In recent years, some students neglect the study of Chinese, thinking that it's not important. Write a composition in NO LESS THAN 200 words on the following topic: Due Attention Should Be Given to the Study of Chinese You are to write in three parts. In the first part, describe the phenomenon that the study of Chinese is neglected. In the second part, analyze the causes of the phenomenon. In the last part, state clearly what your view is and bring what you have written to a natural conclusion. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
【正确答案】正确答案： Due Attention Should Be Given to the Study of Chinese Nowadays, while an increasing number of people are busy learning foreign languages, the attention to the study of our mother tongue is on the decline. Should such a trend continue, it would definitely lead to an undesirable result in the long run. The reasons for our ignorance of the study of Chinese are obvious. Firstly, globalization plays a major role in the prevalence of the nowadays internationally used language—English, distracting us from studying our own language. Among college students, the influence of western lifestyle is especially strong— the young are either not interested or even have no time to care for our own culture, let alone the language. Secondly, our schools are not attaching any importance to the education of Chinese. The lesson hours of Chinese are far fewer than those of English, and English has now even crowded into the teaching syllabus of primary schools, occupying the time that pupils should otherwise spend studying Chinese. In order to change the situation, efforts from governments and schools alike should be made. It is essential to set more Chinese lessons, and even more importantly, students' awareness of the study of our own language should be raised. After all, the promotion of our language is the key to the prosperity of our nation's culture.