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Hey, whaddaya know! A guest post. Been a while since we got one of these. Many thanks to Ryan, who submitted recently. Ryan tells us: "This is a very interesting article about Chinese-Americans that shouldn't be too hard for intermediate-level readers. The grammar in this article is fairly simple, and I could understand most of it, having learnt Chinese for half a year." <!--more-->

<img src="http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20140730-INLINE.jpg" alt="Learn Chinese Reading: Learn to Read Chinese Characters" width="100" height="100" class="imgborder alignleft" /> This post was taken from a passage in one of Ryan's old Chinese textbooks, given to him by a friend. It introduces what we presume is a much longer treatise on the history of Chinese immigration to North America. In this text, we learn a couple of cool place names and period names here. 

The Chinese title is:  华裔美国人. 
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世纪 - [pinyin]shi4 ji4[/pinyin] - Century
广东省 - [pinyin]guang3 dong1 sheng3[/pinyin] - Guangdong Province
福建省 - [pinyin]fu2 jian4 sheng3[/pinyin] - Fujian Province
淘金 - [pinyin]tao2 jin1[/pinyin] - Gold Rush
铁路 - [pinyin]tie3 lu4[/pinyin] - Railroads
内战 - [pinyin]nei4 zhan4[/pinyin] - Civil War
中国城 - [pinyin]zhong1 guo2 cheng2[/pinyin] - Chinatown
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中国人是从19<strong>世纪</strong>二十年代开始到美国来的。他们大多来自<strong>广东省</strong>和<strong>福建省</strong>。一开始，他们在加利福尼亚<strong>淘金</strong>；后来，又在西部修建<strong>铁路</strong>、经营农场。20世纪四五十年代，一些人因为中国<strong>内战</strong>来到美国。从20世纪七十年代开始，越来越多的中国人到美国来留学。学习结束后，有的人继续留在美国工作和生活。

中国人到美国的时候，最先是在大城市里居住。所以，现在很多城市像旧金山、纽约、<strong>檀香山</strong>和加拿大的温哥华等都有很大的<strong>中国城</strong>。

以前，中国人在美国生活非常艰难。在几代人的共同努力下，很多人取得了很大的成就。看看下面的当代华裔美国人，有哪些是你认识的？ 

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From the 1820's, Chinese people started arriving in America. Most of them came from Guangdong Province and Fujian Province. Initially, they came to California to pan for gold [during the Gold Rush] ; later, they built railroads and started farms in the West. In the 1940s and 1950s, more people [immigrated to the] United States] because of the Chinese civil war. Beginning in the 1970s, more and more Chinese people came to America to study. After they graduated, some people stayed in America to work and live.

When the Chinese arrived in the United States, most of them lived in big cities. Thus, now many cities like San Francisco, New York, Honolulu, Canada's Vancouver, and others have large Chinatowns.

Previously, Chinese people living in the United States had it very hard. But through the joint efforts of several generations, many [Chinese] people have achieved great things. Here's a look at contemporary Chinese Americans, which ones are you familiar with?
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