时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:背诵为王第一册


英语课

21 English in the World

Some people say that the English language no longer belongs to the English,and it belongs to the world. It is estimated that the number of people who useEnglish exceeds 750 million. Among these, about 350 million are nativespeakers, while the rest use it as an official language. If we add to thisnumber the people who have acquired the language to some extent, the total isclose to one billion.

English plays an increasingly important role in the world as a medium forconducting international business and diplomacy 1, as well as in science andmedicine, the Internet, air and sea communications, international sportsevents, radio and TV programs, pop songs and movies.

 


 


estimate 估计

exceed 超过

native 本族的,本国的

official 官方的

acquire 掌握

to some extent 达到某种程度

billion 十亿

increasingly 越来越多地

medium 工具,手段

conduct 实行,执行

international 国际的

diplomacy 外交

medicine 医药

communication 通信

event 事件



世界上的英语

有人说英语已不再属于英国人了,它属于全世界。据估计,使用英语的人超过七亿五千万,其中大约有三亿五千万是以英语为母语的人,而其余的人将英语作为官方语言使用。如果我们再加上已经掌握英语到一定程度的人,这个总数将接近十亿。



英语,作为进行国际业务和外交的工具,在世界上起着越来越重要的作用。它还在科学、医药、互联网、空中及海洋通信、国际体育赛事、电台电视节目、流行歌曲及电影中发挥着越来越重要的作用



1 diplomacy
n.外交;外交手腕,交际手腕
  • The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
  • This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。
学英语单词
1-nitrononane
a fruit
adoxa moschatellina l.
aerobiologic
agitated compartmented extractor
Alaplι
anadromous migration
aquaspinning
Barberino di Mugello
be great fun
biased data
border terrier
celestinoes
chatanooga
Cherus, Sungai
child protection act
Chinese olives
chromosome transfer
chronic immune complex disease
circular lance
Colesiota
continuity condition
cut-away
Damoiseau's sign
dendritic integration zone
depilating machinery
ear hustlin'
elaeocarpine
electrostatic prevention flooring
embroidery darning stitch
enable register
enter-doudoroff pathway
execution of duty
fine delay
formaldehyde water pollution
Gartnerian cyst
gas compression pump
gaspa
given point
glycyrrhiza uralensis fisher
ground colour light signal
have the it by the throat
hemi-
heterochrony
hierarchy of need
horizontal pressure generator
in collision with
internal pudendal artery
intrasubjective synonymy
iso-iodeikon
jim collins
Kalarskiy Rayon
line-end
loan without security
maltitol
minor leagues
modises
mountaineering rope
Ngatea
offshore gas
Okshitkon
oldness
one-way loading transport
optimization of algorithm
pasher
percentage of saturation
piroperidol
platitudinise
prallethrin
premium digital content
primary current
primary frequency microseism
program counter relative
provide the necessary
put up resistance
quarter cast
remote printing
right of supervision
smokehouses
specific impulse
speedfits
spur-gear cutting
Stellaria tibetica
strain indicator
t/c
tactually
tailgate
tectonic relief
top-half
touch-typed
Triodanis
two-cycle theory
unsymmetrical flight
uranoan
Vadstena
verticaltooth
volatile spirits
wet process development
wfdd
wiltshire
Yass
Zilairskiy