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1、汉语超德语成英国高考热门科目汉语超德语成“英国高考"热门科目ChineseA-levelhasovertakenGermanforthefirsttime,asitbecomestheUK'sthirdmostpopularIanguage.在英国今年的A-level考试中,选考汉语的考生人数首次超过徳语。汉语成为英国第三大热门语言。Thisyear3,334studentstookChineseA-level,comparedto3,058takingGerman.WhileentriesforChine
2、sehaveincreasedby8.6percentsincelastyear,Germanentrieshavedeclinedby16.5percent.今年有3334名学生报考了汉语A-level考试,德语有3058人。选考汉语的报名人数比去年增长了8.6%,而徳语则减少了16.5%。DerekRichardson,theseniorresponsibleofficeratPearson,saidChinesehas"buckedthetrend"ofthefallinpopularityofmod
3、ernIanguages.培生集团高级官员德里克•理查森说,汉语''逆转〃了现代语言受欢迎度下降的''趋势〃。"InIanguagesweareseeingsomesignificantdecreasesinentriesforthemainmodernIanguages:French,GermanandSpanish,"hesaid他说:''我们看到一些主要现代语言的报考人数大幅减少,包括法语、德语和西班牙语。〃nButwhatwearealsoseeingisanincreaseinentriesacr
4、osssomeoftheotherlanguagesthatpeoplestudy.''但是我们同时也看到,报考其他一些语言的人数有所增加。〃''WhatthismeansisChinese...isnowmorepopularthanGerman.SomaybeyoungpeoplearebeginningtothinkaboutwhatIanguageswillbeusefultotheminthefuture/'''这意味着汉语现在比德语更受欢迎。也许年轻人开始思考未来哪些语言对他们更有用。Frenc
5、hremainsthemostpopularmodernlanguageA-levelfollowedbySpanish,butbothhaveseenafallinentriescomparedtolastyearbyeightandfourpercentrespectively.法语仍然是A-level中选考人数最多的现代语言,其次是西班牙语。但是与去年相比,这两种语言的报考人数分别减少了8%和4%。Russianhasalsoincreasedinpopularitysincelastyearby3.
6、4percent,from1,122to1,160.Arabic,however,hasdeclinedby5.4percent,from782entrieslastyearto740thisyear.俄语的报考人数也比去年增加了3.4%,从1122人增加到1160人。阿拉伯语的报考人数减少了5.4%,从去年的782人减少到今年的740人。SuzanneOTarrell,curriculumandassessmentspecialistattheAssociationofSchoolandCollegeLe
7、aders(ASCL)Zsaid:"We'reseeingGermanjustmovingintoextinotionreally.Itisinseveredecline.n英国校长协会的课程与评估专家苏珊娜•奥法雷尔说:''我们看到报考德语的人数正在人幅减少,情况真的很严重。〃BarnabyLenon,chairoftheIndependentSchoolsCouncil(ISC),saidthatwhereaspupilsusedtobetolduItwillreallyhelpyourcareerif
8、youlearnGerman"thisisnoIongerthecase.英国私立学校理事会主席巴纳比•莱农说,过去,学生们被教导说''学习德语,真的会对你的事业很有帮助〃,但是现在情况不再是这样了。"Inthe1960s,70sandeventhe80s,GermanywastheeconomicpowerhouseofEurope/7hetoldTheDailyTelegraph.''在20世纪60和70年代