Voyager One blasted on its historic mission to Jupiter and beyond. On board the scientists who knew that Voyager would one day spin through distant star systems had installed a recorded greeting from the people of the planet Earth. A brief message in fifty-five different languages the people of outer space plays a statement from the Secretary-General of the United Nations an Austrian named Kurt Waldheim, speaking on behalf of 147 member states in English.
The rise of English is a remarkable success story. When Julius Caesar landed in Britain nearly two thousand years ago, English did not exist. Today English is used by at least 750 million people, and barely half of those speak it as a mother tongue.
Some estimates have put that figure closer to one billion. Whatever the total, English today is more widely spoken and written, than any other language has ever been. It has become the language of the planet, the first truly global language.
Three-quarters of the world’s mail, and its t
1. He is a doctor, isn't he ?
2. She isn’t a teacher, is she?
3. Ann works in an office, doesn't she ?
4. Ben doesn’t drink coffee, does he ?
5. Sarah is doing her homework, isn't she ?
6. You will send an email, won't you ?
7. They won’t have a test, will they ?
8. Dad hasn’t painted the fence, has he ?
9. Fiona and Mark go to Paris, don't they ?
10. My friends had breakfast, hadn't he ?
11. He worked yesterday, didn't he ?
12. They didn’t go to school, did they ?
13. Dan can speak French well, can't he ?
14. They don’t speak Polish, do they ?
15. You live in the USA, aren't you ?
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