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Language Imperialism and the English Craze in China ? ? ? A Graduation Thesis Submitted by Yu Yue In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For The Degree of Bachelor of Arts In the Subject of English Language and Literature To College of Economics Management Of Hebei University of Economics and Business Supervisor: An Yan May 15, 2008 Acknowledgement ? In writing this paper, I have benefited from the presence of my teachers and my classmates. They generously helped me collect materials I needed and made many invaluable suggestions. I hereby extend my grateful thanks to them for their kind help, without which the paper would not have been what it is. Particularly, I am deeply indebted to Professor An Yan, my supervisor, who guided me throughout my writing of this thesis. She carefully read the whole draft and offered painstaking and precious criticism. Her standards of academic excellence have made my revision an exciting and gratifying experience. I also wish to sincerely thank my classmates and friends Miss Yang Jing and Miss Li Yan-jie whose brilliant ideas and perceptive observations have proved immensely constructive. My parents took good care of my life and gave me a lot of encouragement when I was working at this thesis. They always share my weal and woe. I feel much grateful and heartily owe my achievement to them. Furthermore, none of this would have been possible without the help of those individuals and organizations hereafter mentioned with gratitude: our school library and its staff, the library of Hebei Normal University, and the National Library of China and its staff. ? YuYue 内容摘要 随着全球化和信息化浪潮的到来，一个不争的事实是：越来越多来自不同国家的人们在用一种语言(即英语)相互交流和传播思想。目前，全世界有近3.8亿人口把英语作为母语，约2.5亿人口把英语用作第二语言。而学习英语的人数则更多。英国文化委员会估计，全球正在学习英语的人口大约为十亿，另有15-20亿人口每天使用接触英语。到2050年，全球一半人口会较熟练使用英语。 我国英语热的出现与国家的开放政策有密切关联，这一点在我国入世后更是如此。现在，我国不但要求高初中以上所有