| 'Television English' is a textbook
which accompanies a national television programme ___1___
teaches viewers in Beijing, China the English language. About a
hundred and fifty thousand copies were sold ___2___
within a few days of its release some months ___3___
. Learning English is a popular interest in China which has
yet ___4___
wane ever since it started in 1978. Enthusiasm gathered steam ___5___
the 11th Asian Games in Beijing last September when the Chinese
came into ___6___
with English-speaking people.
Now sales assistants greet ___7___
in English at the Xinjiekou Department Store in West Beijing. In
addition, subway announcements at the stations are now in ___8___
English and Mandarin. A Beijing woman recently had a surprise ___9___
her daughter sang the 'Happy Birthday' song on her birthday,
saying that it was ___10___
an English song. |
