漢語首次成爲意大利高中畢業考試科目

Chinese has been added to the graduation exam list by an ItAlian high school and 29 students will take the test this year, the Guangming Daily reports quoting Italian local media.

《光明日報》援引意大利當地媒體的報道稱，意大利一所高中已經將漢語列入了畢業考試之中，29名學生將會參加今年的考試。

Sophie Scholl, a high school specializing in linguistics, in Trento, northeastern Italy, has become the first school in the country to list Chinese as a graduation exam subject.

意大利東北部特蘭託一所名叫索菲紹爾的語言類高中，成爲了意大利首所將漢語列入畢業考試科目的學校。

The Chinese course has been running at the Italian school for five years, and 145 of its 910 students have chosen to study the language.

這所意大利學校開辦漢語課程已經有五年的時間了，在該校910名學生中，有145名學生選擇了學習漢語。

Maria Silva Boccardi, director of the school, said Chinese will become a global language in the future and they set up the course because many students had asked for it.

該校的主任瑪麗亞·希爾瓦·博卡迪表示，漢語未來會成爲一種全球語言，他們開設漢語課程的原因是很多學生曾提出過要求。

"There were only a few schools (in Italy) who provided trial Chinese courses back then, but now, Chinese courses have become a crucial part of our overall teaching plan and we are welcoming our pioneer batch of graduates this year," she said.

她說：“那時意大利只有幾所學校提供試行的漢語課程，但是現在漢語課程已經成爲了我們整體教學計劃的關鍵部分，我們今年將迎來首批畢業生。”

Roberto, a Sophie Scholl student who is going to take the Chinese test before graduation, said writing Chinese characters is the most difficult aspect of learning the language.

羅伯託--索菲紹爾高中一名將要在畢業前參加漢語考試的學生說道，漢字是學習漢語最困難的方面。

"Although learning Chinese is difficult for Italian students, when considering looking for better job opportunities overseas, China would definitely be my top choice," he said.

他說：“雖然對於意大利學生而言，學習漢語很困難，但是當考慮到在海外找到更好的工作機會，中國絕對是我的首選。”