Betty wrote to her grandma about her visit with Jenny in Paris．Her aunt and uncle met{#blank#}1{#/blank#}at the airport on Wednesday．On Thursday they visited the Louvre Museum with many world—famous{#blank#}2{#/blank#}of art．Then they enjoyed dinner in a French restaurant．On Friday morning they took a walk in the street markets and did some shopping．Betty{#blank#}3{#/blank#}a present for her grandma．On Friday afternoon they went to the top of the Eiffel Tower with lots of{#blank#}4{#/blank#}．It was wonderful for them to see all the lights{#blank#}5{#/blank#}at night．On Saturday they will take a boat tour on the River Seine．    

    Now more than 40 million {#blank#}1{#/blank#} around the world are learning Chinese, according to a report. The relationship {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the United States and China is becoming more and more important in the world. This has really {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the growth of Chinese language learning in U.S.

    I am Chris from the United States. I am one of the many people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} are learning Chinese. I am studying at a Confucius Institute(孔子学院)in New York. There are 10 students in our class. Some are over thirty years old. Some are middle school students. Our teacher comes from Beijing. He is fun and often tells us interesting things in China.

    I think Chinese is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to learn. The biggest challenge for American learners is the writing. Chinese is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} different from any other language in the world. It will take me a lot of time to learn enough Chinese characters(汉字). But I think there are many benefits (益处) of {#blank#}7{#/blank#} time in learning Chinese. One important benefit is that it makes me see things from a {#blank#}8{#/blank#} point of view, because Chinese is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a different language from English. I think for American the students most important benefit is that {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a challenging language can open up their eyes.

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