Why
Chinese Learn Arabic?
Questions for Chinese about Arabic language - Answer
Zhang : At first ,
I thought the arabic wordl is a very mysterious world.
Li : Arabic is an ancient language ,It is interesting to
larn it.
Liu : Because not so many peaople study Arabic , I wanted
to learn it.
Wang : Chinese think that , there are not many people
using Arabic,but that’s simply not true , Arabic is one of the six UN working
languages, three hundred million Arabs use it , as native language all around
the world.And more than one billio Muslims use it as a religious language.
Zhang : It’s hard,very hard.
Li : Terrible , It’s very difficult at the beginning , The are more letters than other languages.
Liu : It’s hard to begin , but easy once you’re
going.
What are some common misconceptions people have about
Arab countries ?
Wang : Oil tycoons.
Zhang : Conservative.
Li : Some live in poverty.
Liu : A bad climate.
Wang : not suitable for living.
Zhang : People there,maybe thy’re in battles all the time.
Li : Actually, there are splendid civilizations.
Liu : Lebanon is always in conflit according to the
news. But if you’re there, you’ll see it’s very multicultural.
Wang : It’s actually peaceful when you really got
there,and it’s really really beautiful scenery
and people are very kind.
Zhang : Most Arab people love peace.
Li : They have strong faith in their spirit.
Liu : We need to go deep and to learn more from
them.
Wang : There are big differences between different
Arab countries , In the minds of the chinese people the rab world is a single
concept but is not simple it has richness and diversity.
Do you have anything to recommend about the Arabe
culture ?
