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大学英语四(综合教程)第四单元

大学体验英语四（综合教程）

Unit4LanguageandEconomy

ListenandTalk

Leadin

Englishisbecomingtheworldslanguageofthe21st

Centuryandthisisnotimeto1.U.S.residentsor

immigrants2.learningEnglish.Englishisnowthesecond

mostwidelyspokenlanguageintheworld,withonlyChinese

3.spokenbymorepeople.Englishis4.,thesecond

languageof5.,fornon-English-speakingpeople.English

istheofficiallanguageoftheEuropeanCentralBankand

theworkinglanguageoftheAsiantradegroupASEAN.

InmultilingualcontinentalEurope,a6.battleover

languagepopularityappearstobeendingwithEnglish

emergingasthe7.forthe21stcentury.TheGermanshave

givenuptryingtopersuademoreBritishpeopletolearn

theirlanguageand,instead,8.Germanysleading

newspaperproducesaneightEnglisheditionand

declaresthat9..

Switzerlandhasthreeofficiallanguages,German,French,

andItalian,plusafourthlanguagespokeninonecanton,

Romansh.ButSwitzerlandrecently10.ratherthanoneof

itsofficiallanguages.

Key:1.discourage;2.from;3.dialects;4.overwhelmingly;

5.choice6.fierce;7.standard;

8.arenowpromotingEnglishasthelanguageofthe21st

century

9.Englishisgoingtobethelinguafrancaofthenew

century

10.adoptedEnglishtobetaughtasthesecondlanguage

ofchoice;

PassageA:AstatelesslanguagethatEuropemustembrace

2.Answerthefollowingquestionswithinformationfrom

thepassage.

1.WhatisthepopularsuperstitionaboutEnglishmajors

choiceofoccupationsaccordingtothepassage?

Englishmajorsareconfinedtochoosingcareersbetween

journalismandteaching.

2.WhydoestheauthorthinkthatEnglishmajorshave

advantagesovernon-Englishmajorsintermsofemployment?

ExperienceshowsthatEnglishmajorgraduatesqualifyfor

asurprisingrangeofjobs.Infact,theyarealsooften

wellprepare