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1 There is no doubt that English is a useful language. The people who speak English today make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of Chinese. 0 y% r# s- G" z! x4 u
2 A speech community is similar to other kinds of communities. The people who make up the community share a common language. Often they live side by side, as they-do in a neighborhood (街坊), a village, or a city. More often they form a whole country. National boundaries, however, are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community. A speech community is any group of people who speak the same language no matter where they happen to live. : x4 z: ?4 z. R4 @2 _
3 We may say that anyone who speaks English belongs to the English speech community. For convenience (方便), we may divide the speakers into two groups: one ig which the speakers use English as their native language, the other in which the speakers learn [English as a second language for the purpose of education, commerce, and so on. . `) h9 f/ k, b4 J! i) [* j( W
4 Learning a second language extends one’s vision and expands the mind. The history and literature of a second language record the real and fictional (虚构的) lives of people and their culture; a knowledge of them adds to our ability to understand and to feel as they feel. Learning English as a second language provides another means of communication through which the window of the entire English speech community becomes a part of our heritage. 8 E! [3 T H) m
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5 U! z' H5 X/ m1 u8 X A Threat Posed by English ( K3 m* w, C5 \! N7 Z
B Definition of a Speech Community 8 H+ f1 K% P7 M! E9 f
C Benefits of Learning a Second Language
! i3 r8 b+ \: a8 }: L Y/ s D Advantages of Learning Chinese
6 s2 j2 O6 A; i! X& L- | E Two Groups of the English Speech Community - Y) d; h9 G- j9 F% \1 n& `# Q
F A Widely Used Language
2 `' ]9 f! f, C. k# }/ d 27 Overall there are more speakers of Chinese than of_________.
' A% R3 a( g& c1 F, a 28 The boundaries of a speech community may be different from_________.
7 A! D) j2 Q3 m7 y. n 29 People who live in different places may belong to_________. 0 A' F7 u( v' ?* N( N3 V
30 Many people learn English as_________.
& J" f: }0 ]9 _5 Q" Z! L A a second language , ~# A+ s3 l W1 x4 `* ]! p
B the same language 4 P+ r) z/ }& z0 w
C the same speech community ( l6 ^1 a6 h6 ~" @" N* K5 t x4 \
D any other language 6 N o- a/ }. P0 ~; A9 b
E national boundaries
7 A4 d+ s; c7 Q& Z/ T! W F a part of one’s heritage % s% D8 u" _% U& N8 y. | G
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