英语翻译Englishisalanguagespokenallaroundtheworld.Therearemorethan42countrieswherethemajorityofthepeoplespeakEnglish.MostnativespeakersofEnglisharefoundintheUnitedKingdom,theUnitedStatesofAmerica,Canada,Australi
英语翻译
Englishisalanguagespokenallaroundtheworld.
Therearemorethan42countrieswherethemajorityofthepeoplespeakEnglish.
MostnativespeakersofEnglisharefoundintheUnitedKingdom,
theUnitedStatesofAmerica,Canada,Australia,
SouthAfrica,IrelandandNewZealand.
Intotal,formorethan375millionpeopleEnglishistheirmothertongue.
AndequalnumberpeoplelearnEnglishasasecondlanguage.
Thesepeoplewillperhapsspeakthelanguageoftheirowncountryathomewiththeirfamily,
butthelanguageofthegovernment,schools,newspapersandTVisEnglish.
ThissituationisfoundincountiessuchanIndia,
Pakistan,NigeriaandthePhilippines.
However,thenumberofpeoplewholearnEnglishasaforeignlanguageismorethan750million.
EverywhereintheworldchildrengotoschooltolearnEnglish.
MostpeoplelearnEnglishforfiveorsixyearsathighschool.
InChinastudentslearnEnglishatschoolasaforeignlanguage,
exceptforthoseinHongKong,
wheremanypeoplespeakEnglishasafirstoratasecondlanguage.
Inonlyfiftyyears,
Englishhasdevelopedintothelanguagemostwidelyspokenandusedintheworld.
Englishistheworkinglanguageofmostinternationalorganizations,
internationaltradeandtourism.
BusinessmenandtouristsoftencometoChinawithoutbeingabletospeakChinese.
Chinesebusinessmen,taxidriversandstudentstalkwiththemusingEnglish.
Englishisalsothelanguageofglobalculture,
suchaspopularmusicandtheInternet.
YoucanlistentoEnglishsongsontheradio
oruseEnglishtocomm-unicatewithpeoplearoundtheworldthroughtheInternet.
WithsomanypeoplecommunicatinginEnglisheveryday,
itwillbecomemoreandmoreimportanttohaveagoodknowledgeofEnglish.