专题 20 英美文化阅读理解专项：英语+美国语言+美国英语和英国英语- 2024年高考英语常考英美文化阅读专练+素材积累.docxVIP

51.InternationalLanguage---English

Englishisthenativeorofficiallanguageofone-fifthoftheworld.ItisspokeninNorthAmerica,GreatBritain,Australia,andNewZealand.InSouthAfricaandIndiaitisoneoftheofficiallanguages.

MorepeoplestudyEnglishthananyotherlanguage.Inmanycountries,thetextbooksinuniversitiesareinEnglish.ManyuniversityclassesaretaughtinEnglisheventhoughthenativelanguageisnotEnglish.

Englishisthelanguageofinternationalcommunication.Itisthelanguageofinternationalbusiness,research,andscience.Morethanthree-fourthsoftheworldsmailiswritteninEnglish.MorethanhalfofthescientificresearcharticlesareinEnglish.MostotherlanguageshaveborrowedmanyEnglishwords.

WhydidEnglishbecometheinternationallanguage?Inthemiddleofthe19thcentury,Frenchwastheinternationallanguage.ThenBritainbecameverypowerfulintheworld.EnglandstartedcoloniesinNorthAmericaandIndiainthe17thcentury.By1900EnglandalsohadcoloniesinotherpartsofAsia,AfricaandtheSouthPacific.ThepeopleinthecolonieshadtouseEnglish.SlowlyitbecamemoreimportantthanFrenchinternationally.AftertheSecondWorldWar,theUnitedStatesbecameverypowerful,andevenmorepeoplebegantolearnEnglish.

IsEnglishagoodinternationallanguage?Ithasmorewordsthananyotherlanguage.Thegrammarissimplerthanintheothermajorlanguages.However,Englishspellingisdifficult.ForeignersallhavetroublespellingEnglish.Sodonativespeakers.

Since1880,peoplehaveinventedoverfiftyartificial(notnatural)languages.Noonespeaksthemasanativelanguage.However,noneofthemhaseverbecomepopular.SomepeopledontwanttostudyEnglish,butitistheinternationallanguage.(292words)

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英语是世界上五分之一人口的母语或者官方语言，学英语的人比学任何其它语言的人都多，在许多国家大学的教材是