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1、Unit2English:agloballanguageToday'stopicisEnglishasagloballanguage.IknowmanyofyouwhospeakEnglishasasecondlanguage,right?Howaboutyou,H~?IsEnglishyourfirstlanguage?H:No.MyfirstlanguageisJapnese.Englishismysecondlanguage.Andhowaboutyou,P~?P:Englishismysecondlang
2、uage,too.MyfirstlanguageisSpanish.See,manyofyouuseEnglishasasecondlanguage,evenasagloballanguagetocommunicatewithotherpeoplewhospeakEnglishasasecondlanguage.TodayIwanttogiveyoutwocantrastingpointsofviewonwhetherornotEnglishisagloballanguage.FirstisthatEnglish
3、isobviousaglaballanguage,peoplewhosupportthispointofviewbelieveEnglishisthelanguageofpeopleallovertheworldusedtocommunicate,andthatitisgraduallyreplacingotherlanguages.ThesecondpointofviewisthatEnglishisnottruelyagloballanguagebecauseitisnotthemainlanguagespo
4、kenbymostpeoplewordwide.SuportersofthisviewsaythateventhoughmanypeoplespeaksomeEnglishworldwide,Englishhasnotreplacedotherlanguages.TheyackonwledgethatpeopleuseEnglisheverydayformanyreasons,butthisdoesn'tmeanEnglishisreplacingotherlanguages,notmakeEnglishthem
5、ainlanguagespokenintheworld.First,let'sexamthefirstview.Firstofall,Englishisthedominatedlanguageofbusiness,travelandsciences.Whenpeopleneedacommonlanguage,theyoftenuseEnglish.Thinkaboutit,Englishisoftenusedthattouriestimformationsetters,ininternationalhotels,
6、atairports.IfyouuseataxiinRome,andyoucan'tspeakItalian,thetaxidriverismorelikelytouseEnglishthananyotherlanguages.Itisusedatbusinessmeetingsandinternationalsportsevents.TheEuropeanUnionusesEnglishalongwithFrenchatitsmeetings.ACN,theAsianTradeGroup,usesEnglish
7、atitsmeetings.CanyouthinkofothersituationinwhichEnglishisusedasacommonlanguage?P:Howaboutthisclass?AllofusarelisteningtoyouinEnglish.Absolutely,educationalsettingsagreatexample.Anyothers?P:Howaboutthechatroomontheinternet?Isometimesgotochatroom,seemseveryoneu
8、sesEnglish.Excellentexample!TheinternethascreatalotofinternationalcommunitiesandpeopleoftenuseEnglish.Infact,mostpeoplewhousetheinternetknowEnglish.ThishelpstosupporttheviewEnglishisaglob
