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language A second language is any language (not the first, or native, language )learnt and used because of geographical or social reasons; it is different from a foreign language. In most cases, people never achieve the same level of fluency and comprehension in their second languages as in their first language. Both the first and second language can be official language. Language is the language of bill. Read the text quickly to find out the following sentences will possibly appear in which para. 1. And now , Hong Kong uses English as its second language. 2. The number of English speakers increases with the passing of history. 3. Besides cultural reasons, language changes as the result of economic and political influence of those who speak and write in it. 4. But there are some differences between different Englishes. Scanning (T/F) English has the most speakers now. (T/F) 2. In English, “flat” has the same meaning as “apartment”. (T/F) 3. Fill in the blanks: English has changed ___ ____ when ____ communicate with one another. Shakespeare used a large ___________ in his works. Later, American English and British English has got its own _______. 4. Name the country who uses English as a foreign or second language. Can you see the changes of language in two masterpiece? Shall I Compare Thee? By William Shakespeare(1599) Shall I compare thee to a Summer‘s day?Thou are more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And Summer’s lease(租约） hath all too short a date: ……. Singer (by Tagore from Gitanjali 1910) When thou commandest me to sing it seems that my heart would break with pride, and I look to thy face, and tears come to my eyes. …… I know thou takest pleasure in my singing. I know that only as a singer I come before thy presence