Olympic Games add popularity to Chinese language

[Francis Hult]

China View

 

Olympic Games add popularity to Chinese language

 

Maja Tvrdy knew her Olympic journey wouldn't end up with a medal, but she looked forward to bringing home something really unique.

 

The 24-year-old Slovenian badminton player, after crashing out of the second-round singles of a sport with overwhelming Asian dominance on Aug. 10, found what she was looking for in a corner of the Athletes' Village, named the "Chinese Learning Area."

 

The Chinese tutors in the area helped Tvrdy find the Chinese equivalents to the Slovenian names of a dozen friends of hers back at home, before she wrote them down on paper of different colors with a brush pen -- by copying every movement of a tutor and struggling with the details of every stroke.

 

Full strory:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/18/content_9470807.htm

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