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【标题】浅谈中国英语 【作者】张 增 梅 【关键词】中国英语；概念；特征；中国式英语 【指导老师】宋家陵 伍海英 【专业】英语 【正文】I. IntroductionEnglish has for some time been learned worldwide, and is now spoken in every country of the globe. Some 380 million people speak it as their first language and perhaps two-thirds as many again as their second. A billion are learning it, about a third of the world’s population are in some sense exposed to it, and by 2050, it is predicated, half the world will be more or less proficient in it. It is the language of globalization: of international business, politics and diplomacy. It is the language of computer and the Internet. 1As English is being spoken by such a vast number of people, and is widely used for communication among countries, it’s inevitable to bring English varieties with localization, so that it produces?“Englishes”. 2 According to Kachru, these Englishes fall into three increasingly well-known categories called?“the three concentric circles”:(1)“the inner circle” where English is the mother tongue and includes countries such as Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United Stated;?(2)“the outer circle” which uses English as an additional institutionalized, official language, though not a mother tongue, including Bangladesh, Ghana, Indian, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Zambia; many people in these countries can use English fluently for virtually any type of communication;?(3)“the expanding circle” which refers to English as a foreign language, English is learned widely and pays various roles?,but mainly used for reading and communication in international business, the countries being mainly China, Korea, Nepal, Russia, Saudi Arabia and several in South America. 3???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????According to Kachru, China belongs to?“the expanding circle”.