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1、Unit2English:AGlobalLanguage?TEACHER:Today’stopicisEnglishasagloballanguage.IknowmanyofyouspeakEnglishasasecondlanguage,right?Howaboutyou,Hiroshi?IsEnglishyourfirstlanguage?STUDENTl:No,myfirstlanguageisJapanese.Englishismysecondlanguage.TEACHER:Andhowaboutyou,Patricia?STUDE
2、NT2:Englishismysecondlanguage,too.MyfirstlanguageisSpanish.TEACHER:See,manyofyouuseEnglishasasecondlanguage,evenasagloballanguagetocommunicatewithotherpeoplewhospeakEnglishasasecondlanguage.Today,IwanttogiveyoutwocontrastingpointsofviewonwhetherornotEnglishisagloballanguage
3、.ThefirstisthatEnglishisobviouslyagloballanguage.PeoplewhosupportthispointofviewbelieveEnglishisthelanguagepeopleallovertheworldusetocommunicate,andthatitisgraduallyreplacingotherlanguages.ThesecondpointofviewisthatEnglishisnottrulyagloballanguage,becauseitisnotthemainlangu
4、agespokenbymostpeopleworldwide.SupportersofthisviewsaythateventhoughmanypeoplespeaksomeEnglishworldwide,Englishhasnotreplacedotherlanguages.TheyacknowledgethatpeopleuseEnglisheveryday,formanyreasons,butthisdoesn’tmeanEnglishisreplacingotherlanguages,nordoesitmakeEnglishthem
5、ainlanguagespokenintheworld.First,let’sexaminethefirstview.Firstofall,Englishisthedominantlanguageofbusiness,travel,andscience.Whenpeopleneedacommonlanguage,theyoftenuseEnglish.Thinkaboutit.Englishisoftenusedattouristinformationcenters,ininternationalhotels,atairports.Ifyou
6、useataxiinRome,andyoucan’tspeakItalian,thetaxidriverismorelikelytouseEnglishthananyotherlanguages.Itisusedatbusinessmeetingsandinternationalsportsevents.TheEuropeanUnionusesEnglish,alongwithFrench,atitsmeetings....ASEAN,theAsiantradegroup,usesEnglishatitsmeetings.Canyouthin
7、kofothersituationsinwhichEnglishisusedasacommonlanguage?STUDENT2:Howaboutthisclass?AllofusarelisteningtoyouinEnglish.TEACHER:Absolutely.Educationalsettingsareagreatexample.Anyothers?STUDENT2:HowaboutachatroomontheInternet?IsometimesgotochatroomsandeveryoneisusingEnglish.TEA
8、CHER:Excellentexample.TheInternethascreatedalotofinternationalcommunitiesandpeople
