全新版大学进阶英语综合教程 第4册 PPT课件（思政智慧版）unit 5.pptxVIP

;Unit Goals;Viewing Listening;;How did English become so important? Britain was a very strong colonial power during the 18th and 19th centuries. By the beginning of the 20th century the British Empire controlled almost 5) a quarter of the land in the world! At the same time it dominated 6) commerce in countries that were not part of the British Empire, so the use of English 7) expanded over an even bigger area. When the British Empire finished, many countries which became independent 8) maintained English as their first or official language. When the United States became the 9) dominant worl