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一百多年前,英语力压其他语言,成世界性交流媒介的语言,那么从现在开始一百年后,即到了2115年,大多数地球人会说什么样的语言呢?许多学者认为,虽然一百年后今天的数千种语言会减少到数百种,但那时,地球人说的最多的可能仍是英语。他们的理由是,英语已经深深植根于印刷、教育和各种媒体中,想改变这一切,一百年是不够用的。而且,英语还是一种发音简单和容易学习的语言,这让英语有了维持其世界性语言地位的资质。
More than a hundred years ago, English pressured other languages to become the language of the world exchange media. So from now a hundred years later, by 2115, what language would most of the earth people speak? Many scholars believe that, Although hundreds of languages are reduced to hundreds in today, one hundred years from now, the greatest number of people on earth can still speak English at that time. Their reason is that English has been deeply rooted in printing, education and all kinds of media. If we want to change all this, one hundred years is not enough. Moreover, English is still a simple pronunciation and easy to learn language, which makes English have the qualifications to maintain its status as a universal language.