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1、大学体验英语四(综合教程)Unit4 LanguageandEconomyListenandTalk LeadinEnglishisbecomingtheworld'slanguageofthe21stCenturyandthisisnotimeto1.U.S.residentsorimmigrants2.learningEnglish.Englishisnowthesecondmostwidelyspokenlanguageintheworld,withonlyChinese3.spokenbymorepeople.Englishi
2、s4.,thesecondlanguageof5.,fornon-English-speakingpeople.EnglishistheofficiallanguageoftheEuropeanCentralBankandtheworkinglanguageoftheAsiantradegroupASEAN.InmultilingualcontinentalEurope,a6.battleoverlanguagepopularityappearstobeendingwithEnglishemergingasthe7.forthe21st
3、century.TheGermanshavegivenuptryingtopersuademoreBritishpeopletolearntheirlanguageand,instead,8.Germany'sleadingnewspaperproducesaneight-pageEnglisheditionanddeclaresthat"9.."Switzerlandhasthreeofficiallanguages,German,French,andItalian,plusafourthlanguagespokeninonecant
4、on,Romansh.ButSwitzerlandrecently10.ratherthanoneofitsofficiallanguages.Key:1.discourage;2.from;3.dialects;4.overwhelmingly;5.choice6.fierce;7.standard;8.arenowpromotingEnglishasthelanguageofthe21stcentury9.Englishisgoingtobethelinguafrancaofthenewcentury10.adoptedEnglis
5、htobetaughtasthesecondlanguageofchoice;PassageA:AstatelesslanguagethatEuropemustembrace2.Answerthefollowingquestionswithinformationfromthepassage.1.WhatisthepopularsuperstitionaboutEnglishmajors'choiceofoccupationsaccordingtothepassage?Englishmajorsareconfinedtochoosingc
6、areersbetweenjournalismandteaching.2.WhydoestheauthorthinkthatEnglishmajorshaveadvantagesovernon-Englishmajorsintermsofemployment?ExperienceshowsthatEnglishmajorgraduatesqualifyforasurprisingrangeofjobs.Infact,theyarealsooftenwellpreparedforfuturecareersinlaw,medicine,bu
7、siness,andgovernmentservice.3.WhatdoestheauthortrytosaybypointingoutthatEnglishmajorstudentsmaygethighscoresontheLawSchoolAdmissionTest(L.S.A.T.)?TheskillstestedinL.S.A.T.clearlyshowthatanundergraduatemajorinEnglishisstrongpreparationforthistest.4.Howcanonegetadmittedtoa
8、medicalschoolintheU.S?Onemusttakethirty-twohoursofsciencecoursesandpasstheM.C.A.T.withaminimumscoreasre
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