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同學們,上一課學習的單詞你們都掌握了嗎?現(xiàn)在大家來檢驗一下,點擊下面的音頻開始聽寫吧! Is English important in the world? How many people in the world use English? 1 Work in pairs. Talk about the photos on the right and on the next page. Say: Reading and vocabulary ?where they are ?what languages you can see 2 Read the passage and answer the questions. 1. How many people in the world use English? 2. How did English bee an international language? 3. When do you think Chinese will bee an international language? 4. Who owns English? In the twentieth century, the US spread English to the world through newspapers, television and films. By the middle of the twentyfirst century. Nearly a quarter of the world39。s population. Everyone who speaks it. Who owns English? 1. English is spoken by about 400 million people,mostly in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. In Ghana, India and Singapore, English is used as a working language, for example, between bosses and secretaries, and between doctors and patients, although there are other languages for everyday use. In China and many other countries, English is the most important foreign language that children learn at school, because when they grow up, it will be quite possible for them to meet people from other countries. They will need a mon language to municate with each other. English is now used by nearly a quarter? of the world’s population? , and anywhere you go in the world, there is a good chance that you will meet someone who speaks English. 2. The reason why English is spoken everywhere is that in the nieenth century, English became the language of world trade. And in the twentieth century, the US spread English to the world through newspapers, television and films. It is now the mon language for international travel, science, industry, and recently, information technology and the Inter. 3. It is also important to know that English has borrowed many words from other languages, for example, “restaurant” from French, “zero” from Arabic, “piano” fro