LearningtospeakEnglishwellmaybethebestthingyoucandotoimproveyourlife.That'sright.Doyouthinkitwouldbefuntohaveaccesstoinformationthatotherpeoplecan'tget?Talkandwriteletterstointerestingpeoplethatotherscan'tcommunicatewith?Impresspeoplearoundyouwheneveryouopenedyourmouth?Makebigjumpsinyourcareer,leavingothersmilesbehind?YoucangetallthisifyouspeakEnglishwell.GetaccesstoknowledgeWhatareyouinterestedin?Isitscience?Music?Computers?Health?Business?Sports?Today'smedia—suchastheInternet,television,andthepress—giveyoualmostunlimitedaccesstoknowledgeaboutyourfavoritesubjects.Afterall,weliveintheinformationage,don'twe?There'sonlyoneproblem.MostofthisknowledgeisinEnglish.HerearesomeexamplesofknowledgeyoucanuseifyouknowEnglish:．MostpagesontheWeb.That'soverabillion(1,000,000,000)pagesofinformation!It'samazingthatlearningjustonelanguagegivesyouaccesstoalmostallknowledgeontheInternet.．Books—onanysubject,fromallovertheworld.ReadbooksbyBritishorAmericanauthors,andbookstranslatedfromotherlanguages.Whateveryou'reinterestedin,youcanreadaboutitinEnglish!．Thepress.OnlyEnglish-languagemagazinesandnewspaperscanbeboughtineverypartoftheworld.Youdon'thavetosearchforTime,Newsweek,ortheInternationalHeraldTribune!．Science.Englishisthekeytotheworldofscience.In1997,95%ofthearticlesintheScienceCitationIndexwerewritteninEnglish.Onlyabout50%ofthemwerefromEnglish-speakingcountriesliketheUSAorBritain.．Newsreports.Watchinternationaltelevisionnetworks,suchasCNNInternationalandNBC.Theybroadcastnewsmuchfaster,andmoreprofessionally,thansmaller,nationalnetworks.Andyoucanwatchthemeverywhereintheworld.CommunicatewithpeopleWeliketocallEnglish"thelanguageofcommunication".Why?BecauseitseemsallthepeopleintheworldhaveagreedtouseEnglishtotalktoeachother.