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1、Abstract:theeffectofEnglish'spopularityinChina,IanalysishowmanypeoplespeakEnglishandwhyEnglishispopularfromhistoricalreason,economicfactorandculturalfactor.ThenhowdoesEnglishaffectonChineselifefromfashioncycle,economyandeducation,religionandpolitics.SumupthatlearningEnglishisantrendthatnot
2、becauseAmericaispushingit,butbecausetheworldispullingit.TheEffectofEnglish'sPopularityinChinaAsweallknow,Englishiswidelyusedintheworld.AlthoughEnglishisnotthelanguagewiththelargestnumberofnativeor"first"languagespeakers,ithasreallybecomealinguafranca.Then,whatisalinguafranca?Thetermreferst
3、oalanguagewhichiswidelyadoptedforcommunicationbetweentwospeakerswhosenativelanguagesaredifferentfromeachother's,andwhereoneorbothspeakersareusingitasa"second"language.Forexample,whenanIndiantalkstoaSingaporeanusingEnglish,thenEnglishisthelinguafranca.Actually,howmanypeoplespeakinEnglishint
4、heworld?Formstudyabaordnews,itpointsthatthereareabout3.75billionpeoplespeakEnglishasnativelanguageorfirstlanguageandalso3.75billionpeopleuseEnglishassecondlanguage.Atthesametime,famousairplanecompaniesandtopcommercesusuallyuseEnglishaslinguafranca.Itismorethan80%informationwroteinEnglish,a
5、ndabouttwothirdscientistscanreadnewsinEnglishintheworld.Anditisestimatedthatin2billioninternetusershas36%peoplecommunicatewitheachotherinEnglish.Itissaidthereare75countriestakeEnglishasofficiallanguageorasanimportantlanguage.Ofcourse,notmentionthosecountriesspeakingEnglish,countrieswhichdo
6、notspeakEnglishuseEnglishforreference.Forexample,PikunikkyinJapanesedrawlessonfromPicnic.CzechishpeoplesayhellouseCzechishlanguageAhoy,whichisusedinEnglandsailors,butCzechdoesnothaveseacoastanymore.Thenwemayaskaquestion:howdidEnglishgetthere?Thatis,howdidEnglishgainthepresentstatusofpopula
7、rity?Thereare,infact,anumberofinterlockingreasonsforthepopularityofEnglishasalinguafranca.Manyofthereasonsarehistorical,buttheyalsoincludeeconomicandculturalfactorsthathaveinfluencedandsustainedthespreadofthelanguage.Let'sgothroughthereasonsonebyone.Firstisthe
