銘華中文學校七年三班的同學，大家好。歡迎同學來到Jason老師「瘋華語-Mandarinsanity」部落格。2013年11月2日的回家作業，想讓同學瞭解「為什麼要學中文？」「中文的文字有趣嗎？」歡迎同學邀請家人或朋友，一起看以下YouTube短片，看完後想一想、一起討論。11月9日上課的時候，請大家說出自己的想法。

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC9Bp-BM7is&list=PL3604FC908406376C&index=1

Dear students of Grade 7-3 in Minghua. Welcome to my blog 「瘋華語-Mandarinsanity」. Why should we learn Chinese/Mandarin? Are Chinese characters interesting? Here is the homework. Please click the YouTube link below to watch the 11-mins video. We will have a short discussion next class on Nov. 9 based on this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC9Bp-BM7is&list=PL3604FC908406376C&index=1

您知道嗎？

未來無論想做生意、政府交往、教育工作等，都可能會運用到中文。中文是中國、台灣的官方語言；是新加坡四種官方語言之一；是聯合國六種官方語言之一。全世界約有四億人說英語，但是全世界有將近九億人說中文（普通話）。

Did you know?

Mandarin is a language of business, government and education. Mandarin is important because it is the official language in China, Taiwan, one of four official languages in Singapore, and one of six official languages in United Nations. We also have about 400 million native English speakers; but mandarin is spoken by approximately 900 million people around the world.