Never has there been a language quite likeEnglish.
A、bold statement, yet nevertheless true.Consider a few statistics. Today, one out of every seven people in the world useEnglish in some way. More than half the world’s books are written inEnglish; the majority of international telephone calls are made inEnglish; 60% of the world’s radio programs are broadcast inEnglish.English is even the working language of international air travel. For the first time in history, a single language has become dominant across a wide range of human activity, ranging from music, film and fine arts to the fields of business, diplomacy, science and technology.