2025年人教版九年级英语第四单元3a知识点.pdfVIP

非淡泊无以明志，非宁静无以致远。——诸葛亮

人教版九年级英语第四单元3a知识点

一、WhatistheEnglish-speakingworld?

TheEnglish-speakingworldreferstocountriesorregionswhere

Englishisspokeneitherasthefirstlanguageorasasecondary

language.ItincludescountriessuchastheUnitedStates,theUnited

Kingdom,Australia,Canada,NewZealand,andSouthAfrica,aswell

asregionsliketheCaribbeanandpartsofAfricaandAsia.Englishis

consideredthelinguafrancaofourcontemporaryera,withover1.5

billionspeakersworldwide.

二、WhyisEnglishimportantintodaysworld?

Englishhasbecomethegloballanguageofcommunication,

particularlyinbusiness,science,andtechnology.Itswidespreadusage

allowspeoplefromdifferentcountriesandculturestoconnect,

collaborate,andexchangeideas.Moreover,Englishproficiencycan

openupmanyopportunitiesforindividuals,suchasbetterjob

prospects,higherincomes,andaccesstoavastamountofinformation

ontheinternet.

三、HowdidEnglishbecomesoinfluential?

TheinfluenceofEnglishcanbetracedbacktothehistoryofthe

BritishEmpire.Duringthecolonialera,theBritishEmpirespreadits

天将降大任于斯人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿其体肤，空乏其身，行拂乱其所为。——《孟子》

language,culture,andinstitutionsacrosstheglobe.Englishbecamethe

dominantlanguageintheseterritories,andevenafterdecolonization,

itsprominenceremained.Additionally,theriseoftheUnitedStatesasa

superpowerafterWorldWarIIfurtherenhancedtheglobalinfluenceof

English.

四、DialectsandaccentsintheEnglish-speakingworld

Englishdialectsandaccentsvarygreatlyacrossdifferentregions.

TheBritishIslesalonehaveamultitudeofac