留学生在吴桥学杂技 Overseas students learn acrobatics in Cangzhou

Overseas students practice acrobatics at the Wuqiao Acrobatic Art School in Cangzhou, Hebei Province, on Monday, May 20, 2019. [Photo: Xinhua]

A group of overseas students(留学生 liúxuéshēng) will graduate next month from their one-year acrobatics(杂技 zájì) training course at the Wuqiao Acrobatic Art School in the city of Cangzhou(沧州) in north China's Hebei Province.

Overseas students practice acrobatics at the Wuqiao Acrobatic Art School in Cangzhou, Hebei Province, on Monday, May 20, 2019. [Photo: Xinhua]

The 26 students are some of the more than 400 overseas students from 23 countries(国家 guójiā), including Tanzania, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, and Laos, that the school has taken on since 2002 as part of its international assistance(援助 yuánzhù) projects(项目 xiàngmù).

Overseas students practice acrobatics at the Wuqiao Acrobatic Art School in Cangzhou, Hebei Province, on Monday, May 20, 2019. [Photo: Xinhua]

Overseas students practice acrobatics at the Wuqiao Acrobatic Art School in Cangzhou, Hebei Province, on Monday, May 20, 2019. [Photo: Xinhua]

Overseas students practice acrobatics at the Wuqiao Acrobatic Art School in Cangzhou, Hebei Province, on Monday, May 20, 2019. [Photo: Xinhua]

重点词汇 Key word:

留学 study abroad/overseas

• E.g. Wǒ dǎsuàn qù Zhōngguó liúxué.
  我打算去中国留学。
  I plan to study in China.

留学生 overseas student; student studying abroad

• E.g. Běijīng xuéxí de wàiguó liúxuéshēng láizì shìjiè gèdì.
  北京学习的外国留学生来自世界各地。
  The overseas students studying in Beijing come from all parts of the world.