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英语的重要性是什么？

这是每个英语学习者必须首先弄明白的问题。

Therearethousandsoflanguagesintheworld.Eachlanguageseemstobethemostimportanttothosewhospeakitastheirnativelanguage.

Theimportanceofalanguagecanbejudgedaccordingtoseveralthings.Thefirstisthenumberofnativespeakersthatalanguagehappenstohave.Thesecondishowwidelythenativespeakersarespreadovertheworld.Nextcomesthecultural,economicandpoliticalinfluenceofthosewhospeakitastheirmothertongueandwhowriteinit.

TherecanbenodoubtthatEnglishisoneoftheworld’smostwidelyusedlanguages.Peopleusealanguageinoneofthethreeways:

asanativelanguage,asasecondlanguage,orasaforeignlanguage.Englishisspokenasanativelanguagebynearlythreehundredmillionpeople:

intheUnitedStates,Britain,Australia,NewZealand,Canada,someCaribbeancountries,andSouthAfrica.Asasecondlanguage,Englishisoftennecessaryforofficialbusiness,education,informationandotheractivitiesinagreatmanycountriessuchasIndia,Pakistan,Nigeria,Singapore,andthePhilippines.AlongwithChinese,French,Spanish,Russiaandsoon,itisoneofthefew“working”languagesoftheUnitedNationsandismorefrequentlyusedthantheothers.

ItissaidthatEnglishhasbecomethelanguageofinternationaltradeandtransport.Itisindeedtrue.Mostpilotsinplanestravelingfromonecountrytoanotheruseittotalkwithairports.Allshipssailingontheoceanscallforhelpbyradioinit.Ithasbeensaidthat60percentoftheworld’sradiobroadcastsand70percentoftheworld’smailusesEnglish.Atinternationalsportsmeets,atmeetingsofscientistsfromdifferentcountriesandattalksofwritersandartistsfromthecornersoftheearth,Englishisthelanguagemostcommonlyusedandthemostwidelyunderstood.Englishhasinfactbecomethelanguageofinternationalcooperationinscienceandtechnology.Themostadvancedresultsinspace,nuclearandcomputerresearcharepublishedinit.AscientistwhospeaksandwritesEnglishisinclosertouchwiththescientistsinothercountriesthanonewhodoesn’t.

InChina,moreandmorepeoplehavebeenlearningEnglishasaforeignlanguagesincethereformandopeningup.Atpresent,allthemiddleschoolsandsomeprimaryschoolshaveEnglishlessons.Withtheall-arounddevelopmentofsociety,weareexperiencingmoreandmoreinternationalintercourse（交往）inallkindsoffields,inwhichweuseEnglishasthemajortoolforconversation.Generallyspeaking,wecanhardlydowithoutEnglishinalltheinternationalactivities.Asthe2008BeijingOlympicGamesisdrawingnear,anotherEnglishheathasappearedalloverthecountry,especiallyinBeijing.IntimetheChinesepeoplearesuretoshowtotheworldtheirhighqualityofEnglishlanguageaswellastheirbrand-newlookinspirit. 

Englishisplayingaevenmoreimportantroleininternationalaffairsthanever.Onlywhenwerealizeitsimportancecanwestudyhardatitanduseittoservesocietywell.（520words）

Questions:

1. 

Howcanwejudgetheimportanceofalanguage?

2. 

HowmanypeoplespeakEnglishasanativelanguageintheworld?

3. 

HowmanypeopleuseEnglishasasecondlanguageinofficialbusiness,education,informationandsoon?

4. 

Howmuchoftheworld’sradioandtheworld’smailusesEnglish?

5. 

WhyhasanotherEnglishheatappearedinChina?

Answers:

Wecanjudgeitaccordingtothreethings:

thenumberofitsnativespeakers,howwidelythenativespeakersarespreadandthecultural,economicandpoliticalinfluenceofitsnativespeakers.

Nearlythreehundredmillion.

Morethan1billion（includingIndians,Pakistanis,etc.）.

60percentand70percentseparately（分别）.

Becausethe2008BeijingOlympicGamesisdrawingnear.

二AfifthskillneededtomasterEnglish

学好英语的第五种技能——良好的语感

英语学习十分强调听说读写；

然而更重要的是，要养成用外语进行思维的习惯。

这种习惯或意识就是“语感”。

英国诺丁汉大学教授罗纳德·

卡特把它称为学好英语必须掌握的“第五种技能”。

SpeakingofEnglishstudy,asweallknow,reading,writing,speakingandlisteningareimportantforcompletemasteryoftheEnglishlanguage,andmanypeopleeventhinkthatsolongaswemasterthefourkindsofskills,wecanstudyEnglishwell.

But,accordingtoRonaldCarter,aprofessoroftheSchoolofEnglishStudiesattheUniversityofNottinghamintheUK,weneedyetanotherskill,afifthone,inordertomasterthelanguage.

What’slanguageawareness?

Whatareitsfunctions?

Languageawarenessisthethinkingskill,theabilitytothinkinandaboutalanguageandtoreflect（think）onit.Itisnotonlysomethinganativespeakerdoesbutsomethingthatcanhelpstudentsfromothercountriesunderstandhowlanguagesworkandhowpeoplelearnalanguageanduseit.

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