Learn Mandarin! From: Weekly Reader, Edition 2 (including Science Spin) | Date: February 1, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Weekly Reader Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

More people speak Mandarin than speak any other language in the world. It is the official language of China.

Many schools in the United States teach Mandarin. Teachers want to prepare kids for jobs in which they may do business with China.

Read the chart to learn the numbers one to five in Mandarin. Then answer the questions below.

 
English               Mandarin 
1         ...

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