【英语翻译Burstingintotheclassroomfromrecess,15childrentaketheirseatsandfacethewomantheyknowasTeacherYang.“Whatdayisthis?”sheasks,inMandarinChinese.“Confucius’birthday!”thefifth-gradersshoutinMandarin.“Wh】

　　英语翻译

　　Burstingintotheclassroomfromrecess,15children

　　taketheirseatsandfacethewomantheyknowasTeacherYang.

　　“Whatdayis

　　this?”sheasks,inMandarinChinese.

　　“Confucius’birthday!”thefifth-

　　gradersshoutinMandarin.

　　“WhydowecelebrateConfucius’birthday?”

　　“Becausehe’sthegreatestteacherinthehistoryofChina!”exclaimsa

　　brown-hairedgirl.ShetooisspeakingMandarin.

　　Englishisrarelyheard

　　inLisaYang’sclassattheChineseAmericanInternationalSchool(CAIS),

　　despitethefactthatfewstudentsarenativespeakersofMandarin.

　　The

　　UnitedStatesisactivelytryingtoincreasethegroupofstudentsin“critical

　　languages”suchasMandarin.ThestudentsatCAISarewayaheadofsuchatrend.