母語(yǔ)與英語(yǔ)一樣重要

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8、edeepreservoirsofwisdomthateachofourculturespossesses.此刻，我們只要放眼中國(guó)，就知道英文有多重要。所有的中國(guó)小學(xué)生都在勤學(xué)英文。在大城市里，學(xué)生從小學(xué)一年級(jí)開始學(xué)英文，鄉(xiāng)鎮(zhèn)學(xué)校則從小三學(xué)起。至于那些踏入社會(huì)的人，更有迫切掌握英文的需要，也許是因?yàn)樗麄儺?dāng)初沒有學(xué)習(xí)英文的機(jī)會(huì)，或者此刻他們對(duì)英文有更上一層樓的學(xué)習(xí)動(dòng)力。再過(guò)10年至15年，中國(guó)畢業(yè)生的英文水平會(huì)相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)，極可能比日本和多個(gè)

9、亞洲國(guó)家人民的英文能力更高。如此一來(lái)，中國(guó)人將能更流暢自在地與西方進(jìn)行接觸，加速向西方國(guó)家學(xué)習(xí)的步調(diào)；這將提供他們新的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)優(yōu)勢(shì)。我們必須維持精通英文的能力和使用英文的把握，但也須同樣重視母語(yǔ)。因?yàn)檎莆漳刚Z(yǔ)，將能讓我們?cè)谒蚕⑷f(wàn)變而且通常令人迷惑的新經(jīng)濟(jì)中，懂得從本身的文化底殿挖掘出它所蘊(yùn)育的智慧和資源，增進(jìn)我們的優(yōu)勢(shì)。對(duì)自身文化有了透徹了解，我們才能充滿自信地接觸其他文化。母語(yǔ)讓我們?cè)诔蔀榄h(huán)球化城市和面向全球時(shí)，不至于失去自我認(rèn)同的信念和