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W: Hi Leo, why do you say English would become the world language?
女：嗨，里奧，你為什么說英語會成為世界語言？
M: Well. For one thing, it's so commonly used. The only language that is used by more people is Chinese.
男：首先，英語的使用非常廣泛。只有中文的使用人數比英語多。
W: Why is English spoken by so many people?
女：那為什么有這么多人說英語？
M: It's spoken in many countries of the world because of the British Empire. And now of course there is the influence of America as well.
男：因為大英帝國的擴張，世界上有很多國家都說英語。再加上現在還有美國的影響。
W: Many students find English a difficult language to learn.
女：很多學生發現，英語是一種很難學的語言。
M: Oh, all languages are difficult to learn. But English does have two great advantages.
男：哦，所有的語言都很難學。英語有兩大優勢。
W: What are they?
女：哪兩種？
M: Well, first of all, it has a very international vocabulary. It has many German, Dutch, French, Spanish and Italian words in it. So speakers of those languages will find many familiar words in English. In fact, English has words for many other languages as well.
男：第一個是，英語的詞匯非常國際化。英語詞匯中包含許多德語、荷蘭語、法語、西班牙語和意大利語詞匯。以這些語言為母語的人會在英語中找到很多熟悉的詞匯。實際上，英語還包括許多其他語言的詞匯。
W: Why is that?
女：這是為什么呢？
M: Well, partly because English speakers have travelled a lot, they bring back words with them. So English really does have an international vocabulary.
男：部分原因是因為以英語為母語的人經常旅行，他們會帶回來一些其他語言的詞匯。所以英語的詞匯非常國際化。
W: And what is the other advantage of English?
女：那英語的另一種優勢呢？
M: It's that English grammar is really quite easy. For example, it doesn't have dozens of different endings for its nouns, adjectives and verbs, not like Latin, Russian and German for example.
男：那就是英語的語法非常簡單。舉例來說，英語的名詞、形容詞和動詞沒有數十種不同的結尾，與拉丁語、俄羅斯語、德語不同。
W: Why is that?
女：為什么？
M: Well, it's quite interesting actually. It's because of the French. When the French ruled England, French was the official language, and only the common people spoke English. They tried to make their language as simple as possible. So they made the grammar easier.
男：嗯，其實這很有意思。這是因為法國人。法國人統治英格蘭時，法語是官方語言，只有普遍民眾能說英語。他們試圖讓他們的語言盡量簡單化。所以他們把語法制定得很簡單。
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
問題9到問題11依據你剛剛聽到的對話進行提問。
Questions 9. What does the man say about Chinese?
問題9. 男子說了中文的什么情況？
Questions 10. What made English a widely used language?
問題10. 英語為什么被廣泛使用？
Questions 11. What is said to be special about English vocabulary?
問題11. 英語詞匯有什么特殊的地方？
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