作为国际通用语的英语（English as an international language）.docVIP

作为国际通用语的英语（English as an international language） English as an international language English is becoming the first universal language in the world. It is the mother tongue of about four hundred million people in twelve countries. This is far less than the more than 800000000 Chinese speaking Mandarin chinese. However, another four hundred million people use English as a second language. And there are hundreds of millions of people who know a little English, because English has an official or semi official language in about sixty countries. Although the number of people who speak Chinese dialects may add up to as many English speakers, English is undoubtedly more widely spoken in terms of geographical distribution. Today, around one billion people speak English around the world. By 2000, this figure could be over one billion and five hundred million. English is the most widely spoken language, but English is not a substitute for some other languages, but a complement to these languages. ? two hundred and fifty million Chinese - more than the total population of the United States - are learning english; In eighty-nine countries, English, or the second language that is commonly used by people, is widely studied; In France, all national secondary schools require students to study English or German for four years, and most of them - at least eighty-five percent of the students - choose english. In Japan, middle school students must study English for six years before they graduate. The media and transport English is popular in the transportation and media industry. The international language of travel and communication in radio waves is english. At all international airports, pilots and air traffic controllers speak english. Maritime traffic uses flags and light signals, but if the ships need language to communicate, they will find a common language, English is very likely. The worlds five largest broadcasting companies - the United States Cbs Broadcasting Inc, NBC, Amer