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. What will the future of English be like? 3. Who owns English? Talking the history of English English has now bee an international language. It bees the most important foreign language. How did this happen? What will the future of English be like? Work in pairs. Talk about the photos. Say: ? where they are ? what languages you can see China English, Chinese English India Answer the question: Who owns English? Everyone who speaks it — the English, the Indians and the Chinese all help make it a rich language. Read and answer the questions: 1. How many people in the world speak English? English is spoken by about 400 million people in Australia, Britain, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and the USA. Learning 2. When did English bee an international language? In the 20th century. 3. Who owns English? Everyone who speaks it owns English. 4. Why did English bee so popular? The reason is that in the 18th century, the UK was a country whose industrial products were sold all over the world. In the 20th century, the USA spread English all over the world through newspapers, television, films and advertising. Now it’s the mon language for international travel, science, industry, information technology and the inter. 5. When will Chines