21 English in the World
Some people say that the English language no longer belongs to the English,
and it belongs to the world. It is estimated that the number of people who use
English exceeds 750 million. Among these, about 350 million are native
speakers, while the rest use it as an official language. If we add to this
number the people who have acquired the language to some extent, the total is
close to one billion.
English plays an increasingly important role in the world as a medium for
conducting international business and diplomacy, as well as in science and
medicine, the Internet, air and sea communications, international sports
events, radio and TV programs, pop songs and movies.
estimate 估計(jì)
exceed 超過(guò)
native 本族的,本國(guó)的
official 官方的
acquire 掌握
to some extent 達(dá)到某種程度
billion 千萬(wàn)
increasingly 越來(lái)越多地
medium 工具,手段
conduct 實(shí)行,執(zhí)行
international 國(guó)際的
diplomacy 外交
medicine 醫(yī)藥
communication 通信
event 事件
世界上的英語(yǔ)
有人說(shuō)英語(yǔ)已不再屬于英國(guó)人了,它屬于全世界。據(jù)估計(jì),使用英語(yǔ)的人超過(guò)七億五千萬(wàn),其中大約有三億五千萬(wàn)是以英語(yǔ)為母語(yǔ)的人,而其余的人將英語(yǔ)作為官方語(yǔ)言使用。如果我們?cè)偌由弦呀?jīng)掌握英語(yǔ)到一定程度的人,這個(gè)總數(shù)將接近十億。
英語(yǔ),作為進(jìn)行國(guó)際業(yè)務(wù)和外交的工具,在世界上起著越來(lái)越重要的作用。它還在科學(xué)、醫(yī)藥、互聯(lián)網(wǎng)、空中及海洋通信、國(guó)際體育賽事、電臺(tái)電視節(jié)目、流行歌曲及電影中發(fā)揮著越來(lái)越重要的作用
Some people say that the English language no longer belongs to the English,
and it belongs to the world. It is estimated that the number of people who use
English exceeds 750 million. Among these, about 350 million are native
speakers, while the rest use it as an official language. If we add to this
number the people who have acquired the language to some extent, the total is
close to one billion.
English plays an increasingly important role in the world as a medium for
conducting international business and diplomacy, as well as in science and
medicine, the Internet, air and sea communications, international sports
events, radio and TV programs, pop songs and movies.
estimate 估計(jì)
exceed 超過(guò)
native 本族的,本國(guó)的
official 官方的
acquire 掌握
to some extent 達(dá)到某種程度
billion 千萬(wàn)
increasingly 越來(lái)越多地
medium 工具,手段
conduct 實(shí)行,執(zhí)行
international 國(guó)際的
diplomacy 外交
medicine 醫(yī)藥
communication 通信
event 事件
世界上的英語(yǔ)
有人說(shuō)英語(yǔ)已不再屬于英國(guó)人了,它屬于全世界。據(jù)估計(jì),使用英語(yǔ)的人超過(guò)七億五千萬(wàn),其中大約有三億五千萬(wàn)是以英語(yǔ)為母語(yǔ)的人,而其余的人將英語(yǔ)作為官方語(yǔ)言使用。如果我們?cè)偌由弦呀?jīng)掌握英語(yǔ)到一定程度的人,這個(gè)總數(shù)將接近十億。
英語(yǔ),作為進(jìn)行國(guó)際業(yè)務(wù)和外交的工具,在世界上起著越來(lái)越重要的作用。它還在科學(xué)、醫(yī)藥、互聯(lián)網(wǎng)、空中及海洋通信、國(guó)際體育賽事、電臺(tái)電視節(jié)目、流行歌曲及電影中發(fā)揮著越來(lái)越重要的作用