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English There are thousands of different languages in the world. Everyone seems to think that the native language is the most important one, as it is their first language. For many people it is even their only language all their lives. But English is the world’s most widely used language. As a native language, nearly 300 million people speak English: in the U.S.A., England, Australia and some other countries. For people in India and many other countries, English is often necessary for business, education, information and other activities. So English is the second language there. As a foreign language, no other language is more widely studied or used than English. We use it to listen to the radio, to read books or to travel. It is also one of the working languages in the United Nations and is more widely used than any other. 【参考译文】 世界上有数千种不同的语言，每个人似乎都认为母语是最重要的，因为母语是他们的第一语言。对许多人来说，母语也是他们终生使用的唯一语言，但英语却是世界上运用最广泛的语言。 世界上有近3亿人把英语作为母语，如美国、英国、澳大利亚和其他一些国家。 在印度和许多其他国家，英语对贸易、教育、信息和其他一些活动来说都是必不可少的，所以英语是他们的第二语言。 作为外语，英语是学习、使用最广泛的语言。我们用英语收听广播、读书或旅行。英语也是联合国的官方语言之一，而且比别的语言都更常用。