汉语在俄罗斯有多火? Chinese language use growing in Russia

Chinese language use(使用) is seeing growth(增长) in Russia with airports(机场) displaying flight information(信息) in Chinese and it also being included in the teaching syllabus(教学大纲) for intermediate education(中等教育), Youth.cn reported on November 15, 2017.

Russia added Chinese language courses(课程) to the teaching syllabus for intermediate compulsory education at grade five and above for the first time earlier this month, and plans to develop(发展) a unified national examination(全国统一考试) of Mandarin Chinese.

According to the preliminary plan, year eleven graduates with a basic level of Chinese should be to speak(说) in both formal and informal situations, read(读) different genres of text, write(写) personal letters and fill in forms(填写表格).
 
A local tour guide told reporters that Chinese signs were added at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow this year, assisting both Chinese passengers and local staff, and allowing passenger movement(行动) to speed up significantly.

According to a staff member at the airport, a Chinese language phone app(中文版的手机应用程序) for the airport will be released(发布) and more Chinese restaurants(中餐厅) will be added to the airport in the future.

The increased use of Chinese in Russia shows the influence(影响) of China and the deeper relationship(关系) between the two countries.

Russian college student Olga said that Russian youth(年轻人) attach great importance to the development of China and the mutual relationship. She said that more students have signed up(加入) for Chinese language courses to benefit from the opportunities provided by the Belt and Road initiative.

词汇 Words:

[shǐ yòng] 使用 use
[fā zhǎn] 发展 develop
[jiā rù] 加入 sign up
[shuō] 说 speak
[dú] 读 read
[xiě] 写 write
[zēng zhǎng] 增长 growth
[xìn xī] 信息 information
[kè chéng] 课程 course
[xíng dòng] 行动 movement
[yǐng xiǎng] 影响 influence
[guān xì] 关系 relationship

重点词汇 Key word:

使

    <动词 v.> make; cause; enable
    E.g. Zhè zhǐ huì shǐ shìqíng gèng zāo。
    这只会使事情更糟。
    This will only make things worse.

    <动词 v.> use; employ; apply
    E.g. Zhè zhī bǐ hěn hǎoshǐ。
    这支笔很好使。
    This pen writes well.

    <名词 n.> envoy; messenger
    E.g. Shǐguǎn bǎoān rényuán bù yǔnxǔ tāmen jìnrù。
    使馆保安人员不允许他们进入。
    Embassy security personnel refused to admit them.