E NGLISH IS THE WORLD LANGUAGE. Afonina Kseniya Form 7 Ryasanovskaya Secondary School

A BOUT 20% OF THE WORLD S POPULATION SPEAK E NGLISH.

E NGLISH IS CALLED THE LANGUAGE OF THE SKY AND THE SEA. E VERY PILOT AND SHIP S CAPTAIN MUST SPEAK E NGLISH TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER.

M OST VOCABULARY IN THE MODERN COMPUTER SCIENCE IS IN E NGLISH. 80% OF ALL INFORMATION IN THE WORLD S COMPUTERS IS IN E NGLISH.

E NGLISH HAS BECOME A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION WITHIN SOME COUNTRIES WHERE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE SPEAK DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. F OR EXAMPLE, IN I NDIA THERE ARE 15 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES AND THOUSANDS OF DIALECTS. P EOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY OFTEN DO NOT SPEAK EACH OTHER S LANGUAGE. E NGLISH IS THE ONLY SOLUTION TO THEIR COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS.

75% OF ALL INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LETTERS ARE WRITTEN IN E NGLISH. N EARLY 50% OF THE COMPANIES COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER IN E NGLISH. English is the language of politicians. English along with French and German is spoken at their summit meetings. Most international journalists have to know English, too. Doctors and scientists try to answer the same questions all over the world. They find it easy to exchange their ideas in English.

E NGLISH IS THE LANGUAGE OF ROCK AND POP MUSIC. M OST OF WORLD KNOWN SINGERS SING THEIR SONGS IN E NGLISH.

US AND B RITISH COMPANIES PRODUCE THOUSANDS OF FILMS, VIDEOS AND TV PROGRAMMES EVERY YEAR. T HEY ARE SHOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH SUBTITLES AND DUBBING.

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