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【高中英语作文WillChineseBecometheGloballanguage?】
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高中英语作文WillChineseBecometheGloballanguage?

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  AsChinabecomesaglobalpowertheChineselanguagewillassumeagreaterglobalsignificance.Thatsignificancewillextendoverbusiness,trade,cultureandotherareas.ButwilltheChineselanguageeverreachthetypeofinfluencethatEnglishnowhas?WillMandarineverbecomealinguafranca?Aftertheyear1600,theBritishEmpirebegantospreadEnglisharoundtheworld.Thatprocesswasgivenahugeboostinthe20thcenturythroughthebusiness,technologyandpost-warre-constructioneffortsoftheUS.Beyondthis,therewereanumberofquiteextraordinarytrendsinculture,scienceandtheartsthatreinforcedthesedevelopments.Manyofthesewerespontaneous,butotherswerehighlydeliberate-theworkoftheBritishCouncil,forexample.Eitherway,Englishnowstandsunchallengedastheworld’sinternationallanguage.ButtheEnglishlanguagealsohassomeinherentqualitiesthatenabledthisprocessevenfurther.Englishisa‘mongrellanguage’thathasalwaysborrowedheavilyfromotherlanguages.Thishasallowedittogrowquickly,flexibly,andefficiently.(Englishhasmanymorewordsthananyotherlanguage.)Ithasdevelopedspontaneously(withoutanAcademieFrancaisetorestrictit,forexample)andithastendedtowardsasimplification-fromamorehighlyinflectedlanguagetowardsbecomingalesshighlyinflectedone.
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