贵州省花溪二中八级英语下册《Unit 2 Lesson 3》课文和阅读（无答案） 人教新目标版.docVIP

贵州省贵阳市花溪二中八年级英语下册《Unit 2 Lesson 3》课文和阅读 人教新目标版 8BU1L1课文 8BU1L1课文 8BU1L1课文 English Speech Contest English is an international language. It is the official language of more than 70 countries. Do you know how many people speak English in the world.9 More than 370 million people speak English as a native language. Another 750 million speak it as a second language. Many more people are learning English as a foreign language. English is one of the worlds most widely used languages. Do you have any idea where English is often used? About 70 per cent of the worlds radio and television stations use English to broadcast their programmes. Nearly 90 per cent of the information on the Internet is in English. And English is one of the working languages of the United Nations. In addition, it is used in most international activities, such as trade, sporting events, art festivals and conferences. In brief, English is very important in international communication. In order to communicate better with people from abroad, we must have a good command of English. We must do our best to learn it well. 8BU1L1阅读 8BU1L1阅读 8BU1L1阅读 Languages Around the World There are about 2,700 different languages in the world. English is one of the most important, and is used as an international language of communication. About one billion people speak English as a native or second language. About half of these people live in the USA. A lot more people in other countries learn English at school. English is the most popular language on the Internet. Studies show that one person in six speaks English around the world. More than 1.2 billion people in the world speak Chinese as their first language. That is more than any other language speakers in the world. Chinese is the second most popular language on the Internet. About 350 million people in he world speak Spanish (西班牙语) at home. Most of these people live in Spain (西班牙), the USA and Latin America (拉丁美洲). Spanish is the third most