经济全球化 ,使人类越来越需要一种通用语。 2 1世纪 ,将是英语与汉语竞争世界通用语地位的世纪。英语是世界通用语的第一候选语 ,但不是唯一候选语。有着诸多优越性的汉语 ,若在简明化、国际化方面取得长足进展 ,必将与英语并驾齐驱 ,成为全球性语言。 Economic globalization has made human beings increasingly need a common language. In the first century, it will be the century of universal language status in the English-Chinese competition world. English is the first candidate in the world lingua franca but not the only candidate. There are many advantages of Chinese, if the concise, international made significant progress, bound to keep pace with English, become a global language.