【雅思听力】世界语(3/4)

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全文听写，英式拼法

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HINTS
EEC
Strasbourg
Esperanto
From the learner's point of view, it has the advantage: there are no exceptions to rules. The advantages of the world being able to talk freely to each other about business, politics, culture, sport, hobbies, well, are obvious. The cost of translation at any international conference are staggering. About 55% of the EEC's budget in Strasbourg is taken up by translation costs. The main advantage, as I see, is that Esperanto is a neutral language. It doesn't have the national, political and cultural bias that all others of course have. If everybody has to learn a second language, then everybody is equal. Well, I'll stop here for questions.
Excuse me, I'd like to ask a question. Why should people have to learn another language? Why not English as the world language? I mean there are already so many people who speak English throughout the world.