In the late Qing Dynasty, the closed Qing government began to set up Tongwen Hall and hired foreigners to teach English and other foreign languages. The main purpose was to avoid being deceived as much as possible when signing unequal treaties with foreign powers. However, this kind of language practice, which is strictly limited to the technical level, has leapt into the fields of science and technology, culture, ideology and ideology, resulting in a great change that has not happened in a thousand years in China. Language communication often brings unexpected gains, which makes people have more expectations.
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Mastering a foreign language is like opening a window