Pronunciation.
Each Chinese character or radical has its own Roman letters (Hanyu Pinyin) representing its unique sound. Presentation of a character or radical should be accompanied with pronunciation in order to increase students’ memorization.

Chinese is one of the most commonly used languages in the world, spoken by almost one fifth of the world’s population. With the recent influx of immigrants from Chinese speaking regions, in the U.S., Chinese (including Mandarin and Cantonese) is the second most common foreign language spoken by those living on U.S. soil, following Spanish (U.S. Census Bureau, 2012).

Mandarin has become an important language because of China’s increasingly important role in international trade. Chinese is formally spoken by many people in Taiwan (23 million people), China (1.3 billion people), and ethnic Chinese enclaves in other parts of the world. Chinese is the third most commonly spoken language in Canada and is the household language for more than two million Asian-Americans.

The difference between Chinese and western languages is due to their respective forms. Chinese characters do not represent ideas, but instead depict words which are described as Lexi graphic. Learners of Chinese are less likely to associate Chinese characters with their sounds (though native Chinese do) than is the case with students of western languages. Even though the learning process seems arduous, Chinese character recognition ability is the key factor in improving reading and writing proficiency levels.

2020年足坛金球奖取消
France Football has announced there will be no Ballon d'Or award ceremony in 2020.
《法国足球》杂志宣布，2020年将不会颁发金球奖。

巴黎圣母院按原样重建
The spire of Notre Dame cathedral, which was destroyed in a fire last April, will be restored according to the original Gothic design.
去年四月在一场大火中被烧毁的巴黎圣母院的塔尖将按照原来的哥特式设计重建。