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1、学英语找长喜页眉上写“2008年真题点评”PARTILISTENINGCOMPREHENSIONSECTIONAMINI-LECTUREThePopularityofEnglishI.PresentstatusofEnglishA.Englishasanative/firstlanguageB.Englishasalinguafranca:alanguageforcommunicationamongpeoplewhose(1)_native/firstlanguagesaredifferentC.NumberofpeoplespeakingEnglishasafir
2、storasecondlanguage:—320-380millionnativespeakers—250-(2)350millionspeakersofEnglishasasecondlanguageII.ReasonsforthepopularuseofEnglishA.(3)Historicalreasons—thePilgrimFathersbroughtthelanguagetoAmerica;—BritishsettlersbroughtthelanguagetoAustralia;—Englishwasusedasameansofcontrolin(4
3、)formerBritishEmpireB.Economicreasons—spreadof(5)internationalcommerceGoodmorning,everyone.Today’slectureisaboutthepopularityofEnglish.Asweallknow,Englishiswidelyusedintheworld.AlthoughEnglishisNOTthelanguagewiththelargestnumberofnativeor“first”languagespeakers,ithasreallybecomealingua
4、franca.Then,whatisalinguafranca?[1]Thetermreferstoalanguagewhichiswidelyadoptedforcommunicationbetweentwospeakerswhosenativelanguagesaredifferentfromeachother’s,andwhereoneorbothspeakersareusingitasa“second”language.Forexample,whenanIndiantalkstoaSingaporeanusingEnglish,thenEnglishisth
5、elinguafranca.Then,actuallyhowmanypeoplespeakEnglishaseithera“first”ora“second”language?[2]Someresearcherssuggestedafewyearsagothatbetween320-380millionpeoplespokeEnglishasafirstlanguage,andanywherebetween250-350millionasasecondlanguage.Andofcourse,ifweincludepeoplewhoarelearningEnglis
6、hasaforeignlanguageallovertheworld,thatnumbermayincreasedramatically.Then,wemayaskaquestion:howdidEnglishgetthere?Thatis,howdidEnglishgainthepresentstatusofpopularity?Thereare,infact,anumberofinterlockingreasonsforthepopularityofEnglishasalinguafranca.Manyofthereasonsarehistorical,butt
7、heyalsoincludeeconomicandculturalfactorsthathaveinfluencedandsustainedthespreadofthelanguage.Let’sgothroughthereasonsonebyone.[3]Firstisthehistoricalreason.Thisisrelatedtothecolonialhistory.Asweknow,whenthePilgrimFatherslandedontheMassachusettscoastin1620,aftertheirjourneyfromEngland
