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More than 3, 000 languages are spoken in the world. Of all these languages, English is the most widely used. When English is used, it has also ________ many new words from other languages. For example, Americans borrowed “cookbook” from German. They ________ borrowed “tofu” and “kowtow” from Chinese.

As we all know, there are ________ between western culture and Chinese culture. We can learn about those words by comparing how certain words are used. ________, “you are a lucky dog” means you are a lucky person. To describe a person who is ________, they say, “sick as a dog”. On the other hand, Chinese people love cats very much. But in western culture, “cat” is sometimes used to describe a woman that is ________ . The rose is considered as a symbol of love in both China and some western countries. People think the rose stands for love and ________.

China, a country with the largest population in the world, has ________ more people to learn English. By the 1990s, English learning has been very ________ with Chinese people. Many of them have done quite well in English.

Now students are required to learn English and people think the study of English is a very important industry in China ________ in the rest of the world. The English language has played an important part in our lives.