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讲课人;Lessons to be learnt;背景 知识;善舞红袖传飞鸿;Because the language doesnt have the common sense to use an alphabet.;Then theres classical Chinese (wen yan wen);Because tonal languages are weird;Because east is east and west is west, and the twain have only recently met.;课文大意;This article mainly tells the experience of learning Chinese for foreigners. ;At the beginning, the author draws the importance of learning Chinese through the perspective of economic trade.;Learning thousands of characters is a chore. Even using a dictionary has it`s own set of problems. If you want to know the means of a word you have to spend some time to know the radical of the word. ;A character can have different meanings according to the tone used to pronounce.And it`s easy to get hopelessly wrong.;The great Olympic champion swimmer Micheal Phelps said It`s easier to win eight gold medals at the Olympic Games than it is to learn Chinese. It`s no exaggeration.He is right. ;单词短语;thought-provoking [θ?t] [pr?vo?k??] a. interesting in a way that makes you think of new ideas or that changes your attitude to sth. 发人深思的；引起思考的 e.g. 1. Filling out?the application?was a?long?thought-provoking?process.? 填写申请书是个时间长、费脑筋的过程。 2. He?has produced a?well written and?thought-provoking?book. 他创作出了一本文笔优美、发人深思的书。 Word family: provoke v. cause a reaction or feeling, especially a sudden one 激起，引起 e.g. The Presidents speech provoked much discussion. 总统的演说引发了许多议论。 ;Word formation: - provoking: tending to cause sth. to happen 容易引发某事的 e.g. 1. a criticism-provoking proposal 一个容易招致批评的提议 ? 2. a debate-provoking novel 一本引发争论的小说 ?;isolated 【?a?s??let?d】 a. 1) happening only once, or existing only in one place 个别的；孤立的 e. g. This is not an isolated incident. 2) feeling alone and unhappy, with no friends to support you 孤单的，孤独的 e. g. Young mothers often feel isolated. 年轻的母亲总是感到孤立无援。 3) an isolated building, vill