[00:35.89]Pre-read Answer the following questions.
[00:41.46]1.Which language is the most widely spoken in the world?
[01:12.41]2.why are more and more people in China interested in learing English?
[02:55.78]Read ENGLISH IS WIDELY USED
[03:17.43]More than 6,000 languages are spoken in the world today.
[03:23.70]Many of these languages are spoken by small groups of people.
[03:30.36] More than 200 languages are spoken by one million or more people.
[04:30.21]Whicn language is spoken by the largest number of people in the world?
[04:53.38]Of course,the answer is Chinese.
[05:03.73]But which language is the most widely spoken in the world?
[05:17.88]The answer is English.
[05:32.12]English is spoken by more than 400 million people as their first language.
[06:08.69]It is spoken by most people in the USA,
[06:14.57]Great Britain,Canada,Australia and New Zealand.
[06:45.63]But it is also used very sidely
[06:51.09]as a foreign language in many other countries of the world.
[07:19.12]Look at the back of your watch.
[07:23.48]You may see the English words"Made in China".
[07:28.13]Look at something else,For example,a TV set.
[07:33.90]Again,you may find the English words "Made in China",
[07:39.55]"Made in Japan",or even "Made in Germany"
[08:16.20]English is the first language in none of these countries.
[08:35.37]Why are English words written on these thins?
[08:46.24]it is because in the modern world,
[08:50.68]English is widely used for business between different counties.
[09:18.05]When a German buys something from a Japanese,
[09:24.53]or an Indian sell something to a Frenchman,they often use English.
[09:49.19]Most business letters around the world are written in English,too.
[10:08.44]Half the world's telephone call are made in English.
[10:22.60]Three quarters of the world's books and newspapers are written in English.
[10:51.55]More than three quarters of the information on the Internet is in English too!
[11:21.09]If you travel in India,France,Germany,or almost any other country in the world,
[11:30.83]you will still be able to use English.
[11:51.68]It is used by travellers and business people all over the world.
[12:13.44]It is one of the world's most important languages as it is so widely used.
[12:31.88]That is why more and more people in China are interested in learning English |