IV. 书面表达
请根据表格内容以“The Charm of the Chinese Language”为题写一篇英语短文。
注意：
1．词数100左右；
2．标题和开头已给出，不计入总词数；
3．不要逐条翻译，可适当发挥，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：普通话Mandarin
VI. 书面表达
At present，about 16% of the world’s population use Chinese as their first language，most of whom live in China.Mandarin is now the official language of China and is one of the working languages of the UN.
China is developing rapidly，which has been attracting more and more foreigners to learn Chinese.The number of people who speak Chinese abroad is increasing sharply.Chinese will play a more and more important part in the international communication in the future.
请根据表格内容以“The Charm of the Chinese Language”为题写一篇英语短文。
| 历 史 | 现代汉语的标准语称为“普通话”，是以北京方言为基础发展起来的 |
| 使用情况 | 约有16%的世界人口把汉语作为第一语言，大部分居住在中国；普通话是中国的官方语言，也是联合国工作语言之一 |
| 发展与趋势 | 中国的飞速发展正在吸引越来越多的外国人学习汉语，使用汉语的人数正在增加，汉语将在国际交流中发挥更重要的作用 |
注意：
1．词数100左右；
2．标题和开头已给出，不计入总词数；
3．不要逐条翻译，可适当发挥，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：普通话Mandarin
The Charm of the Chinese Language
VI. 书面表达
The Charm of the Chinese Language
Chinese is one of the world’s major languages.The modern standard form of spoken Chinese is referred to as“Mandarin” or Putonghua，based on the Beijing dialect.At present，about 16% of the world’s population use Chinese as their first language，most of whom live in China.Mandarin is now the official language of China and is one of the working languages of the UN.
China is developing rapidly，which has been attracting more and more foreigners to learn Chinese.The number of people who speak Chinese abroad is increasing sharply.Chinese will play a more and more important part in the international communication in the future.
