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thEn CAmE thE 20th CEntury AnD its Burst oF tEChnology. suDDEnly pEoplE wErE tAlking ACross oCEAns, Flying ACross ContinEnts, hEAring BroADCAsts thAt rEvErBErAtED ArounD thE plAnEt. lAnguAgE sprEAD FAstEr thAn EvEr. thE worlD wArs CArriEDAmEriCAn AnDBritish solDiErs ArounD thE worlD, pollinAtingEnglish As thEy wEnt. whEn worlD wAr ii EnDED, thEEnglish lAnguAgE wAs BArrEling (高速行驶) ForwArD on thE shoulDErs oFAmEriCAn CApitAlism - mCDonAlD’s AnDCoCA-ColA, rAmBo AnD mtv, munitions (军火) AnD ComputEr tEChnology.
CurrEntly, ABout 80 pErCEnt oF thE inFormAtion storED on ComputEr systEms worlDwiDE is inEnglish. two-thirDs oF thE worlD’s sCiEnCE writing is inEnglish, AnDEnglish is thE mAin lAnguAgE oF tEChnology, ADvErtising, mEDiA, intErnAtionAl Airports, AnD Air trAFFiC ControllErs. toDAy thErE ArE morE thAn 700 millionEnglish usErs in thE worlD, AnD ovEr hAlF oF thEsE ArE non- nAtivE spEAkErs, Constituting thE lArgEst numBEr oF non-nAtivE usErs thAn Any othEr lAnguAgE in thE worlD、
As usED in thE sEConD pArAgrAph, thE worD "pollinAting" is most similAr in mEAning to “______”.
A、unloADing B、inFluEnCing
C、trAnsFErring D、DissEminAting