Tower of Babel Won’t Fall.doc

rough draft:if you ask a freshman in the beijing normal university,“did you take english courses?” i think most of them will answer “yes”. have you ever doubted if it is right to give english courses in the university? i will tell you why.english, as the most frequently used language in the world,is an essential tool. english is regarded as the official language, which means when you are abroad you can turn to for help to solve the communication problem. every time you run into some trouble, english is the language you choose to face it.now, you, as a university student are facing a dynamic world. you are supposed to explore it and create it. while you cannot even take a step when you dont have the basic tool-language. i know you want to argue about “body language”, but body language may make you understood but not accepted. i dont mean to say that english is a key to every door,but it does work with most of them. outline:title: tower of babel wont fallintroduction a.hook: story about babelb.controversy: shouldnt force to take english coursesc.thesis statement: 1.english is the official language. 2.english helps people from different countries communicate easily. 3.language is another ability, another opportunity.body a. speaking the most widely used language help people face a dynamic world 1. english speaker 2. globalization 3. open china b. a useful tool for communication with people speaking different languages 1. decreasing culture conflicts 2. helping culture blend c. adding the chance to survive in the social competition 1. more and more chinese people are capable of speaking english 2. companies prefer people that could speak englishconclusion a. closing statement:compulsory english has more benefits than harm. b. restate thesis: learning english is necessary.revised version:tower of babel wont falltheres a famous story of babel in the bible: people was building a very high tower named babel to the heaven. at that time, all the people in the world spoke only one language. however, the god wanted to prevent them from the heaven so that he made people speak different languages, which blocked the communication between workers and the babel finally fell down. this story could have a different version today because we have english.many people are strongly against the require of compulsory english from university. they argue that students have already learned english for many years and theres no use learning for another four years. but i have to say that english provided by the university is necessary and beneficial because english is the official language and helps people from different countries communicate easily. lastly, after all language is another ability, another opportunity. current estimates suggest that. 1.5 billion people speak english. speaking the most widely used language help people face a dynamic world. with the globalization developing rapidly, all the countries economies influent each other. nowadays, people could not run a successful business without concerning about the global economic changes. it is especially necessary for students to speak fluent english holding the future of a big country,china,which is supposed to perform even better on the world stage .english is also a useful tool for communication with people speaking different languages. we have more chances to meet foreigners now no matter which kinds of job were involved in, while therere more conflicts made because of language misunderstanding or culture differences. if we both speak english, we could make ourselves easily understood so that decrease the chance of conflicts as well as help different culture blend. in promoting chinese culture to foreign countries, english does give a hand.the ability to speak another language adds the chance to survive in the social competition. the fact is that more and more chinese people are capable of speaking english. if you cant, you will be washed away in the long road of seeking jobs. more and more big companies are requiring its stuff to speak english fluently, even in smaller companies, the ability to speak another language can help you be recognized in many competitors and have more opportunities to promote. i should admit that learning english is not all about advantages. of course, such kind of compulsory english ignores the willingness of students, but according to the reasons i give above, you can see that compulsory english has more benefits than harm. although many students are forced to learn what they dont really fond of, they w