Around a hundred years ago educated people spoke French when they met people from other countries. Nowadays, people speak English when they meet foreigners. It has become the new international language. There are many reasons why English has become so popular. One of them is that English has become the language of business. Another important reason is that popular American culture like films and music have quickly spread throughout the world. It has brought its language with it. It's important to have a language that people have in common. Our world has become very global and we need to communicate with one another. On the other hand, English is a fairly complicated language to learn and it brings its culture with it. Scientists have already tried to create an artificial language that isn't too difficult and doesn't include any one group's culture. It is called Esperanto. But it hasn't become popular. Maybe the popularity of English won't last that long either. Who knows? There are more people in the world who speak Chinese than any other language. Maybe someday Chinese will be the new international language.
Circle T (True) or F (False).
1 Many years ago educated people spoke French. T F
2 Nowadays, French is an international language. T F
3 English spread through films and songs. T F
4 Businessmen speak English. T F
5 English is easy to learn. T F
6 Esperanto is a real language. T F
7 Esperanto is well-used all over the world. T F
8 One day, another language may become international. T F
9 Not many people speak Chinese. T F
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