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You have been working hard to learn English. Do you know American kids are 42.______to learn Chinese? More than 60,000 American students now study Chinese.“Because of China’s  fast development, Chinese has become more useful, and more and more 43.______begin to learn it,” said Scott McGinnis, a Washington language expert (专家). For 44. ______ , in 1999, only three schools in Chicago 45. ______ Chinese lessons. This year more than 30 schools there have Chinese during school days. Last year China 46. ______ them 3,000 textbooks because they had 47. ______ a good job. Although Chinese is 48 ______ more and more popular, it is one of 49. ______ languages to learn. Usually, an English 50. ______ takes about 1,320 hours to become good at Chinese. He 51. ______ only 480 hours for French, Spanish or Italian.