【正确答案】你们大多数的记者可能都没意识到英语的一大功能，那就是它是广泛应用于外交、商业和科技的国际性语言。
它是联合国及其机构和许多其他的国际组织所用的语言。如果我们只把眼光局限于自己的国家，那我们就太愚蠢了。
我们还要依靠其他国家的技术和工业援助。如果除了本国之外我们不能在经济和科技领域里交流，我们怎样能期望在这些领域里独立自主呢?
我们的学生必须学习英语，这样他们才能到国外去学习我们国家急需的技术。我们还需要有人代表我国在国际会议上发言，博得别国的尊重。

【答案解析】[听力原文]
The one aspect of the English language that most of your correspondents seem to be unaware of is its widespread use as the international language of diplomacy, commerce and technology.
It is the language of the United Nations and its agencies as well as of many other international bodies. We would be foolish to confine our vision to our national borders only.
We are still dependent on other countries for technical and industrial assistance. How can we hope to be economically and technologically independent if we are not able to communicate in these areas outside our own country?
English must be taught in all our schools so that our students can go abroad to learn the techniques our nation so urgently needs. We also need representatives who can command respect at the international conference tables of the world.