Will Chinese Replace English?Chinese language has many advantages over European languages and the speaker thinks Chinese is possible to replace English as the global language.I. Chinese is【T1】
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2Examples:a)A Chinese high-school student can read what's written 2,000 years agob)A PhD. of native England can hardly read what's written【T2】
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4Reasons:a)Chinese language: characters are true to their【T3】
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6b)European language: words are true to their pronunciationsc)Pronunciations change over time but writings remain almost the sameII. Chinese is more compatible— Different kinds of Chinese, after years of changing, are still compatible Example: In speaking, Mandarin and Cantonese are different,but they share the same【T4】
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8— Different kinds of English are incompatible with each otherExample: Americans are hard to understand【T5】
9, etc.【T5】
10— False pride of English people about "global language"III. Written Chinese is more informative— Chinese characters carry【T6】
11than any other language【T6】
12— The entropy of languages:a)Chinese(9.65 bite)→【T7】
13(4.35 bits)→English(4.03 bits)【T7】
14→Spanish(4.01 bits)→French(3.98 bits)b)Chinese uses only【T8】
15pieces of paper to cover the content of【T8】
16a 100-page English novelIV. Chinese runs faster— English students take【T9】
17longer to read and to memorize time table【T9】
18— Reading Chinese is faster, because it is suitable for【T10】
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20— Reading Chinese is【T11】
21 faster than reading English【T11】
22V. Chinese is more【T12】
23in face of information explosion【T12】
24—【T13】
25 will be a challenge【T13】
26— New words in Chinese are not a problem becausea)A Chinese new word contains two or three characterswhich imply its【T14】
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28b)A Chinese person【T15】
29 in understanding the words【T15】
30he/she has never seen