Foreigners’ Learning Chinese

　　1. 目前汉语越来越受到全世界重视，学习汉语的外国人也越来越多;

　　2. 出现这种现象的原因;

　　3. 我的看法。

　　【范文】

Foreigners’ Learning Chinese

　　Learning Chinese is becoming more and more popular among foreigners. The number of people learning Chinese is still growing now and quite beyond our expectations.

　　People’s opinions about why so many people are crazy about learning Chinese vary on. Some say they just show interests in it. Some explain it is the will of their parents. Still others mean to gaining a well-paid job and promising career.

　　It is true that a language may serve as a job skill or a stepping stone to a better career. But I still belive that most foreigners are simply motivated by an interest in China’s 5,000-year-old culture. Only by knowing its mother tongue can they find the key to unlocking its philosophy. Most importantly, as China is playing a larger role in the world, many foreigners have seen China's potential and realized that they can benefit from learning Chinese.

　　【点评】

　　第一段提及学汉语越来越流行这一现象，第二段列举了出现这一现象的原因，最后一段说明自己对此事的看法及对其原因展开分析。

　　第一段中more and more popular 意为“越来越流行”，beyond our expectations意为“出乎我们的意料”;第二段中are crazy about意为“热衷于”，the will of their parents意为“父母的意愿”;第三段中a stepping stone意为“(事业的)垫脚石”， motivated意为“由……激发”，此处指大部分的外国人是对中国五千年的文化感兴趣，Most importantly意为“更重要的是”。