Qùnián xiàtiān Gélín yìjiārén láidào le Zhōngguó de
Shànghǎi. Tāmen lái cānjiā qī yuè sān hào de Zhōngguó wénhuà yánjiū (study) huì. Yí ge xīngqī de huì kāi wán yǐhòu, tāmen xiǎng zài Zhōngguó lǚyóu liǎng ge xīngqī.

　　Gélín tàitai wèi le ānpái zhè cì lǚyóu, kàn le bù shǎo
Zhōngguó lǚyóu jièshào. Tā juéde shíjiān zhēn bú gòu, zài Zhōngguó yào kàn de dìfāng zhēn shì tài duō le. Gélín tàitai xiǎng qù Sūzhōu, Hángzhōu, ránhòu qù Guìlín, zuìhòu qù
Guǎngzhōu. Gélín xiānshēng shì yánjiū Zhōngguó lìshǐ (history)de, suǒyǐ tā xīwàng qù Xī'ān, zài zuò huǒchē qù
Běijīng.

　　Liǎng ge rén shéi yě bù tīng shéi de. Zuìhòu tāmen
háishì gēn píngcháng yíyàng, qǐng tāmen kě'ài de nǚ'ér lái juédìng (dicide) yīnggāi qù nǎ xiē dìfāng lǚyóu.

On what date did the conference finish?

A. July 3
B. July 9
C. July 16
D. July 23

After the conference, how long did the Greens plan to travel in China?

A. one week
B. two weeks
C. three weeks
D. not mentioned in the passage

◆　Shì Zìmǔ
◆　是字母

　　Yīngwén shì cǎiyòng a b c d……26 ge Luómǎ zìmǔ pīnxiě de "Pīnyīn Wénzì", rú:"book", róngyì rèndú, róngyì shūxiě. Zhōngwén què shì yì zhǒng "Xiàngxíng Wénzì", rú:"人", kàn qilai búshì hěn xiàng yí ge rén ma? Dàn zěnme dú ne? Yòng
Hànyǔ Pīnyīn jiù kěyǐ gàosù nǐ: rén. Zài jiāshang shēngdiào, nǐ jiù kěyǐ bǎ zhège zì dú chūlái le. Yòng Yīngyǔ shuō: Hello! Yòng Huáyǔ shuō Nǐ hǎo! Jiù zhème jiǎn dān!

　　英文是采用a b c d……26个罗马字母拼写的“拼音文字”，如“book”，容易认读，容易书写。中文却是一种“象形文字”。如“人”，看起来不是很象一个人吗？但怎么读呢？用汉语拼音就可以告诉你：ren。再加上声调，你就可以把这个字读出来了。用英语说：Hello!用华语说 Ni hao! 就这么简单！

◆　Shì gōngjù
◆　是工具

　　26 ge Luómǎ zìmǔ yóuyú lìshǐ yōujiǔ qiě shūxiě jiǎndān, bèi shìjiè shàng 100 duō ge guójiā yòngzuò shūxiě fúhào. Tā bù shǔyú nǎ yí ge guójiā huò mǒu yì zhǒng yǔyán. Yòng tā
lái shūxiě Yīngwén, kěyǐ jiào Yīngwén zìmǔ, yòng lái shūxiě Zhōngwén, tóngyàng kěyǐ jiào Hànyǔ pīnyīn zìmù. Tā jiùshì
zhěyàng de yì zhǒng wénzì gōngjù.

　　Shǐyòng Hànyù pīnyīn shì wèile fāngbiàn xuéxí hànyǔ hé
hànzì de. Hànyǔ pīnyīn kěyǐ ràng hái búhuì shuō hànyǔ de rén hé hái búhuì xiě hànzì de rén kāishǐ shúxi hé zhǎngwǒ hànyǔ pǔtōnghuà de biāozhǔn fāyīn. Yóuyú tā jiǎndān yìxué, suǒyǐ zhǎngwò qǐlai hěn　kuài, dàyuē jǐ jié kè jiù kěyǐ xuéhuì,
zài huā yìdiǎnr shíjiān jiù kěyǐ liànshú le. Xuéhuì le
pīnyīn, jiù kěyǐ pīndú yǒu zhùyīn de hànzì, jiù kěyǐ chá zìdiǎn, jiù kěyǐ yòng diànnǎo xiàng shūrù Yīngwén yíyàng
fāngbiàn de shūrù Zhōngwén, yě jiù kěyǐ cóngcǐ fāngbiàn de
kāishǐ xuéxí Hànyǔ le. Tā jiùshì zhèyàng yì zhǒng xuéxí
gōngjù.

◆　Shì biāozhǔn
◆　是标准

　　Hànyǔ Pīnyīn shì yǐ Běijīng yǔyīn xìtǒng zuòwéi yǔyīn
biāozhǔn de. Běijīng jìn qiān nián lái yìzhí shì Zhōngguó
wénhuà de zhōngxīn, Běijīng yīn yěshì Zhōngguó dìyù zuì
liáokuò, rénkǒu zuì duō de běifāng fāngyán de diǎnxíng
dàibiǎo, lìlái bèi chēngwéi " Zhōngyuán Yǎyīn" "Guānyīn"
"Guóyīn".