柯灵思英语-英语听力高手6
The importance of English
The importance of a language can be judged according 1 to several things. The first is the numberof native speakers that a language happens to have. The second is how widely the native speakersare distributed 2 over the world. Next comes the cultural, economic and political 3 influence of thosewho speak it as their mother tongue.
There can be no doubt now the English is one of the world's most widely used languages. Peopleuse the language in 3 ways.
As a native language, as a second language, or as a foreign language. English is spoken as anative langue by nearly 300000000 people, in the United 4 States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand,Canada, some Caribbean countries, and South Africa.
As a second langue, English is often necessary for official business, education, informationand other activities in a great many countries such as India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Singapore andPhilippines.
It is one of the few working languages of the United nations and is more frequently 5 used thanthe others. English has in fact become the langue of international co-operation in science andtechnology. The most advanced results in space, nuclear and computer research are published in it.
A scientist who speaks and writes English is in closer touch with the scientist in other countriesthan one who doesn't.
- According to the Bible we are all the seed of Adam.根据《圣经》所说的，我们都是亚当的后裔。
- We must cut our coat according to our cloth this year.今年我们必须学会量入为出。
- The organization distributed food to the earthquake victims. 这个机构向地震灾民分发了食品。
- During the war, all foods were distributed in a planned way. 在战争中，所有的食品都按计划分配。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He was forced to leave his homeland for political reasons.因为政治原因他被迫离开自己的祖国。
- In ideas those two political parties are worlds apart.那两个政党在思想上有巨大分歧。
- The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
- The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。
- Please write to me frequently.请经常给我来信。
- I like that you should call on me frequently.我喜欢你经常来拜访我。