20xx年全國(guó)碩士研究生入學(xué)統(tǒng)考英語真題及答案(下)-預(yù)覽頁
【正文】 rld`s primary language for international munication has obviously been continuing for several decades. (46)But even as the number of English speakers expands further there are signs that the global predominance of the language may fade within the foreseeable future. Complex international, economic, technological and culture change could start to diminish the leading position of English as the language of the world market, and UK interests which enjoy advantage from the breath of English usage would consequently face new pressures. Those realistic possibilities are highlighted in the study presented by David Graddol (47)His analysis should therefore end any selfcontentedness among those who may believe that the global position of English is so stable that the young generation of the United Kingdom do not need additional language capabilities. David Graddol concludes that monoglot English graduates face a bleak economic future as qualified multilingual youngsters from other countries are proving to have a petitive advantage over their British counterparts in global panies and organizations. Alongside that,(48)many countries are introducing English into the primaryschool curriculum but British schoolchildren and students do not appear to be gaining greater encouragement to achieve fluency in other languages. If left to themselves, such trends will diminish the relative strength of the English language in international education markets as the demand for educational resources in languages, such as Spanish ,Arabic or Mandarin grows and international business process outsourcing in other language such as Japanese, French and German, spreads. (49)The changes identified by David Graddol all present clear and major challenges to UK`s providers of English language teaching to people of other countries and to broader education business sectors. The English language teaching sector directly earns nearly billion for the UK in invisible exports and our other education related explores earn up to 10 billion a year more. As the international education market expands, the recent slowdown in the number of international students studying in the main Englishspeaking countries is likely to continue, especially if there are no effective strategic policies to prevent such slippage. The anticipation of possible shifts in demand provided by this study is significant:(50) It gives a basis to all organization which seek to promote the learning and very different operating environment. That is a necessary and practical approach. In this as in much else, those who wish to influence the future must prepare for it. (46) 但是即使當(dāng)下英語使用者的人群還在進(jìn)一步擴(kuò)大，有跡象表明：在可預(yù)見的未來，英語可能會(huì)逐漸失去其全球主導(dǎo)地位。鼓勵(lì)去學(xué)會(huì)流利地使用其他
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