英语翻译There are more than 3,000 languages in the world today,b

英语翻译
There are more than 3,000 languages in the world today,but only about six are major languages of the world.Two-thirds of the world’s population speak those six languages.More than 300,000,000 people speak English as their first or native language.No one knows how many people speak it as foreign language.Chinese is the only language with more speakers than English.This is because of the huge population of China,more than one billion people.
English is the native or official language on one-fifth of the land area of the world.It is spoken in North America,Great Britain,Australia and Newland,and in South Africa and it is one of the official languages.
English is the language of international communication.It is the language of international business,research and science.More than there-fourths of the world’s mail is written in English.More than three-fifths of the world’s radio stations use English.More than half of the scientific and research journals are in English.Most other language have borrowed many English words.
Why did English become the international language?In the middle of the nineteenth century,French was the international language.Then British became very powerful in the world.English started colonies in North America and India in the seventeenth century.By 1900 English also had colonies in other parts of Asia,Africa and the South Pacific.The people in the colonies had to use English.Slowly it became more important than French internationally.After the Second World.Was,the United States became very powerful,and even more people began to learn English.
English is a good international language.However,English spelling is difficult.Foreigners all have trouble spelling English.So do native speakers!Some people don’t want to study English,but it is the international language.There is no way to change that now.

今天世界上有3000多种语言.但是只有六种语言是世界主要语言.世界人口的三分之二说这六种语言.英语是超过300000000人的母语.没有人知道有多少人把英语作为一门外语在学习.汉语是唯一使用者超过英语的语言,这是因为中国巨大的人口数量,超过十亿.
把英语做母语或者官方语言的地区占世界面积的五分之一.英语被广泛应用在北美,英国,澳大利亚,和新西兰 .而且在南非,英语是官方语言之一.
英语是国际交流语语言.它是国际商业,研究和科学通用语言.世界上有 超过四分之三的信件是用英语写的.世界上五分之三以上的电台使用英语.一半以上的科学和研究日志是用英语写的.很多其它语言借用了英语词汇.
为什么英语成为了国际语言?在十九世纪中叶,法语是国际语言.后来英国变成了世界上很强大的国家. 英国人在十七世纪开始在北美和印度建立殖民地.到了1900年,英国人在亚洲,非洲和南太平洋也有了殖民地.殖民地的人们不得不使用英语.渐渐地,英语在国际上变得比法语更重要了. 第二次世界大战以后,美国变得非常强大,更多人开始学英语了.
英语是一门不错的国际语言.然而,英语拼写比较难.外国人都有拼写英语的困难.就连把英语作为母语的人也有英语拼写问题!一些人不想学习英语.但是英语是国际语言.目前这种状态是不会改变的.