English
1）常用句子
Do you speak English？你會講英語嗎？
Yes， a little.是的，會一點兒。
My native language is Chinese.我的本族語是漢語。
How many languages do you speak？你會講幾種語言？
My friend speaks，reads and writes several languages.我的朋友會說、讀、寫幾種語言。
I have a lot of trouble with pronunciation.我發音有很多困難。
He speaks French with an American accent.他講法語帶有美國口音。
My parents speak Spanish fluently.我的父母西班牙語說得很流利。
His English is perfect.他的英語棒極了。
Very often I make mistakes in grammar when I speak English.我老是在講英語時犯語法錯誤。
His mother tongue is Portuguese.他的母語是葡萄牙語。
Once in a while I make mistakes in spelling.我偶爾出一些拼寫錯誤。
He speaks Japanese extremely well.他日語講得好極了。
Do you know how to speak Russian？你知道怎樣講俄語嗎？
Martha knows Italian well.瑪莎意大利語很好。
2）常用對話
Mr. Green； Do you speak Japanese， Mrs. Brown？
Mrs. Brown： Yes I do. I speak a little Japanese. Mr. Green： Does your husband speak Japanese， too？
Mrs. Brown； Yes， a little. He speaks a little Japanese. Mr. Green： How well do you know French？
Mrs. Brown： Pretty well. But I have a lot of trouble with spelling. Mr. Green： How many languages do you speak？
Mrs. Brown： I speak four languages. How many do you sepak？
Mr. Green： I speak three languages. I don't speak Japanese. Mrs. Brown： What language do you speak？
Mr. Green： I speak French， Greek， Arabic and English. Mrs. Brown： Do you read and write those languages？
Mr. Green： Yes， I do. But sometimes I make mistakes in spelling. Mrs. Brown： So do I.
3）常用短文
The English Language
English is the principal language of the United States， Canada， United Kingdom， Ireland， Australia， New Zealand， Bahamas， Jamaica， Barbodos， Grenada， Trinidad and Tobago， and Guyana； the official language of over a dozen African countries， and other areas such as Belize， Hong Kong， and Gibraltar， and numerous islands in the Caribbean， Atlantic， Indian， and Pacific oceans； also the "associated official language" of India. English speakers reach 365 million， so the language has been referred to as the "unofficial international language".
There are three recognized periods in the history of English： Old English， from earliest time to 1150 A. D.； Middle English， 1150-1500； and Modern English， 1500 to the present. English reigned in England only in the late 14th century， with London dialect as the standard. As late as in 1700， there were only 8. 5 million English speakers. As a result of vast colonial expansion， the number shot up to 123 million by 1900， and has since tripled.
English is structurally closer to Chinese than to any of its European cousins. Parts of speech are ofter fuzzy； the word "up" can be an adverb， preposition， verb， noun， or adjective. Word order is stereotyped； there is a big difference in meaning between "look over" and "overlook" or "stand with" and "withstand". Seven different meanings can be put into the following sentence by successively inserting the modifier "only" before each of the words： She told me that she loved me. "Run" has more than 250 meanings.
The complete English vocabulary consists of almost 1 million words， yet 3，000 words make up 95% of all utterance. English accounts for 3/4 of the world's mail， 1/2 of the newspapers， and 3/5 of all radio stations.
