高中英语必修一unit2 课文.docx

高中英语必修一unit2 课文
The Road to Modern English
At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English.
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16世纪末期大约有5百万到7百万人说英语。
Nearly all of them lived in England. 几乎所有这些人都生活在英格兰。
Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and because of that, English began to be spoken in many other countries.
后来，在17世纪英国人开始航海征服了世界其它地区，于是，许多别的国家开始说英语了。
Today，more people speak English as their first ,second or a foreign language than ever before .如今说英语的人比以往任
何时候都多，他们有的是作为第一语言来说，有的是作为第二语言或外语。
The Road to Modern English


At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English.
（End : in the end =finally ,at last最后）
（by the end of 到。。。为止（常与完成时连用）
16世纪末期大约有5百万到7百万人说英语。
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