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1、Unit2English：AGlobalLanguage?TEACHER:Today'stopicisEnglishasgloballanguage.IknowmanyofyouspeakEnglishasasecondlanguage,right?Howaboutyou,Hiroshi?IsEnglishyourfirstlanguage?STUDENT1:No,myfirstlanguageisJapanese.Englishismysecondlanguage.TEACHER:Andhowaboutyou,Patricia?STUDENT2:Englishi
2、smysecondlanguage,too.MyfirstlanguageisSpanish.TTEACHER:See,manyofyouuseEnglishasasecondlanguage,evenasagloballanguagetocommunicatewithotherpeoplewhospeakEnglishasasecondlanguage.Today,IwanttogiveyoutwocontrastingpointsofviewonwhetherornotEnglishisagloballanguage.ThefirstisthatEnglish
3、isobviouslyagloballanguage.PeoplewhosupportthispointofviewbelieveEnglishisthelanguagepeopleallovertheworldusetocommunicate,andthatitisgraduallyreplacingotherlanguages.ThesecondpointofviewisthatEnglishisnottrulyagloballanguage,becauseitisnotthemainlanguagespokenbymostpeopleworldwide.Su
4、pportersofthisviewsaythateventhoughmanypeoplespeaksomeEnglishworldwide,Englishhasnotreplacedotherlanguages.Theyacknowledge承认,告知收到,公认,表示感谢thatpeopleuseEnglisheveryday,formanyreasons,butthisdoesn'tmeanEnglishisreplacingotherlanguages,nordoesitmakeEnglishthemainlanguagespokenintheworld.F
5、irst,let'sexaminethefirstview.Firstofall,Englishisthedominant统治的languageofbusiness,travel,andscience.Whenpeopleneedacommonlanguage,theyoftenuseEnglish.Thinkaboutit.Englishisoftenusedattouristinformationcenters,ininternationalhotels,atairports.IfyouuseataxiinRome,andyoucan'tspeakItalia
6、n,thetaxidriverismorelikelytouseEnglishthananyotherlanguages.Itisusedatbusinessmeetingsandinternationalsportsevents.TheEuropeanUnionusesEnglish,alongwithFrench,atitsmeetings….ASEAN，theAsiantradegroup,usesEnglishatitsmeetings.CanyouthinkofothersituationsinwhichEnglishisusedasacommonlan
7、guage?STUDENT2:Howaboutthisclass?AllofusarelisteningtoyouinEnglish.TEACHER:Absolutely.Educationalsettingsareagreatexample.Anyothers?STUDENT2:HowaboutachatroomontheInternet?IsometimesgotochatroomsandeveryoneisusingEnglish.TEACHER:Excellentexample.TheInternet专指英特网hascreatedalotofinterna
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