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Unit4

Listen

1.discourage2.from3.dialects4.overwhelmingly5.choice6.fierce7.standard

8.arenowpromotingEnglishasthelanguageofthe21stcentury

9.Englishisgoingtobethelinguafrancaofthenewcentury

10.adoptedEnglishtobetaughtasthesecondlanguageofchoice

Thinkaboutit

(1)NowinChinathereisasituationwherepeoplefromallwalksoflifeandallagesarelearningEnglish.Childrenas

youngas4yearsoldarestartingtolearnEnglish.YoungpeopleareimprovingtheirEnglishproficiencyindifferent

Englishtrainingcenters.Andevenseniorcitizensintheir70sarelearningEnglishtoo.

(2)1).Probably,Iwill.Thereareseveralreasons.First,aworkingknowledgeofEnglishwillhelpmegetabetter-paidjob.

Second,Englishwas,isandwillbealinguafrancaininternationalcommunicationinvariousfields:business,

diplomacy,scienceandtechnology.What’smore,Englishistheworkinglanguageformanyinternational

organizations,suchastheUnitedNations,theWorldTradeOrganizationandmanyotherprofessionalorganizations.

2).No,Iwon’t.AlthoughEnglishisoneofmyfavoritesubjects,Iwon’tchooseitasmyminorasIhavegotother

interests.

(3)It’shardtosay.Itdependsonwhatkindofjobsthey’llhave.Forexample,Englishmajorgraduatesmayhavemore

advantagesindoingsecretaryandjournalismjobs.Besides,Englishmajorsaresaidtohavemadeexcellent

preparationforfuturecareersinlaw,medicine,business,andgovernmentservice.

PassageA

学英语既有乐趣又有回报

文学的研究——包含对哲学、宗教、历史事件的发展和观念由来的研究，不仅是文明的，同时是有教化作用的，而且是

流行的和实际的。在所有从文理学院毕业并获得学士学位的人中，有六分之一的人主修英语。让人惊异的是，这些毕业生能

胜任范围相当广泛的工作。他们的经验表明，这种广泛流行的偏见是错误的：即英语专业的学生只能从事新闻或教学工作。

事实上，主修英语的学生也为未来从事法律、医学、商业和公