备战2021年高考英语·爱尚阅读
专题12 语言与学习
【美文阅读1】
导读:随着中国在世界经济舞台的强势崛起,"中国热"也持续升温。越来越多的西方人开始迷上了古老神秘的中国文化。孔子学院以前所未有的模式,敲开了文化传播的世界之门。
Confucius Institutes
①If Confucius were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. He’d need a fan or a strong wind to help him ②put them out.
While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It’s nothing personal. Most Americans don’t even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes.
But this doesn’t mean that Americans don’t ③care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.
In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has ④set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art, history and philosophy. ⑤Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantages of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Westerners philosophy. Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers.
So the old thinker’s ideas are still alive and well.
Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.
⑥As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.
孔子学院
如果孔子仍在人世,并且能在9月28日买个生日蛋糕来庆祝,那么蛋糕上可需要很多很多的蜡烛。他得需要一台风扇或者一阵大风才能把蜡烛熄灭。
虽然在这个特别的日子,很多中国人会纪念孔子,在美国却没有几个人能想起他。这事无关个人。大多数美国人甚至不记得自己的国家英雄的生日。
但是,这并不意味着美国人不喜
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