Unit2Englisharoundtheworld英语的使用非常广泛。每天很多人在学习、使用英语，据说到2050年世界上将有一半的人使用英语。Everyday,340millionpeoplespeakit.Onebillionpeoplearelearningitanditissaidthatby2050，halfoftheworld’spopulationwillbeusingit.Whatarewetalkingabout？Thegloballanguage—English.TheEnglishlanguagestartedinBritaininthe5thcentury.Itisamixedlanguage.ItwasbuiltupwhenGerman，ScandinavianandFrenchinvaderssettledinEnglandandcreatedacommonlanguageforcommunication.TodayEnglishisalanguagewhichisusedandlearnedbymanypeopleallovertheworld.Itistheofficiallanguageofmanycountries.Manyothercountriesandregionsuseitforpoliticsandbusiness.Englishisamessylanguage.Everyyear，dictionariesincludenewwordsthattalkaboutpopularculture，forexample，computerrelatedwordssuchas“blogging”，“download”and“chatroom”．Alsoincludethewordsthatteenagersuse.Whodoesnotknow“cool”，“OK”or“hello”？OtherlanguagesalsoinfluenceEnglish.ManyEnglishwordscomefromFrench.GermanwordsarealsopartofEnglish.Recently，Britishpeoplehavebecomeinterestedin“yoga”，butthewordcomesfromanancientHindulanguageinIndia.【短文注释】1．buildup增强，逐步变大2．regionn．地区3．messyadj.杂乱的4．influencevt.影响5．TodayEnglishisalanguagewhichisusedandlearnedbymanypeopleallovertheworld.Englishisalanguage是主句，which引导定语从句，修饰alanguage。句意：今天，英语是一门被全世界很多人使用和学习的语言。
