When 4-year-old British Prince George started his first day of school in September, 2017, Chinese language was one of his lessons. And he was not {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (单独的). According to the report by the British Council, about half of UK {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (父母)want their children to learn Chinese ,as it's believed to be one of the most useful languages.

    Actually, this {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(发生)not only in Britain. More and more foreigners are interested in Chinese language and {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(文化).The language has become the second most spoken foreign language in the US. Many US {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(著名的)people such as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Malia Obama, former US{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(总统)Barack Obama's daughter study Chinese as a second language .And in Russia, from the latest report. Chinese will {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（包括)in its national college entrance exam in 2019.Students can chose it as an exam subject.

    Why is Chinese so popular? One reason could be that China is getting much {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (强的)than before. Chinese becomes a useful tool for people to {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(交流), Thomas from London says, "Just telling people that I learn Chinese can make them remember me more easily.{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(甚至)having a very basic level gives you an advantage."