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PASSAGE 8
Radio and Television
There are few homes in Britain today that do not he either a radio or television set. Both of them he bee an essential part of our life， keeping us informed of the news of the day， instructing us in many field of interest， and entertaining us with singing， dancing and acting.
Marconi， the Italian inventor who ge us the radio， probably didn t realize what effects his great invention would he on the world in the years to e. Radio has， perhaps， had as much influence on the world as any other munications device. Events of universal interest can be reported to the entire globe a few seconds after they happen. Explorers in remote areas， ships at sea， even astronauts circling the earth are able to keep in touch with civilization by means of radio.
Television is another major instrument of munication， permitting us to see as well as to hear the performer. Since its appearance， TV has had a tremendous effect on the daily life of people everywhere.
Improvements of all kinds are constantly being made in television so that reception will be as close to perfect as possible. Perhaps the most recent advancement of significance has been “Telstar”。 The specially-equipped space capsule， orbiting the globe， make it possible for the entire world to be closer than ever before. Now a family in Manchester can watch on TV a football match in France ， a ski tournament in Norway， or a parade in Japan as these events are actually happening.
练习：
1. Paragraph 1____________.
2. Paragraph 2____________.
3. Paragraph 4____________.
A） The popularity radio and TV in Britain
B） The invention of the radio
C） The latest development of TV
D） The importance of the radio
4. In today s world radio and TV he bee ___________.
5. People make constant efforts to improve __________.
6. A telstar is a satellite that _____________.
7. With the help of the telsar， events can be reported to listeners and viewers and almost _____.
A） at the same time as they occur
B） a basic necessity of life
C） sends out signals all the time
D） trels around the globe
E）
the reception of their TV sets
Keys： A D C B E D A
PASSAGE 9
How did English Bee a Global Language
1.The rise of English is a remarkable tale as Professor Did Crystal reminds us in his attractive，short book “English has a Global language.”
2. It is certainly quite a theme. When Julius Caesar landed in Britain more than 2，000 years ago， English did not exist. Five hundred years later， English， virtually inprehensible to modern ears， was probably spoken by about as few people as currently speak Cherokee， the language of a small North American Indian tribe-and with little influence. About 1，000 years later， at the end of the 16th century， and after the Norman Conquest， the Reformation and the arrival of mercial printing technology， English was the native speech of between 5 million and 7 million people. And yet now look at it. As the second millennium approaches， English is more widely scattered， more widely spoken and written than any other language has never been. In the title of the book， it has bee a truly global language. According to Did Crystal， about 2.09 billion people， well over one-third of the world s population are routinely exposed to it.
3. As he rightly points out， what is impressive about this staggering figure is： “not so much the grand total but the speed with which expansion has taken place since the 1950 s. In 1950， the case for English as a world language would he been no more than plausible. Fifty years on and the case is virtually won. ”
4. So what happened？
5. Someone once said that a language is a dialect with an army and a ny. In other words， when the British ny set out to conquer the world， is set out an “army” of English speakers. As the British empire spread throughout the world， English became the basis of law， merce and education. The British empire was succeed by another（the American）， which shared virtually the same linguistic heritage. American English， which has bee the rocket-fuel of the English language， has magically found its way into areas undreamed of 40， let alone 400 years ago6 The most valuable part of Crystal s study is the section devoted to a speedy analysis of the cultural basis of this global reach， notably the influence of broadcasting， press， advertising， popular music and film. He is also up-to-date and informative in his identification of the World-Wide-Web as a powerful reinforcer of American cultural and linguistic dominance.
7. One of his most interesting passages concerns the role played by the League of Nations， and later the Untied Nations， in spreading English as an international language in the aftermath of the two world wars.
8. What does the future hold？ To this question， Crystal proposes the recognition of a new form of English-WSSE（world standard Spoken English）-which almost by definition rules out the possibility that English would fragment into mutually unintelligible language as Latin once did. “English， in some shape or form， will find itself in the service of the world munity forever，” Crystal writes.
1. Paragraph 2____
2. Paragraph 3____
3. Paragraph 5____
4. Paragraph 6____
A The figure of English
B The speed of the spread of English
C The role played by culture and the
D The role played by military expansion
E The role played by education
F The 2，000 years of English
5. The kind of English spoken 1，500 years ago was so different from the English we speak today____.
6. What impresses people most is not the interesting number of speakers of English found all over the world， ____ the language has spread in the past half century or so.
7. The two international anizations founded after the two world wars made their contributions____.
8. Crystal expresses the belief that in the future ____ will not happen to English.
A because of their similarity
B that we would not be able to understand it at all
C to the popularization of English as a world language
D the trend to bee a global language
E what once happened to Latin
F but the speed with which
Keys： FBDCB FCE
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