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专题演讲：我们为什么学英语
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①英语现已成为世界性语言。
②掌握英语的重要性：在改革开放时代要同外国人做生意；国际会议所用语言之一是英语；重要书籍多数都是用英语出版的；懂英语的人可以加深对世界各民族的了解，可以为世界和平作出更大的贡献。
③希望所有学生都重视英语学习并充分地使用英语。
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Why We Learn English
The English language has now become an international language because it is used by people of the most countries in the world.
In the open times if you want to do business with foreigners, you have to learn English, for most of them speak and write English. English is one of the working languages at international meetings. Today most of the valuable books are written in English. In order to improve your knowledge, you should be able to read English. Only those who read English can benefit from the reports of the meetings in the world and books written in English. English appears to be regarded as the standard language of man. If you know English you can understand people from other countries better and you can also do what you should do for the world peace.
English is taught in most of the schools of our country, but many students don't know why they should learn it. It is hoped that all the students should pay more attention to the study of English and make good use of it.