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新视野大学英语(第三版)第二册课后翻译答案及原文Unit1原文EnglishisknownasaworldlanguageregularlyusedbymanynationswhoseEnglishisnottheirfirstlanguage.LikeotherlanguagesEnglishhaschangedgreatly.ThehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagecanbedividedintothreemainperiods:OldEnglishMiddleEnglishandModernEnglish.TheEnglishlanguagestartedwiththeinvasionofBritainbythreeGermanictribesduringthe5thcenturyADandtheycontributedgreatlytotheformationoftheEnglishlanguage.DuringthemedievalandearlymodernperiodstheinfluenceofEnglishspreadthroughouttheBritishIslesandfromtheearly17thcenturyitsinfluencebegantobefeltthroughouttheworld.TheprocessesofEuropeanexplorationandcolonizationforseveralcenturiesledtosignificantchangeinEnglish.TodayAmericanEnglishisparticularlyinfluentialduetothepopularityofAmericancinematelevisionmusictradeandtechnologyincludingtheInternet.翻译人们普遍认为英语是一种世界语言,经常被许多不以英语为第一语言的国家使用...。