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[00:00.00]From VOA Learning English, [00:01.83]this is the Education Report. [00:04.73]South Africa has 11 official languages. [00:09.00]If you want to say hello, [00:10.81]it's "sawubona" in Zulu, and "hallo" in Afrikaans. [00:16.51]Now, South Africa's school children [00:19.17]may start using "ni hao" to say hello. [00:23.53]The country's education minister says, [00:26.19]the nation is adding the Mandarin language teaching [00:30.24]in some schools. [00:31.90]Mandarin is the official spoken language of China. [00:36.35]That country is a major trading power for South Africa. [00:41.06]A recent agreement between the two nations [00:44.57]centers on five areas of cooperation. [00:48.63]They include development in basic education, [00:53.03]school books and lessons, mathematics and science, [00:57.88]teacher training and career education and research. [01:02.80]South Africa officials have not said [01:06.25]how much they teaching Mandarin will cost. [01:10.01]Troy Martens is an officials [01:12.48]with South Africa's Ministry of Basic Education. [01:16.38]She says the new partnership is extremely valuable. [01:20.69]"So it is very exciting and both countries [01:23.34]have indicated that for them education is a high priority, [01:27.11]and that is why education is high on the agenda of collaboration [01:31.32]between the two countries," said Martens. [01:32.83]The part of the plan that has garnered the most attention [01:36.94]is the inclusion of the Mandarin language in schools. [01:41.20]A public opinion study last year found [01:45.41]that South Africans have mixed feelings about China. [01:49.77]The survey showed 46 percent of South Africans [01:54.53]do not like the spread of Chinese ideas [01:58.03]and customs in their country, [02:01.19]the results also showed that 60 percent [02:05.15]dislike Chinese music, movies and television. [02:10.05]But Ms Martens said Chinese trade [02:13.16]is more important than those feelings. [02:16.03]She said it is extremely helpful to learners in South Africa [02:21.79]to study Mandarin as well as Chinese culture. [02:26.00]And she said not every school will offer Mandarin. [02:30.46]"Now this will not be compulsory, [02:32.27]it will not be for every school, [02:34.22]and it will not be for every child. [02:35.67]But for schools that feel they have the capacity [02:37.87]to offer Mandarin as a subject, [02:40.98]we think it is a great opportunity [02:42.32]for South African learners to be exposed [02:44.78]to this international type of language," said Martens. [02:48.40]South Africa's population studies [02:51.08]do not say how many native Chinese speakers [02:55.04]are among its nearly 51 million people. [02:59.29]Lisette Noonan heads the 80-year-old Pretoria Chinese School [03:04.89]in South Africa's capital. [03:07.29]The school serves about 500 students [03:10.70]from kindergarten to grade 12. [03:14.24]Every student studies Mandarin. [03:17.35]Ms Noonan says the school welcomes [03:20.25]the new cooperation between South Africa and China. [03:24.96]She said it is in the best interests of children to study Mandarin. [03:31.20]She said that especially true with China becoming [03:36.36]what she called "a huge economic power in the world". [03:41.86]South African schools suffer from the country's history of apartheid. [03:47.92]And from VOA Learning English, that's the Education Report. [03:54.08]I'm Bob Doughty.

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South Africa Introduces Mandarin into Its School Curriculum

南非將普通話納入其學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)課程

From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.

美國(guó)之音慢速英語(yǔ)，這里是教育報(bào)道。

South Africa has 11 official languages. If you want to say hello, it's "sawubona" in Zulu, and "hallo" in Afrikaans. Now, South Africa's school children may start using "ni hao" to say hello.

南非有11種官方語(yǔ)言。如果你要打招呼，用祖魯語(yǔ)是"sawubona"，用南非荷蘭語(yǔ)是"hallo"。而現(xiàn)在，南非的學(xué)齡兒童開始用“你好”來(lái)打招呼。

The country's education minister says, the nation is adding the Mandarin language teaching in some schools. Mandarin is the official spoken language of China. That country is a major trading power for South Africa.

南非教育部長(zhǎng)表示一些學(xué)校已經(jīng)開始教授普通話。普通話是中國(guó)的官方語(yǔ)言，而中國(guó)是南非的最重要的貿(mào)易國(guó)。

A recent agreement between the two nations centers on five areas of cooperation. They include development in basic education, school books and lessons, mathematics and science, teacher training and career education and research.

兩國(guó)最近簽署的一項(xiàng)協(xié)議涉及5個(gè)合作領(lǐng)域，分別是基礎(chǔ)教學(xué)發(fā)展、教科書與教程、數(shù)學(xué)與科學(xué)、師資培訓(xùn)和教育生涯研究。

South Africa officials have not said how much they teaching Mandarin will cost. Troy Martens is an officials with South Africa's Ministry of Basic Education. She says the new partnership is extremely valuable.

南非官員并未對(duì)教授普通話會(huì)花費(fèi)多少資金發(fā)表聲明。特洛伊·馬丁是南非基礎(chǔ)教育部的一名官員。她說(shuō)這次新的伙伴關(guān)系極為珍貴。

"So it is very exciting and both countries have indicated that for them education is a high priority, and that is why education is high on the agenda of collaboration between the two countries," said Martens.

馬丁表示“因此這是非常令人振奮的，雙方國(guó)家都表示教育高于一切，這也是為什么教育在兩國(guó)合作中被提上日程的原因。”

The part of the plan that has garnered the most attention is the inclusion of the Mandarin language in schools.

而這項(xiàng)計(jì)劃最吸引人的一部分就是學(xué)校課程納入普通話。

A public opinion study last year found that South Africans have mixed feelings about China. The survey showed 46 percent of South Africans do not like the spread of Chinese ideas and customs in their country, the results also showed that 60 percent dislike Chinese music, movies and television.

南非公眾對(duì)中國(guó)的態(tài)度是喜憂參半。民意調(diào)查表明46%的南非人不喜歡中國(guó)的思想和習(xí)俗在自己國(guó)家傳播，還有60%的人不喜歡中國(guó)的音樂、電影和電視。

But Ms Martens said Chinese trade is more important than those feelings. She said it is extremely helpful to learners in South Africa to study Mandarin as well as Chinese culture. And she said not every school will offer Mandarin.

但是馬丁女士說(shuō)相對(duì)他們的那些感受，更重要的是對(duì)中國(guó)的貿(mào)易。對(duì)學(xué)習(xí)者來(lái)說(shuō)普通話和中國(guó)文化的學(xué)習(xí)極為重要，而且并不是每所學(xué)校都會(huì)提供普通話課程的!

"Now this will not be compulsory, it will not be for every school, and it will not be for every child. But for schools that feel they have the capacity to offer Mandarin as a subject, we think it is a great opportunity for South African learners to be exposed to this international type of language," said Martens.

馬丁還說(shuō)“目前普通話教學(xué)并不屬于義務(wù)教學(xué)的范疇，并不是說(shuō)每所學(xué)校，每個(gè)學(xué)生都要學(xué)習(xí)。但是對(duì)于那些有能力提供普通話教學(xué)的學(xué)校，我們認(rèn)為這是學(xué)生接觸這門國(guó)際語(yǔ)言的好機(jī)會(huì)。”

South Africa's population studies do not say how many native Chinese speakers are among its nearly 51 million people.

南非人口有大約51000000，但在這些人口中有多少中國(guó)人，南非人口調(diào)查并未透露。

Lisette Noonan heads the 80-year-old Pretoria Chinese School in South Africa's capital. The school serves about 500 students from kindergarten to grade 12. Every student studies Mandarin.

里希特.努南是南非80年歷史的比勒陀利亞中文學(xué)校的校長(zhǎng)。這所學(xué)校有幼兒園到12年級(jí)的學(xué)生一共500名，每個(gè)學(xué)生都學(xué)習(xí)普通話。

Ms Noonan says the school welcomes the new cooperation between South Africa and China. She said it is in the best interests of children to study Mandarin. She said that especially true with China becoming what she called "a huge economic power in the world".

努南表示歡迎南非與中國(guó)的新合作。他說(shuō)學(xué)習(xí)普通話孩子們最受益，尤其現(xiàn)在中國(guó)正在成為她所謂的“世界經(jīng)濟(jì)強(qiáng)國(guó)”。

South African schools suffer from the country's history of apartheid.

南非學(xué)校正在經(jīng)歷國(guó)家種族隔離的歷史的教訓(xùn)。

And from VOA Learning English, that's the Education Report. I'm Bob Doughty.

這就是今天美國(guó)之音慢速英語(yǔ)，教育報(bào)道的全部?jī)?nèi)容!我是鮑勃.道蒂。

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South Africa Introduces Mandarin into Its School Curriculum