“汉语桥”孟加拉国预选赛落幕 Youngster selected to represent Bangladesh at final Chinese Bridge competition

A Chinese language proficiency competition for university students was held in Bangladesh on Thursday to select(挑选) a youngster to represent(代表) Bangladesh at the final(决赛) Chinese Bridge competition.

The Chinese Bridge is an international Chinese culture and language proficiency program where Chinese language and culture students from institutions worldwide(遍及全球的) compete in various categories.

From a number of leading institutions including Dhaka University, CRI-SMF Confucius Classroom and North South University, students applied to(申请) attend(参加) the competition(比赛).

Nine of the applicants(参赛者) were selected through initial processes to join the competition held Thursday at the North South University in Dhaka.

The contestants competed in three segments featuring "Prepared Speech", "Chinese knowledge Quiz" and "Chinese Talent Show". 

All the contestants were awarded prizes and certificates(证书) according to their individual results. Andeez Ziauddin, a female contestant from Confucius Institute at North South University, secured the first position in the competition and was selected to represent Bangladesh at the final competition to be held in China.

The Chinese embassy conducted the contest which was hosted by the Confucius Institute at North South University in association with the Dhaka University Confucius Institute and CRI-SMF Confucius Classroom.

词汇 Words:

[tiāo xuǎn] 挑选 select
[dài biǎo] 代表 represent
[shēn qǐng] 申请 apply to
[cān jiā] 参加 attend
[jué sài] 决赛 final
[bǐ sài] 比赛 competition
[cān sài zhě] 参赛者 applicant
[zhèng shū] 证书 certificate

重点词汇 Key word:

赛

• <动词 v.> have a competition/contest
  E.g. Rúguǒ nǐ yuànyì,wǒ lái hé nǐ sài yī sài。
  如果你愿意,我来和你赛一赛。
  I will play against you, if you like.

• <动词 v.> be as good as; be comparable to
  E.g. Zhèxiē xiǎohuǒzi gànhuó yīgè sàiguò yīgè。
  这些小伙子干活一个赛过一个。
  These young men are equally competent in their work.

• <名词 n.> match; race; game
  E.g. Wǒmenduì qīngsōng de yíngdé le zhècì yǎnjiǎng bǐsài。
  我们队轻松地赢得了这次演讲比赛。
  Our team walked away in the speech.