English Around the World (II)
全世界的英语（二）
English has become widely used around the world.
英语在全世界广泛使用。
Why has this happened? We may find the answer from history.
这是为什么呢？我们可以从历史上去寻找答案。
In the nineteeth century, Great Britain became a powerful country, so English became an international language.
19世纪时，英国已经成为了一个强大的国家，所以英语便成了国际语言。
Then, since the 1950s, the U.S.A. has become more and more powerful.
接着，从20世纪50年代开始，美国变得越来越强大。
The American computer and Internet industry have taken the leading position in the world.
美国的电脑和网络行业占据了世界领先地位。
As a result, the internet has helped English to become much more popular.
结果，网络帮助英语变得越来越受欢迎。
China, a country with the largest population in the world, has encouraged more people to learn English since the 1970s.
中国，世界上人口最多的国家，从20世纪70年代开始就鼓励更多人学习英语。
Since the 1990s, English learning has been very popular with Chinese people.
20世纪90年代，学习英语在中国特别受欢迎。
Many of them have done well in English and have made great progress in speaking it.
许多人的英语都学得很好，在口语方面也有了很大提升。
Now, students are required to learn English and the study of English is regarded as a very important industry in China as well as in the rest of the world.
现在学生们必须学习英语，而且学习英语在中国和世界其他地区都被看做是一个非常重要的产业。
