| The world seems to be getting
smaller by the day as the efficiency and ease of air ( 1.
transport / transports ) ensures we can get to virtually
anywhere in the world in less than twenty-four hours. In
consequence, the need to communicate with people from other
countries is now more urgent than ever before. ( 2. A language /
Language ) is clearly a barrier to this communication since very
few people ever master more than three or four foreign
languages. It is for this reason that ( 3. a knowledge /
knowledge ) of English is becoming a virtual necessity for many
people around the world. We no longer think of English as simply
the language of Britain, the United States or Australia. English
is now much more than that -- it is the language of
international communication. In ( 4. a business / business ),
for example, it is important for anyone wishing to enhance their
chances of ( 5. employment / employments ) to remember that
qualifications and work ( 6. experience / experiences ) are no
longer enough in themselves. A company will frequently expect (
7. its / their ) employees to have the ( 8. ability / abilities
) to speak and write English well.
In Education and Science too, the need to have a good command
of English is clear from the quantity of academic ( 9. paper /
papers ) and publications written in English not just by native
speakers but by people for whom English is a foreign language.
As we travel around the world and find ourselves in a country
whose language we do not know we can always resort to English to
discover the ( 10. information / informations ) we need or to
simply get ourselves a room in a hotel or buy a meal.
Indeed, English has truly become a world language and no one
who wants to succeed can really afford not to learn it. |
