2018考研英語雙語閱讀：愛爾蘭2022年高考將考漢語

　　Ireland to list Chinese as national exam subject in 2022

　　愛爾蘭將引進漢語為大學考試科目 2022年開考

　　導讀: 就連愛爾蘭的人高考都要考漢語了呀?

　　An Irish education official said recently that Chinese will be added to the list of languages covered under the country’s national exams by 2020 and it will be included as a subject in the college entrance exam in 2022, Xinhua News Agency reported.

　　據(jù)新華社報道，一名愛爾蘭教育官員近日表示，到2020年，漢語將被列入國家考試范圍內(nèi)的語言名單，2022年起大學錄取考試將正式開考漢語科目。

　　Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Ireland’s minister of higher education, said the list is based on a program launched in 2014, a short 100-hour course on Chinese language and culture. The education minister made the announcement at a joint conference of Confucius Institutes of Ireland and Britain.

　　愛爾蘭政府負責高等教育的國務部長瑪麗.米切爾.奧康納表示，這份名單是基于2014年引入的“100學時中國語言和文化課程”項目。奧康納是在英愛兩國孔子學院聯(lián)席會議上宣布的此消息。

　　O’Connor said the Irish government is fully aware of the importance of creating the opportunity to learn Chinese for its students, especially against the backdrop of economic globalization and deepening China-Ireland trade ties.

　　她說，愛爾蘭政府充分意識到給本國學生提供漢語學習機會的重要性，在經(jīng)濟全球化和愛中兩國貿(mào)易關系加深的背景下，這顯得尤為重要。

　　An increasing number of Irish people have become interested in learning Chinese, and the number of Irish students coming to study in China is also expanding, O’Connor said, adding that educational cooperation between the two countries is growing well.

　　奧康納說，愛爾蘭各地喜歡學習漢語的人日益增多，選擇去中國留學的學生也在不斷增加。她還說，愛中兩國在教育領域的合作發(fā)展良好。