求这篇文章的重点词Forthefirsttimeinhistory,thereisauniversallanguage—English.Perhapshalftheworldwillspeakitintheyear2050.Englishisnoteasytolearn—mostcommonverbsareirregular(不规则的)andithasalarge
求这篇文章的重点词
Forthefirsttimeinhistory,thereisauniversallanguage—English.Perhapshalftheworldwillspeakitintheyear2050.
Englishisnoteasytolearn—mostcommonverbsareirregular(不规则的)andithasalargevocabulary—atleast200,000words.Howyoupronounceandwriteawordcanalsobeverydifferent.
However,verbsarelesscomplicatedthanotherlanguagesandthereisonlyoneformtospeaktosomeonedirectly—“you.”
Englishisveryflexible—therearedifferentversions(形式)ofEnglishinAfrica,AsiaandtheCaribbean(加勒比海地区).
MostairlinesandshippingcompaniesuseasimpleformofEnglishtomakecommunicationeasier.
Itisalsothefirstlanguageoftechnologyandeducation.EightypercentoftheinformationontheInternetisinEnglish.AlmostallschoolchildreninEuropestudyitasafirstforeignlanguage.
About25,000newwordsentertheEnglishlanguageeveryyear.Alotofpeopletweet(在推特上发微博)oruseothersocialmedia.Butwhatism-commerce?It’se-commerce(电子商务)onamobilephone,ofcourse!
WhatisthefutureofEnglishasagloballanguage?Willanotherlanguageeverreplaceit?Manypeoplethinknot—itisalreadytoopopular.

