Interviewer – Why is English so important？David – Well, English is so important prima

rily because so many people speak it and use it, so it has now become the lingua franca in the world (1)() a way that we've never seen before. We(2)() a world language of this kind before. So people are learning it not just to be able to communicate (3)() native speakers, but also with speakers of other languages around the worl

D.Interviewer – And why has it become that dominant language？David – I think the reason (4)() that is actually very complicated, although in the twentieth century, we can just see that it's the rise of the US military and consumer power. I mean the technology, all the big developments in technology largely came from the US. So all of these developments actually (5)() within the English language, and people had to learn English in order to understand them, or to benefit (6)() them. The Internet is only one example of that kin

D. Once a language has (7)() that position of dominance, it's actually very difficult (8)() it. So we could be seeing the emergence of other big languages in the world (9)() more important than they have been, like Spanish, but it's unlikely (10)() they're going to shift English from its position of dominance.

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