在美国中部爱荷华大学留学的廖建玲小姐,每年暑期都要到东部佛蒙特州的一所外语学院去实习,她的工作是教三十个金发碧眼的美国人学汉语。她感叹说,这几年中文在美国真正热起来了。 廖小姐所言不虚,中文热潮正在美国悄然涌动。有关方面统计,目前美国国内学中文的人数在所有外文语种中增幅是最快的。 据统计,美国目前有七百多所高校和 Miss Liao Jianling, who studies at the University of Central Iowa in the United States, goes to work as a trainee at a foreign language institute in Vermont each year during the summer. Her job is to teach thirty blonde Americans to learn Chinese. She lamented that in recent years Chinese has really gotten hot in the United States. Miss Liao said nothing, the Chinese boom is quietly surging in the United States. Relevant statistics show that at present, the number of people learning Chinese in the United States is the fastest in all foreign languages. According to statistics, there are currently over 700 universities and colleges in the United States