英语圈实力不减:唱衰英语者醒醒吧_BEC初级作文

英语圈实力不减:唱衰英语者醒醒吧

例如，在缺乏适当知识产权保护的国家，企业不会投巨资开发大型高新科技产品。目前开发一剂重点新药的平均投资预计应在10亿美元左右。

The article also states that some 40% of Europeans speak English versus 19% who speak French; while pointing out that English has been formally or informally embraced as an important language of business and science in many developing countries, including India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa. Obviously this phenomenon is rooted in large part to a legacy of the colonial era, but English has survived the test of time for practical reasons. That is unlikely to change any time soon.

文章还指出，欧洲人中有40%会讲英语，但只有19%会说法语；同时还指出，在包括印度、马来西亚、巴基斯坦、孟加拉、尼日利亚、肯尼亚、南非在内的一些发展中国家，英语在商务和科学领域中被正式或非正式地作为重要语言。当然，这种现象很大程度上带有殖民时代的烙印，但英语凭借其实用性还是经历住了时间的考验，而且这种状况在短时间内不会有所改变。

One other factor which the authors cite as a positive force for relative Anglosphere economic growth is demographics. Between 2000 and 2050, the US workforce is projected to grow by 37%. During the same time frame, due to aging, China’s workforce is projected to shrink by 10%, and Japan’s by 40%.