中文高级班

__Student3__ Books and resources Teaching plan3 中国是世界上发达最早的“四大文明古国”之一，已经有五千多年有文字记载的历史. 中华人民共和国成立于1949年，40多年来，中国的面貌发生了翻天覆地的变化. 尤其是从1978年开始的改革开放以后，中国的经济迅速发展，成为世界上经济发展最快的国家. 尽管人均收入还并不高，但就综合国力来说，中国已经是具有相当实力的国家.

China, with its recorded history of over 5,000 years, is one of the four earliest major civilizations in the world. The People's Republic of China was founded in 1949. During the last 40 odd years, China has changed tremendously. Especially, China's economy has been developing rapidly since 1978 when the policy of reform and opening up to the world began to be implemented. Now she has become one of the countries whose economies developing most rapidly in the world. As far as the overall national power is concerned, China has become a considerably powerful country, despite of the fact that the per capita national income is still not high.