一篇学术英语特点的英语作文

TheEnglishlanguage,weknow,tilltodayhasahistoryofaboutsixhundredyears.Forhalfthattime,EnglishwasjustthelanguageoftheEnglishlivinginEngland.ThemodernEnglishlanguagegrewbyabouttheyear1400.ManywordswereborrowedfromFrenchsuchassalon,madamandGermansuchaswagon.AspeoplefromEuropetraveledoutsideEurope,Europeanlanguagesbegantobeusedinotherpartsoftheworld.

Todayintheworld,morethanonebillionofpeoplespeakEnglish.GenerallytheEnglish-speakingcountriescanbedividedintothreegroups.ThefirstgrouparethosecountrieswithEnglishastheirmothertongue,suchasEngland,America,Canada,Australia,NewZealand.Thesecondgrouparethosebilingualcountriesorareas,withEnglishasoneofthetwoofficiallanguages,suchasHongKong,Singapore,India,Nigeria.ThethirdgrouparethosewhichuseEnglishasaveryimportantlanguageincommunicationwithothercountries,suchasChina,Japan,Thailand.ii.EnglisheswithLocalcolors

SoEnglishisaninternationallanguage.ItsspreadisfollowedwiththeexpansionofEnglishcolonizationsince300or400yearsago.WhentheEnglishlanguagewastakentothecolonies,itwouldbeinfluencedmoreorlessbythenativecultureandsociety.ItwaschangedandformeddifferentEnglishes.Forexample,inAustralianEnglish,therearesomespecialvocabulary,suchaspaddock(草地),kangaroo,dingo(澳洲野狗).Andtherearethedifferencesinpronunciations.Forexample,AustralianEnglish’spronunciationofthesentence“TodayisFriday”soundslike“Todieisfrydie”.

ButatpresentthemostpopularEnglishesareBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.TillnowthereareonebillionpeoplespeakingBritishEnglishand240millionpeoplespeakAmericanEnglish.CanadaandAmericaarebothAmerican-English-speakingcountries.