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1、1.DoyouthinkEnglishisagloballanguage?Whyorwhynot?AndpleasestatewhyyoushouldstudyEnglishandhowtolearnitwell.A:Goodmorning.I’mverygladtoinviteyoutojoindiscussion.DoyouthinkEnglishisagloballanguage?Today,Iwanttogiveyoutwocontrastingpointsofviewonwhetherorn
2、otEnglishisagloballanguage.B:Ithink,Englishisobviouslyagloballanguage.Asweallknow,Englishisthelanguagepeopleallovertheworldusetocommunicate,andthatitisgraduallyreplacingotherlanguage.C:Idon’tthinkso.Englishisnottrulyagloballanguage,becauseitisnotthemain
3、languagespokenbymostpeopleworldwide.EventhoughtmanypeoplespeaksomeEnglishworldwide,Englishhasnotreplacedotherlanguages.TheyacknowledgethatpeopleuseEnglisheveryday,formanyreasons,butthisdoesn’tmeanEnglishisreplacingotherlanguages,nordoesitmakeEnglishthem
4、ainlanguagespokenintheworld.D:Englishisdominantlanguageofbusiness,travel,andscience.Whenpeopleneedacommonlanguage,theyoftenuseEnglish.Thinkaboutit.Englishisoftenusedattouristinformationcenters,ininternationalhotels,atairports.IfyouuseataxiinRome,andyouc
5、an’tspeakItalian,thetaxidriverismorelikelytouseEnglishthananyotherlanguages.Itisusedatbusinessmeetingsandinternationalsportsevents.TheEuropeanUnionusedEnglish,alongwithFrench,atitsmeetings…..ASEAN,theAsiantradegroup,usesEnglishatitsmeetings.Canyouthinko
6、fothersituationsinwhichEnglishisusedasacommonlanguage?E:But,Idon’tbelieveEnglishhasreplacedotherlanguages.InmanycountrieswheresomepeopleuseEnglishforworkeachday,theydon’tuseEnglishforworkeachday,theydon’tuseEnglishanywhereelse.EveninEnglish-speakingcoun
7、tries,therearemillionsofpeoplewhoprefertospeakalanguageotherthanEnglishathome,withfriends,oratwork.A:TheInternethascreatedolotofinternationalcommunitiesandpeopleoftenuseEnglish.Infact,mostpeoplewhousetheInternetknowEnglish.B:Englishisagloballanguageitis
8、theofficiallanguageofmorethanseventy-fivecountries.ThismeansthesecountriesuseEnglishinschool,banks,business,andgovernment.Oftheseseventy-fivecountries,Englishmaybetheonlyofficiallanguageofthecountry,likeinEnglish,orEnglishmaybeus