About one hundred years ago many educated people learned and spoke French when they met people from other countries. It has become the new international language. There are more people who speak English as a second language than people who speak English as a first language. Why is this?
One of them is that English has become the language of business. Another important reason is that popular American culture (like movies, music, and McDonald's) has quickly spread all over the world. It has brought its language with it.
I don't know. It's important to have a language that the people of the earth have in common. Our world has become very global(全球性的) and we need to communicate with one another. On the other hand, English is quite a difficult language to learn and it brings its culture with it.
Scientists have already tried to create an artificial(人造的) language that isn't too difficult and doesn't include any one group's culture. It is called Esperanto. But it hasn't become popular. But maybe the popularity of English won't last that long either. Who knows? There are more people in the world who speak Chinese than any other language.
A. Do we really need that?
B. So it is important for people to learn French.
C. There are many reasons why English has become so popular.
D. Today most people speak English when they meet foreigners.
E. Maybe someday Chinese will be the new international language.
F. More than six thousand languages are spoken in the world today.
G. Is it good that English has spread to all parts of the world so quickly?
