online. Others get really worried when they are not able to respond to emergencies, and this makes them feel (help). Still others are so dependent on their cell phones that they are frightened of missing any phone calls. Cell phones and the Internet (become) the most important technological tools to these people, who cannot afford to livethese things.
