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1、-4-TheArtofDancingwithChange"EnglishisdestinedtobeinthenextandsucceedingcenturiesmoregenerallythelanguageoftheworldthanLatinwasinthelastorFrenchisinthepresentage.Thereasonofthisisobvious,becausetheincreasingpopulationinAmerica,andtheiruniversalconnectionandcorrespondenc
2、ewithallnationswill,aidedbytheinfluenceofEnglandintheworld,whethergreatorsmall,forcetheirlanguageintogeneraluse."-JohnAdams,Americancolonies,1780MostnativespeakersofEnglishconsidertheyspeakandwrite'standardEnglish',or'theQueen'sEnglish',oratleast'goodEnglish'.However,ev
3、enWelshlinguist,DavidCrystal,theworld'smostrespectedlivingauthorityontheEnglishlanguage,says'standardEnglish',the'Queen'sEnglish',and'goodEnglish'donotexist:Notindictionaries,notinbooks,notinpeople'smouths.Insteadweallspeakandwritewithregionaldifferences.Eachofthesediff
4、erentdialoguesarelabeledbythosewhoareeducatedandliveinEnglish-speakingcountriesas'standardEnglish',or'theQueen's47TheArtofDancingwithChangeEnglish',and,aboveall,'goodEnglish'.ThevariousspeciesofEnglish-speakingfishhavealwaysswuminsuchmurkywatersthatithasneverbeenpossibl
5、etocatchoneanddeclare,'Thisisaproperfish.'AtpresentNorthAmericanEnglishseemstoprevailoverBritishEnglishininternationalcommunication.Probablythishasoccurredduetoeconomicandtechnologicaladvantages,butitmaybesimplyduetonumbers.ThepopulationoftheUnitedStatesisfourtofivetime
6、sthepopulationoftheUnitedKingdom,soonthatbasisalonewecouldexpectmorelan-guageinnovationfromtheAmericanside.Inthenearfuture,morepeoplewillbecommunicatinginternationallyinEnglishthanthepopulationofNorthAmericaandtheUnitedKingdomcombined.Ifnumberofusersaffectslanguagechang
7、e,wemaybeabouttoexperienceextremelyrapidchangeasEnglish-languagefishfrommanyotherculturesswimintheriver.TRENDSININTERNATIONALENGLISHEversincetheadventoftheWorldWideWeb,societieshavereeledundertheimpactofneedingtocommunicaterapidlyandeffectivelywithothercountries.Inthewo
8、rld-wideefforttoimprovecommunication,wehaveonlybeguntoestablishwhatmaybecomeknownasinternationalEnglish.AChero