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     At the end of the 16th century, English was only spoken by people in England. They were native English

speakers. However, 1______ English language has changed quite a lot over the last four centuries. Old English

sounded more 2______ less like German for it was 3______ on German, but modern English sounds more like

French than German 4______ 1ater on England was once ruled by the French.

     Two men had great 5______ (影响) on the English changes. One was Samuel Johnson, who wrote his

dictionary and the other was Noah Webster, 6______ wrote The American Dictionary of the English Language

7______ gave American English its own 8______ (身份).

     Today, the largest number of people 9______ (speak) English may be in China. A lot of Chinese people

speak English 10______ a foreign language.