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Australia’s foreign language skills are in decline, Voice of America has reported. New figures show that only 13% of high school
Australia’s foreign language skills are in decline, Voice of America has reported. New figures show that only 13% of high school
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2012-06-20
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Australia’s foreign language skills are in decline, Voice of America has reported. New figures show that only 13% of high school graduates can speak a foreign language. But four decades ago, 40 percent had foreign language skills.
Professor Elise Tipton, from the University of Sydney, says increasingly students do not feel the need to learn another language to boost their career. She believes that Australia’s economic boom, which is driven by red-hot demand for its minerals, is helping mask serious deficiencies (缺陷) in its language skills.
Australia does business very successfully in English with most of its trading partners. But as the world’s economic power shifts to emerging regions such as Asia, its language gap could soon be exposed. According to the new figures, less than 6.5 percent of high school graduates are proficient in an Asian language. Academics worry that this means Australia will increasingly be isolated from its economically important Asian neighbors. Dilip Dutta, from the economics and business faculty at Sydney University, says language skills can enhance trading opportunities. If Australians want to trade with Asian countries, it is very important for them to learn the language that will help them to get closer to the culture.
But students have different opinions about Asian language learning. Pippa McCowage, a 22-year-old Australian student, says many young Australians have a half-hearted approach to foreign language, and the language curriculum is often weak. "While we’re encouraged in high school to learn another language, it’s not really apparent to me as a realistic expectation that you will have to speak it," said McCowage. "For example, I learned Japanese in high school. When I went on an exchange in Year 10, I found that the Japanese students of my age had a much greater proficiency in English than I did in Japanese. So in that sense, it almost discourages you."
At present, about 70 percent of Australia’s major exports go to Asia and the Australian government has been keen on developing closer economic and diplomatic ties with Asia. Academics say that, as Asia becomes one of the world’s economic powerhouses (经济体), Australia needs to improve its language skills if it is to take full advantage of the business opportunities on its doorstep.
According to Dilip Dutta, language skills can______.
选项
A、improve your relation with your partner
B、help settle international conflicts
C、increase trading with foreign countries
D、remove barriers in negotiations
答案
C
解析
根据题干中的Dilip Dutta将本题出处定位到第三段倒数第二句。该句提到,悉尼大学经济贸易学院教授Dilip Dutta称,语言技能可以增加贸易机会,由此可知,答案为[C]“增加与外国的贸易”。[A]是根据第三段末句it is very important…to learn the language that will help…to get closer to the culture设的干扰项;[B]和[D]在文中未提及,故排除。
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