In this world,there are more than 365 million people whose native language is English.Of this number of people,only about 275 million __36__in the United
States and Great Britain.The __37__90 million live in Australia,Canada,New Zealand,South Africa,some Pacific islands,and other places __38__British people settled.__39__of time,one English speaker __40__understand another.
But in every __41__ country,people added new words __42__their vocabularies to name animals,plants,and other things that were __43__to the first British people who went there.British settlers in Australia __44__the word “kangaroo” for an animal they had never seen __45__,from the language of the people who were __46__to Australia.And the British who __47__to South Africa took “trek”,meaning a long journey by ox wagon,__48__the language of the Dutch people who settled in the same place.
English speakers of __49__every country know what a kangaroo is and use the word “trek” to __50__“difficult journey”.But some __51__“English” words are used only by the people who borrow or __52__them.A South African who talks about “kopjes” is speaking English,but only another South African or a Dutch person would know he is speaking __53__hills.And if an Australian said,“There were some ‘ropable’ people at the corroboree (狂欢会),” only another Australian would __54__ that he was talking about angry people __55__ a party.
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