作为国际通用语的英语（English as an international lingua franca）

1、作为国际通用语的英语（English as an international lingua franca）English as an international lingua francaEnglish is becoming the first universal language in the world. Its the mother tongue of about four hundred million people in twelve countries. This is far less than the more than 800000000 Chinese speaking

2、Mandarin chinese. However, another four hundred million people use English as a second language. And there are hundreds of millions of people who know a little English, because English has an official or semi official language in about sixty countries. Although the number of speakers of various Chin

3、ese dialects may be as large as that of English speakers, English is undoubtedly more widely used in geographical distribution.Today, around one billion people speak English around the world. By 2000, this number is likely to exceed one billion and five hundred million.English is the most widely use

4、d language, but English is not a substitute for some other languages, but a complement to these languages.Two hundred and fifty million Chinese - more than the total number of Americans - learning english;In eighty-nine countries, English or peoples second language is commonly used; or it is widely

5、studied;In France, all of the national secondary schools require students to study English or German for four years, most of them - at least eighty-five percent of the students - choose english.In Japan, middle school students must study English for six years before they graduate.The media and trans

6、portEnglish is very popular in the transportation and media circles. The lingua franca of travel and communication in international radio waves is english. At all international airports, pilots and air traffic controllers speak english. Maritime traffic uses flags and light signals, but if the ships

7、 need language to communicate, they will find a common language, English is very likely.The worlds five largest broadcasting companies - the United States Cbs Broadcasting Inc, NBC, American Broadcasting Company, Broadcasting British Corporation and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation by up to dat

8、e in English about three hundred million listeners to broadcast English or the language of satellite tv.In the information ageThe language in the information age is english.Most of the conversations between computers are in english. The world of the computer has more than 100000000 units, more than

9、eighty percent of the information is stored in English.Eighty-five percent of international telephone conversations are carried out in English; similarly, 3/4 of the worlds mail, telex and telegraph are also used in english. The computer program instructions and the software itself are often written

10、 in english.German was once the language of science, and today more than eighty percent of scientific papers are published in English first. More than half of the worlds scientific journals use English, and English is the common language in the field of medicine, electronics and aviationDelta Intern

11、ational BusinessEnglish is the language used in international business activities. If Japanese traders reached a deal somewhere in Europe, the negotiations would probably happen in english.The product is marked in English as usual: Made in China instead of made in China. English is the preferred lan

12、guage for multinational companies. Japanese Daihatsu Motor Co and NISSAN motor company use English to write an international memorandum. As early as 1985, eighty percent of Mitsui Corp employees in Japan were able to speak, read and write in english. Toyota Auto Body Co set up full-time English lear

13、ning courses for employees.A foreignEnglish is replacing all the languages that dominate Europe for the last few hundred years. English has replaced the French foreign language status; English has not only become a UNESCO, NATO, and the official languages of the United Nations, but also has become t

14、he official language of international aid agencies to save the children organization.A languageEnglish is spoken as a lingua franca in a country where many languages are mixed. India nearly two hundred different languages; only thirty percent of the people to use the official language hindi.Although

15、 English is a foreign language for six member countries, the European Free Trade Association uses English only at work.The official languageEnglish is the official language or semi official language of twenty African countries, including Sierra Leone, Garner, Nigeria, Liberia and South africa. Many

16、universities there use English to teach students.English is also the official language used in the Olympic Games and Miss World pageant.A youth cultureEnglish is the lingua franca of International Youth culture. Young people around the world sing the lyrics of the songs of U2, Michael Jackson and Ma

17、donna, but they dont fully understand what theyre singing. Words like break dance, rap music, bodybuilding, windsurfing and computer hacking are entering the slang of German youth.Because now the United States, the United kingdom. Some countries are using English as a native language, at the same ti

18、me, they are the biggest control of the global economy whether foreign or export trade will have a lot of contact with them, language is a very important mark, so English is the common language of the world. Maybe someone asked why not use Chinese or arabic. China is a developing country, and has no

19、t been fully recognized and accepted, as Arabia and other countries make a fortune by oil, not to mention. The biggest reason is the United States Britain and most European countries are using English so Ruxiangsuixiang, in order to build a trading platform, so. Its just a personal point of view! Sa

20、y my primary school grade six, lack of faith! Just to say. If you listen to it, you dont have to pay attention to itPengjigui | seventeenBecause English is the most widely used language in the world, it can be said that English is the lingua franca of the world.I wish you study progress, a higher le

21、vel! Please remember to adopt, thank you! (*_*) agree0| review2011-4-12 20:58 usmedium | threeBecause you use a wide range of people, you dont want to understand that there are many people who use it, and there is history. You think, you have to have a common goal as a communication tool, for exampl

22、e, China chose Mandarin, all provinces are promoting, that the world also has a language you recognized. There are many English speaking countries, and they are wide. agree with0| review2011-4-12 20:58 enthusiastic netizensBecause you go to other countries and dont use his language, you can communic

23、ate with each other in English0| review2011-4-12 20:59 843191246 | levelSimple, easy to learn, universal, and the country that it started was powerful.Believe that Chinese will be the lingua franca of the world in the future. agree with0| review2011-4-12 21:05 198aov | 2Because English is the most w

24、idely known, like Chinese people know the mostOuyangs sleeve(please do not copy and paste) agree0| review2011-4-13 12:33 enthusiastic netizensOne: simple, so many people willTwo: the use of a stronger country (Mei Ying, etc.) so the news to discuss more of themThree: the spread of English film and t

25、elevision songs, so it sounds strange to agree0| review2011-4-13 14:54 I am not | Haizi twoFor the last two centuries, Britain and the United States have taken the lead in foreign affairs, culture, economy, military, politics and science.During the colonial period, Britain had many colonies in the w

26、orld, and people in these areas also used English more.During the cold war, what languages did the countries of the world regard as the universal language?Questioner: 2011-8-24 10:19 a Sima hit a cylinder light | Views: 442011-8-24 13:35 best answer, the United States and the former Soviet Union are

27、 the two camps, English and Russian must have a decisive positionBut the cold war after World War II opened that the Yalta system after the establishment of the collapse but the predecessor of the United Nations has existedThere are only 6 languages used by the United Nations, which are Arabic, Chin

28、ese, English, French, Russian and Spanish in alphabetical order. Latin American countries generally is Arabic for almost all Chinese Chinese use English is the language of Russian preferred some small languages of the country is using more warpac but then Chinese in Russian as first language2009-8-2

29、8 16:14 is the best answer to the industrial revolution from the British Watt steam began, through the industrial revolution, the road began to machine production, the productivity is increased rapidly, the rapid growth of the product requires a broad market, coupled with the enhancement of national

30、 strength, the British towards the road of overseas expansion, with the British sea strength, defeated the Spanish Armada, became the overlord of the sea after spain. Britain then established its own colonies around the world and popularized English education in the colonies. The territory expanded

31、to the world. Around 45 billion people around the world - about 1/4 of the worlds population - were the people of the British empire. Although its colonies were once independent, the global power of Britain declined, but the influence of culture was profound, and English became an irreplaceable global language.In addition, as the majority of the residents came from the United Kingdom, emerging from the United States, the United States ruled the United