To divide the empire into English core and colonial periphery, as Bailyn does, devalues the achievements of colonial culture.
把帝国划分为英国核心和殖民地外围,就像拜伦所做的那样,会贬低殖民文化的成就。
The British empire carried English to all those countries on which the sun never set; American economic and cultural clout ensured English's dominance after the British empire had faded.
大英帝国将英语带到了那么多的国度——在这些国家,太阳永远不会落下;在大英帝国没落之后,美国的经济和文化影响力确保了英语的统治地位。
The British empire became the global superpower of the 19th century. And the world speaks English, not French.
大英帝国成了十九世纪的全球超级大国,现在全球都在说英语,而不是法语。
English colonial expansion began with the colonization of Newfoundland in 1583. By 1900 Britain had built up a big empire, "on which the sun never set".
英国殖民扩张始于1583年纽芬兰的殖民化,到1900年,英国已经建立了“太阳永不落”的大英帝国。
The empire, Mr Devine points out, was an emphatically British venture in which the Scots saw themselves as equal partners with the English, giving them self-respect as well as prosperity.
德文先生指出,王国的组建绝对是英国的一次冒险,苏格兰人从此认识到他们可以与英格兰人平等合作,他们从中获得了自信和财富。
However, English is spoken as a native or second language in a large number of other countries which were once colonies of the British Empire.
然而,英语在其它许多曾经是大英帝国殖民地的国家中也被当作本国语或第二语言使用。
The dominance of English has historical reasons relating back to the British Empire, but its widespread use today is largely due to American influence worldwide.
英语的统治地位有其历史原因,可以追溯到大英帝国时代,但今天英语的广泛应用在很大程度上是因为美国在世界上的影响。
English colonial expansion began with the colonization of Newfoundland in 152. By 1900 Britain had built up a big empire, "on which the sun never set".
英国殖民扩张始于152年纽芬兰的殖民化,到1900年,英国已经建立了“太阳永不落”的大英帝国。
The History of English in Ten Minutes. Chapter six. English and Empire or the sun never set on the English language.
十分钟了解英语历史。第六章,英语和帝国或英语的太阳永不落。
The History of English in Ten Minutes. Chapter 06. English and Empire or the sun never set on the English language.
十分钟了解英语历史。第六章,英语和帝国或曰英语的太阳永不落。
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is English historical writing at its best.
罗马帝国的衰亡是英国历史上最好的文字。
The current status of the English language at the start of the new millennium compares with that of Latin in most of Western Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire.
英语语言在新世纪之初的情形可以和拉丁语在罗马帝国解体以来在大多数西欧国家的地位相提并论。
The current status of the English language at the start of the new millennium compares with that of Latin in most of Western Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire.
英语语言在新世纪之初的情形可以和拉丁语在罗马帝国解体以来在大多数西欧国家的地位相提并论。
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