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四分钟的英语演讲稿Hello,boysandgirls.Asweknow,theEnglishlanguageisthemostwidelyusedlanguageintheworld.ButwhyitisEnglish,notchinese?TodayIwillgiveyoumyopinion.Thismayseemsurprisingatfirst.Afterall,thepopulationoftheUnitedkingdomisoneofthesmallestintheworld.ButofcoursetheUKisnottheonlycountrywhosenativelanguageisEnglish;themajorityofthepeopleintheUS,Canada,AustraliaandNewZealandarealsonativeEnglishspeakers.However,ifyouaddupthepopulationsofthesecountries,thetotalnumberonlycomestobeabout400million,whichislessthanonethirdofthepopulationofoutmotherlandChina.WHOelsespeaksEnglish?Well,ifwecountalltheEnglish-speakersinIndia,Singaporeandsomeothercountries,thataddanother700milliontothetotalnumber.Sothetotalismorethanoneandahalfbillion!Letshavealookatthefigure.Youwillfindthattherearemorenon-nativeEnglishspeakersthannatveEnglishspeakers.Whyisthis?Thereisoneimportanthistoricanreason,theinfluenceoftheBritishEmpire.theEmpireusedtostretchedeverycornerofthewolrd.Althoughtheempirenolongerexists,theEnglishlanguageisdeeplyrootedinitsformercolonies-inAfrica,India,Pakistam,NewZealand,northAmericaandsoonandsoforh.AnotherimportantreasonforthespreadofEnglishlanguageiseconomic.Englishisthelanguageofinternationalbusinessandcommerce.ItsalsothenativelanguageoftheUSA.SO,anycountry,forexample,totradewiththeUnitedStates,ortotakeadvantageofitstechnology,mustbeabletooperateinEnglish.Also,mostscientifictechnologcialdevelopementhavebeenmadebyEnglish-speakingsocieties.Tokeeppacewithsuchdevelopements,totalkaboutitintheinternationalconferences,orreadandwritethem,scholarsandwestudentsmustmasterthetool.Englishlanguageisnotintrisicallybetterthananyotherlanguageintheworld.Tosomeextent.IshouldsaythattheChineselanguageismuchbetterthanENglish.ItsmodernhistorythatmadetheEnglishthedominantlanguagenowdays.Atlast,IwannatosaythatwemustregardEnglishasatool,butawaytosuccess,Imean,weshouldnthavepaidsomuchattentiontoit.Thereisasayinggoeslikethis:“wearetryingtolearnEnglishtoday,andalltheotherpeopleontheearthwillspeakChinesetomorrow”Iwishthedaywillcomesoon.Letsgo!声明:本文来源于网络,著作权属归原创者所有。我们本着想要分享的目的与大众交流,如有侵权,请在后台留言联系,我们将第一时间进行删除,谢谢!
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