Р3)常用短文Р The English Language Р English is the principal language of the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Bahamas, Jamaica, Barbodos, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana; the official language of over a dozen African countries, and other areas such as Belize, Hong Kong, and Gibraltar, and numerous islands in the Caribbean, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans; also the "associated official language" of India. English speakers reach 365 million, so the language has been referred to as the "unofficial international language". Р There are three recognized periods in the history of English: Old English, from earliest time to 1150 A. D.; Middle English, 1150-1500; and Modern English, 1500 to the present. English reigned in
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