【英語聽力入門3000(1)】語言(1/2)
來源:滬江聽寫酷
2013-03-20 09:00
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400 million
600 million
其余均為數(shù)字形式。
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翻譯by melodyhan
There are more than 2,700 languages in the world. In addition, there are more than 7,000 dialects. A dialect is a regional variety of a language that has a different pronunciation, vocabulary, or meaning.
The language in which a government conducts business is the official language of that country.
1 billion people speak English. That's 20% of the world's population.
400 million people speak English as their first language. For the other 600 million it's either a second language or a foreign language.
There are more than 500,000 words in the Oxford dictionary. 80% of all English vocabulary comes from other languages.
全世界除了有2700多種語言之外還有7000種方言。方言是指某個地區(qū)特有的,在發(fā)音、詞匯或含義上區(qū)別于其他語言的一種語言形式。
一國政府進行貿易活動時所使用的語言是這個國家的官方語言。
全世界講英語的人有10億,占世界總人口的百分之二十。其中4億人以英語為母語,另外6億人講英語作為第二語言或者外語使用。
在牛津字典中有50萬英文詞匯,其中百分之八十是外來詞匯。
(以上由melodyhan翻譯整理,歡迎與本人研究討論,共同進步。)