Not that Mandarin isgoing to take over the world, but that it will open opportunities to work, tolive, to communicate, to understand a country that is going to be so importantin our future.

汉语不光会在世界上越来越流行，而且会为学习者带来更多工作、生活、交流的机会，帮助他们理解这个未来会变得极其重要的国家。

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Not that Mandarin is going to take over the world, but that it will open opportunities to work, to live, to communicate, to understand a country that is going to be so important in our future.

并不是说中文将会统治世界，而是说这样做会获得更多的机会，包括工作、生活、交流、理解一个在未来会变得无比重要的国家。

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"Mandarin Chinese is one of the languages that matter most to the UK" s future prosperity.

汉语是对于英国未来繁荣来说最为重要的语言之一。

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In Mandarin, the future can be below and the past above.

WSJ: Does Language Influence Culture?

Mandarin has no tenses to indicate past or future.

BBC: A bullet train to nowhere