【英语听力入门3000(1)】语言(1/2)

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全文听写。
        Hints：
        400 million
        600 million
        其余均为数字形式。
         
        翻译by melodyhan
There are more than 2,700 languages in the world. In addition, there are more than 7,000 dialects. A dialect is a regional variety of a language that has a different pronunciation, vocabulary, or meaning.
The language in which a government conducts business is the official language of that country.
1 billion people speak English. That's 20% of the world's population.
400 million people speak English as their first language. For the other 600 million it's either a second language or a foreign language.
There are more than 500,000 words in the Oxford dictionary. 80% of all English vocabulary comes from other languages.全世界除了有2700多种语言之外还有7000种方言。方言是指某个地区特有的，在发音、词汇或含义上区别于其他语言的一种语言形式。
一国政府进行贸易活动时所使用的语言是这个国家的官方语言。
全世界讲英语的人有10亿，占世界总人口的百分之二十。其中4亿人以英语为母语，另外6亿人讲英语作为第二语言或者外语使用。
在牛津字典中有50万英文词汇，其中百分之八十是外来词汇。
（以上由melodyhan翻译整理，欢迎与本人研究讨论，共同进步。）