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WhyEnglishBecomeaGlobalLanguage?
1.IntroductionWorld-wideglobalizationhasspreadEnglishintoa“globallanguage”.Itisspokenallovertheworld.Manycountriesuseitastheprimarylanguageofbusiness,navigationscienceandtechnology,andacademia.2.TheCauseofEnglish’sBecomingAGlobalLanguage2.1.Englishisagloballanguagebecauseofmanykindsofpower
Firstly,itisthehistoricalpower.DuringthetimeofRomanEmpire,whentheRomanmilitarypowerdeclines,Latinremainedastheinternationallanguageduetoadifferentsortofpower:theecclesiasticalpowerofRomanCatholicism.Secondly,itisthepolitical,militaryandeconomicpower.Inthe19thcentury,Englandexpandedworldwide,thismadeEnglishadvanceintotheworldandbecomeaninternationallanguage.Inthe20thcentury,theU.S.replacedBritainastheguardianoftheWest,itbecameasuperpowerthatownedthegreatstrengthofpolitics,economy,science,technologyandmilitary,thestatusofEnglishasaninternationallanguagehasbeenconsolidatedandstrengthened.2.2.EnglishspeakercanfindagoodjobandhaveabetterlifeTakeChinaforexample.AsChinajoinsWTO,itmarksthereformandopennesshasenteredanewstage.Today,theopennessisgraduallystrengthened,alargenumberofmultinationalcompanieshaspouredintoChina,theyhavebroughtinfundsandadvancedtechnologiesatthesametime,thesecompaniescanalsobringsomeproductiontechnologiesandadvancedmanagementpersonnel.
Forthoseuniversitygraduateswhoareinneedofapplyingforjob,theamountofstrongrivalshavereallyincreased.“Seaturtles”inChinahavestrongcorecompetitivenessinfiercecompetition.Theynotonlyhavestronglanguageskills,butalsobefamiliarwiththeworldeconomicoperationrulesandthenationallegalsystem,theirhomeemploymentisabigchallengeforthecollegegraduates.Inordertostandoutinthefiercecompetition,learningEnglishwellhasbecomemoreandmoreurgentforemployees.BecauseEnglishisacommonlanguageintheworldtoday,masteringitcaneasilycommunicatewithpeoplearoundtheworld,andobtainthenecessaryinformationatanytime,alsoenrichspirituallife.PeoplewhocanspeakfluentEnglishcanbemorecompetitiveandsuccessful,undoubtedly,willhaveabetterlife.Undersuchci