Question

 Online，  English has become a common language for users from all over the world. In the process，the language itself is changing.

  There are now about 4 ，500 million web pages around the world. Some people say that

within(在.. 之內)10 years people will use English widely on the Internet, but in forms it will be very different from what we accept and know as English today. Why?

  That's because more people now speak English as a second language. And they use it to communicate with other non-native(非母語的)speakers，especially on the Internet，where they pay little attention to grammar and spelling.

  "The Internet gives non-native speakers more freedom(自由)to use English in important and meaningful ways，" says Bill Smith，a professor of language at American University in Washington D. C.

Internet users already create a number of different " Englishes”like Hinglish ( Indian English ) ，Spanglish ( Spanish English ) and Konlish ( Korean English ). Though these different forms have been there within different cultures, they are now going far and wide online.

  Some words are taken from traditional English. "Blur" ( = "not clear "or"slow" ) ，for example，is often used in Singlish (Singaporean English). Some English words are put together to make something new. In Chinglish ( Chinese English) ，" long time no see" means " have not seen you for a long time".

"In fact，most people speak different languages—it's less common to speak only one," says Mr Smith. English has become the world's language，but it's not pushing out (排擠)other languages. Instead, other languages are pushing theirs into English, and in the process, creating something new.

根據短文內容，完成下列句子（每空詞數不限）。

1. English has become a       for Internet users around the world，and in the process，

the language itself      

2. Though English will              on the Internet within 10 years, yet it will be different from

3. On the Internet, non-native speakers to grammar and spelling, and they have

       to use English in important and meaningful ways.

4. " Blur" is often used in              while " long time no see" is made from      

5. In the passage, _________ kinds of " Englishes" are talked about, and online English users from different cultures will continue to

Answer 1

1. common language;is changing

2. be widely used;English today

3. pay little attention;more freedom

4. Singlish/Singaporean English;Chinglish/ Chinese English

5. five/5;create something new