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English Around the World (II)
全世界的英語(yǔ)（二）
English has become widely used around the world.
英語(yǔ)在全世界廣泛使用。
Why has this happened? We may find the answer from history.
這是為什么呢？我們可以從歷史上去尋找答案。
In the nineteeth century, Great Britain became a powerful country, so English became an international language.
19世紀(jì)時(shí)，英國(guó)已經(jīng)成為了一個(gè)強(qiáng)大的國(guó)家，所以英語(yǔ)便成了國(guó)際語(yǔ)言。
Then, since the 1950s, the U.S.A. has become more and more powerful.
接著，從20世紀(jì)50年代開(kāi)始，美國(guó)變得越來(lái)越強(qiáng)大。
The American computer and Internet industry have taken the leading position in the world.
美國(guó)的電腦和網(wǎng)絡(luò)行業(yè)占據(jù)了世界領(lǐng)先地位。
As a result, the internet has helped English to become much more popular.
結(jié)果，網(wǎng)絡(luò)幫助英語(yǔ)變得越來(lái)越受歡迎。
China, a country with the largest population in the world, has encouraged more people to learn English since the 1970s.
中國(guó)，世界上人口最多的國(guó)家，從20世紀(jì)70年代開(kāi)始就鼓勵(lì)更多人學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)。
Since the 1990s, English learning has been very popular with Chinese people.
20世紀(jì)90年代，學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)在中國(guó)特別受歡迎。
Many of them have done well in English and have made great progress in speaking it.
許多人的英語(yǔ)都學(xué)得很好，在口語(yǔ)方面也有了很大提升。
Now, students are required to learn English and the study of English is regarded as a very important industry in China as well as in the rest of the world.
現(xiàn)在學(xué)生們必須學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)，而且學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)在中國(guó)和世界其他地區(qū)都被看做是一個(gè)非常重要的產(chǎn)業(yè)。
