The Astronaut Farmer Straight Story" and came up with something profound in its simplicity . . . The Polishes set up a classic David and Goliath situation, leaving no question of whom the audience will root for. There are sufficient surprises along the way, so the ending is far from predictable. "The Astronaut Farmer"'s goofy quality makes it totally endearing. It's also super entertaining." Steve Dollar of the "New York Sun" said, "Even for a comedy with dramatic drive, "The Astronaut Farmer" demands that the audience suspend its disbelief on multiple fronts . . . What is believable, however, is the passion of
Chinese as a foreign language Chinese language proficiency exam program, which tests has been taken around 100 million times (including by domestic ethnic minority candidates). Within China's Guangdong Province, Cantonese is also offered in some schools as optional or extra-curricular courses in select Chinese as a foreign language programs, although many require students to be proficient in the Mandarin first. Chinese is rated as one of the most difficult languages to learn for people whose native language is English, together with Arabic, Japanese and Korean. According to the Foreign Service Institute, a native English speaker needs over 2,200 hours of intensive study, taking 88 weeks