You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are 1 called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But do you know there is such a thing as a "banana person"? How 2 ! Are these people from "another earth"? No, they are just Chinese people 3 you and me.

    ABC means(意思是) American-born-Chinese. 4 ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people 5 an ABC a "banana person". A banana is yellow outside and white inside. 6, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside—living like a Westerner and yellow outside—7 like a Chinese.

    Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know 8 about China or the Chinese language(语言). Some of them don't 9 Chinese. But if ABCs can't speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas(海外的) Chinese. These people may be citizens(公民) of another 10 like the USA, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood(血统). Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. For example, we all know the famous scientist Ding Zhaozhong. He got the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1976. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.