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World Environment Day
World Environment Day commemorated each year on 5 June, is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. Each year, the event has a host country as well as a theme chosen by the United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP. With thousands of events in UNEP's six global regions, namely, North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, West Asia and Europe, World Environment Day is considered one of the largest environmental events of its kind. World Environment Day is designed to:
* give a human face to environmental issues;
* empower people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development;
* promote an understanding that communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues; and
* advocate partnership which will ensure all nations and peoples enjoy a safer and more prosperous future.
On World Environment Day, heads of State, Prime Ministers and Ministers of Environment deliver statements and commit themselves to care for the Earth. Pledges are made which lead to the establishment of permanent governmental structures dealing with environmental management. It also provides an opportunity to sign or ratify international environmental conventions.
World Environment Day 2011
World Environment Day is an annual global event being celebrated this year on June 5, 2011 and aimed at stimulating worldwide awareness on the environment and encouraging political attention and action.
The theme of the 2011 celebration is “Forests: Nature at Your Service”.
The Cross River Government plans to plant five million trees to commemorate this year’s World Environment Day, says Mr Edward Gekpe, the Permanent Secretary in the state’s Ministry of Environment.
Reading
About one hundred years ago many educated people learned and spoke French when they met people from other countries. Today most people speak English when they meet foreigners. It has become the new international language. There are more people who speak English as a second language than people who speak English as a first language. Why is this?
There are many reasons why English has become so popular. One of them is that English has become the language of business. Another important reason is that popular American culture (like movies, music, and McDonald's) has quickly spread throughout the world. It has brought its language with it.
Is it good that English has spread to all parts of the world so quickly? I don't know. It's important to have a language that the people of the earth have in common. Our world has become very global and we need to communicate with one another. On the other hand, English is a fairly complicated language to learn and it brings its culture with it. Do we really need that?
Scientists have already tried to create an artificial language that isn't too difficult and doesn't include any one group's culture. It is called Esperanto. But it hasn't become popular. But maybe the popularity of English won't last that long either. Who knows? There are more people in the world who speak Chinese than any other language. Maybe someday Chinese will be the new international language.
Questions
1. What was the world language 100 years ago?
2. Which group is larger- people who speak English as a first language or people who speak English as a second language?
3. What are two reasons English has become an international language today?
4. What are two reasons English isn't a good international language?
5. What is Esperanto?
What might the future international language be?Zakiahmetova Nadya is the Winner of the Competition
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