Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
1、 The growth of the use of English as the world’s primary language for international communication has obviously been continuing for several decades. (46) 【But even as the number of English speakers expands further there are signs that the global predominance of the language may fade within the foreseeable future.】 Complex international, economic, technological and cultural changes could start to diminish the leading position of English as the language of the world market, and UK interests which enjoy advantage from the breadth of English usage would consequently face new pressures. Those realistic possibilities are highlighted in the study presented by David Graddol. (47) 【His analysis should therefore end any self-contentedness among those who may believe that the global position of English is so stable that the young generations of the United Kingdom do not need additional language capabilities.】 David Graddol concludes that monoglot English graduates face a bleak economic future as qualified multilingual youngsters from other countries are proving to have a competitive advantage over their British counterparts in global companies and organizations. Alongside that, (48) 【many countries are introducing English into the primary-school curriculum but British schoolchildren and students do not appear to be gaining greater encouragement to achieve fluency in other languages.】 If left to themselves, such trends will diminish the relative strength of the English language in international education markets as the demand for educational resources in languages, such as Spanish, Arabic or Mandarin grows and international business process outsourcing in other language such as Japanese, French and German, spreads. (49) 【The changes identified by David Graddol all present clear and major challenges to UK’s providers of English language teaching to people of other countries and to broader education business sectors.】 The English language teaching sector directly earns nearly £1.3 billion for the UK in invisible exports and our other education related exports earn up to £10 billion a year more. As the international education market expands, the recent slowdown in the number of international students studying in the main English-speaking countries is likely to continue, especially if there are no effective strategic policies to prevent such slippage. The anticipation of possible shifts in demand provided by this study is significant: (50) 【It gives a basis to all organizations which seek to promote the learning and use of English, a basis for planning to meet the possibilities of what could be a very different operating environment.】 That is a necessary and practical approach. In this as in much else, those who wish to influence the future must prepare for it.
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参考译文
46. 尽管说英语的人数在进一步增加，有迹象表明在可预见的未来它的全球主导地位可能会衰落。
47. 因此，对于那些可能相信英语的全球地位如此稳固以至于英国年轻人不需要其他语言的人而言，他的分析应该会终止这些人的自满情绪。
48. 很多国家将英语引入小学课程，但英国大、中、小学生似乎没有得到更多的鼓励去熟练地掌握其他语言。
49. 大卫·格雷德尔指出的这些变化都对向其他国家的人提供英语教学的英国培训机构和更广泛的教育产业构成了明确而又重大的挑战。
50. 它为所有旨在促进学习和使用英语的组织提供基础，该基础用于计划应对由截然不同的运营环境所带来的各种可能性。
答案解析：
生词本
self-contentedness n. 自我满足 the primary-school curriculum 小学课程
schoolchildren n. 小学生；学童
表达难点
46. ①even此处要翻译为“尽管”。②signs可译为“迹象”。③the global predominance of the language中the language指前面提到的“英语”。④fade可译为“衰落”。⑤within the foreseeable future按字面意思译为“在可预见的未来”即可。
47. ①此句并未出现难词，但是定语从句下有宾语从句，而宾语从句之下又有结果状语从句，译成中文时顺序不一定要跟原文一致。②end any self-contentedness在这里要译为“终止自满”。
48. ①introducing在此处要译为“引入”。②schoolchildren and students意思为“小学生和（其他）学生”，此处译为“大、中、小学生”即可。
49. ①identify此处要译为“指出”。②present challenges to sb意为“对……提出挑战”，在原文中to后面接的是providers（供应商）和sectors（行业）。
50. ①此句中出现两个a basis，第二个a basis是同位语，起到补充说明作用。②meet the possibilities此处要译为“应对各种可能性”。
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