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David Cameron, who has notoriously poor schoolboy French, is urging today's youngsters to abandon the language of Molière and Voltaire to concentrate on the tongue of the future – Mandarin.
卡梅倫的法語水平相當一般已經(jīng)是眾所周知了，但他卻呼吁英國年輕人放棄法語學習，集中精力學習“未來的語言” 漢語。
In a parting shot, as he left China after a three-day visit, the prime minister said that pupils should look beyond the traditional French and German lessons and instead focus on China.
在結(jié)束了為期三天的訪華行程后，卡梅倫表示，英國的年輕人應該打破只關注法、德語學習的傳統(tǒng)局限，今后應集中精力學習中文。
To reinforce his message the prime minister quoted Nelson Mandela, who said learning someone else's language is the best way to their heart. Cameron said: "I want Britain linked up to the world's fast-growing economies. And that includes our young people learning the languages to seal tomorrow's business deals.
為了增強說服力，卡梅倫還引用了南非前總統(tǒng)曼德拉的名言：“要了解一個國度的精神，的方法就是學習他們的語言”?？穫惐硎荆骸拔蚁Ｍ芫o跟世界經(jīng)濟發(fā)展的腳步，其中之一就是讓我們的年輕一代為了未來經(jīng)濟貿(mào)易發(fā)展學習語言?！?BR> "By the time the children born today leave school, China is set to be the world's largest economy. So it's time to look beyond the traditional focus on French and German and get many more children learning Mandarin.
“等到這一代學生畢業(yè)的時候，中國很可能已經(jīng)是世界的經(jīng)濟體了。所以現(xiàn)在是時候?qū)⒆⒁饬膫鹘y(tǒng)的德、法語學習轉(zhuǎn)向漢語學習了。”
Cameron, who visited a school for six- and seven-year-olds learning English in Chengdu, said that a partnership between the British Council and Hanban – the Chinese National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language – will double the number of Chinese language assistants in the UK by 2016 and provide increased funding to lower the cost to schools of offering Mandarin as a language option.
中國一行中，卡梅倫訪問了成都的龍江路小學。他表示，英國文化委員會和中國漢辦（中國國家漢語國際推廣領導小組辦公室）將會繼續(xù)合作伙伴關系，計劃到2016年將英國的漢語助教人數(shù)提高一倍，并為開設漢語教學的英國學校提供資金支持以降低其辦學成本。
The announcement was welcomed by the British Council and the British Academy, both of which have been pushing for policies to reverse the decline in students taking modern languages at school and university level.
David Cameron, who has notoriously poor schoolboy French, is urging today's youngsters to abandon the language of Molière and Voltaire to concentrate on the tongue of the future – Mandarin.
卡梅倫的法語水平相當一般已經(jīng)是眾所周知了，但他卻呼吁英國年輕人放棄法語學習，集中精力學習“未來的語言” 漢語。
In a parting shot, as he left China after a three-day visit, the prime minister said that pupils should look beyond the traditional French and German lessons and instead focus on China.
在結(jié)束了為期三天的訪華行程后，卡梅倫表示，英國的年輕人應該打破只關注法、德語學習的傳統(tǒng)局限，今后應集中精力學習中文。
To reinforce his message the prime minister quoted Nelson Mandela, who said learning someone else's language is the best way to their heart. Cameron said: "I want Britain linked up to the world's fast-growing economies. And that includes our young people learning the languages to seal tomorrow's business deals.
為了增強說服力，卡梅倫還引用了南非前總統(tǒng)曼德拉的名言：“要了解一個國度的精神，的方法就是學習他們的語言”?？穫惐硎荆骸拔蚁Ｍ芫o跟世界經(jīng)濟發(fā)展的腳步，其中之一就是讓我們的年輕一代為了未來經(jīng)濟貿(mào)易發(fā)展學習語言?！?BR> "By the time the children born today leave school, China is set to be the world's largest economy. So it's time to look beyond the traditional focus on French and German and get many more children learning Mandarin.
“等到這一代學生畢業(yè)的時候，中國很可能已經(jīng)是世界的經(jīng)濟體了。所以現(xiàn)在是時候?qū)⒆⒁饬膫鹘y(tǒng)的德、法語學習轉(zhuǎn)向漢語學習了。”
Cameron, who visited a school for six- and seven-year-olds learning English in Chengdu, said that a partnership between the British Council and Hanban – the Chinese National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language – will double the number of Chinese language assistants in the UK by 2016 and provide increased funding to lower the cost to schools of offering Mandarin as a language option.
中國一行中，卡梅倫訪問了成都的龍江路小學。他表示，英國文化委員會和中國漢辦（中國國家漢語國際推廣領導小組辦公室）將會繼續(xù)合作伙伴關系，計劃到2016年將英國的漢語助教人數(shù)提高一倍，并為開設漢語教學的英國學校提供資金支持以降低其辦學成本。
The announcement was welcomed by the British Council and the British Academy, both of which have been pushing for policies to reverse the decline in students taking modern languages at school and university level.