英语是一门很科学的语言，它广泛地被世界各地所使用，本书介绍的是英语在世界各国被如何广泛使用的。它将往何处发展，英语的未来是怎样的。本书全版英文原文，是想详细了解英语，是英语爱好者的一部很好的读本。
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目录
Introduction
Overview
1 English today
The legacy of history
English in the 20th century
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2 Forecasting
Futurology
Making sense of trends
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3 Global trends
Demography
The world economy
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4 Impacts on English
The workplace
Education and training
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5 English inthe future
World English
Rival languages
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试读章节
Experienced users of English as a foreign language may acquire communicative skills which are different from those of native speakers.