今年,欧洲第一家私立中英双语学校——肯辛顿韦德(KensingtonWade)在伦敦开学。
第一批学生是15名3~4岁的小孩,其中有些小孩的父母都是中国人,也有些小孩的父母是其他国家的人。
这些家庭的共同点都是喜爱中国文化。
学校现在只有两间教室。
一间是英文教室,另一间是中文课教室。
中文教室有很多中国元素,并且没有一个英文单词。
学生每天的课程安排都会在中英文之间转换。
孩子们还会学习很多中国文化,例如自己做灯笼等等,而且,每到中国的节日,家长也会被邀请到学校,和孩子们一起庆祝。
在美国,这样的中英双语小学已经有两百多家了。
校长说:”当学生们在这里学习八年之后,可以讲一口流利的中文,这是我们的目标。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 欧洲 | Ōu zhōu | Europe |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 家 | jiā | classifier for families or businesses |
| 私立 | sī lì | privately-run; private (school, hospital etc) |
| 中英 | Zhōng Yīng | Sino-British / Chinese-English |
| 双 | shuāng | two / double / both / even (number) |
| 语 | yǔ | dialect / language / speech |
| 学校 | xué xiào | school |
| 肯辛顿 | Kěn xīn dùn | Kensington, a place name in London. |
| 韦德 | Wéi dé | Wade (name) / Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), sinologist] |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 伦敦 | Lún dūn | London, capital of United Kingdom |
| 开学 | kāi xué | (of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin |
| 批 | pī | classifier for batches, lots, military flights |
| 学生 | xué shēng | student / schoolchild |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 名 | míng | classifier for people |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 小孩 | xiǎo hái | child |
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among / in / included among these |
| 有些 | yǒu xiē | some |
| 父母 | fù mǔ | father and mother; parents |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 中国人 | Zhōng guó rén | Chinese person |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 其他国家 | qí tā guó jiā | other countries; countries other than the one(s) mentioned |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 家庭 | jiā tíng | family; household |
| 共同点 | gòng tóng diǎn | common ground |
| 喜爱 | xǐ ài | to like / to love / to be fond of |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture / civilization |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 间 | jiān | classifier for rooms |
| 教室 | jiào shì | classroom |
| 英文 | Yīng wén | English (language) |
| 另 | lìng | other / another / separate |
| 中文 | Zhōng wén | Chinese language |
| 课 | kè | subject / course / class / lesson |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 元素 | yuán sù | element (key component of sth) / (chemistry) element / (math.) element (member of a set) |
| 并且 | bìng qiě | and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | doesn't exist / to not be |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 单词 | dān cí | word |
| 每天 | měi tiān | every day |
| 课程 | kè chéng | course; academic program |
| 安排 | ān pái | arrangements / plans |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 中英文 | zhōng yīng wén | Chinese and English; bilingual (Chinese-English). |
| 之间 | zhī jiān | (after a noun) between; among; amid |
| 转换 | zhuǎn huàn | to change / to switch / to convert / to transform |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn / to study |
| 例如 | lì rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 做 | zuò | to make; to produce |
| 灯笼 | dēng long | lantern |
| 等等 | děng děng | et cetera / and so on ... |
| 而且 | ér qiě | (not only ...) but also / moreover / in addition / furthermore |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 节日 | jié rì | holiday / festival |
| 家长 | jiā zhǎng | head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 邀请 | yāo qǐng | to invite |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |
| 庆祝 | qìng zhù | to celebrate |
| 美国 | Měi guó | United States; USA; US |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | (before a noun) this kind of; such |
| 双语 | shuāng yǔ | bilingual |
| 小学 | xiǎo xué | elementary school; primary school |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 百 | bǎi | hundred |
| 多 | duō | (after a numeral) ... odd |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 校长 | xiào zhǎng | (college, university) president / headmaster |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 当 | dāng | when / during / ought / should / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / just at |
| 这里 | zhè lǐ | here |
| 八 | bā | eight |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 之后 | zhī hòu | after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 讲 | jiǎng | to speak / to explain / to negotiate |
| 一口 | yī kǒu | a mouthful / a bite |
| 流利 | liú lì | fluent |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 目标 | mù biāo | target / goal / objective |