1.English is spoken by about 400 million people,mostly in the US, the UK Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. 2.In Ghana, India and Singapore,English is used as a working language,for example,between bosses and secretaries,and between doctors and patients,although there are other languages for everyday use. 3.In China and many other countries,English is the most important foreign language that children learn at school, because when they grow up,it will be quite possible for them to meet people from other countries. 4.They will need a common language to communicate with each other. 5.English is now used by nearly a quarter of the world’s population,and anywhere you go in the world,there is a good chance that you will meet someone who speaks English. 6.The reason why English is spoken everywhere is that in the nineteenth century,English became the language of world trade. 7.And in the twentieth century,the US spread English to the world through newspapers, television and films. 8.It is now the common language for international travel, science, industry,and recently, information technology and the Internet. 9.It is also important to know that English has borrowed many words from other languages, for example, “restaurant” from French,“zero” from Arabic,“piano” from Italian,and “tofu” from Chinese. 10.Will the importance of English last? 11.As China continues to grow,many people think that Chinese will become as common as English by the middle of the twenty-first century. 12.More and more schools in Europe are teaching Chinese as a foreign language,together with some European languages. 13.However, most people still think that English will be used most around the world,at least for the next twenty or thirty years. 14.So who owns English?The answer is everyone who speaks it―the British, the Indians and the Chinese all help make it a rich language. 15.Even though we speak different types of English,we are all part of an international club.We all own English.
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汉语译文: 谁拥有英语? 1.大约有4亿人说英语,其中大部分在美国、英国、加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰和南非。 2.在加纳、印度和新加坡,英语被用作一种工作语言,比如老板和秘书之间、医生和病人之间使用,尽管人们日常使用其他语言。 3.在中国和许多其他国家,英语是儿童在学校中学习的最重要的一门外语,因为当他们长大了,他们很可能会认识来自其他国家的人。 4.他们将需要一门通用语言来相互交流。 5.现在有将近四分之一的世界人口使用英语,而且无论你去世界上什么地方,都很有可能遇见说英语的人。 6.英语之所以在世界各地使用,是因为在19世纪,英语成为世界贸易的语言。 7.而在20世纪,美国将英语传播到世界各地,通过报纸、电视和电影。 8.现在英语是国际旅行、科学、工业以及新兴的信息技术和因特网的通用语言。 9.知道英语从其他语言中借用了很多单词也是重要的,例如,来自法语的“餐馆”,来自阿拉伯语的“零”,来自意大利语的“钢琴”和来自汉语的“豆腐”。 10.英语的重要性会持续吗? 11.随着中国持续壮大,许多人认为汉语会变得和英语一样普及到21世纪中期。 12.欧洲有越来越多的学校正将汉语作为一门外语和一些欧洲语言一起教授。 13.但是,大多数人仍然认为,英语仍将是世界上使用最多的语言,在接下来的至少二三十年内。 14.那么,谁拥有英语呢?答案是每个讲英语的人――英国人、印度人 和中国人都共同帮助英语成为一门丰富的语言。 15.虽然我们说着不同类型的英语,但我们都是这个国际俱乐部的一部分。我们都拥有英语。 |
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