【正确答案】the wide use

【答案解析】原文： Global Use of English Good morning, everybody. In today’s session, we’ll first look at how English is used worldwide, and then discuss some of the different reactions. Now let’s think about this question: What are people using English for? In order to answer this question, we’ll look at a major worldwide trend that has had influence on the spread of English. The trend I’m talking about is globalization. Then what is globalization? In short, it is a process of operating businesses in a lot of countries all over the world. In doing business worldwide, there is a growing need for people to be able to communicate with members of organizations, for example, colleagues, customers, and partners throughout the world. And English is the language that is used most widely in international business communication. So people need to know English so as to communicate with people from different countries or places around the world. That perhaps explains why English has become a popular means of international business communication. Okay, now let’s move on to another topic and look at how English is viewed around the world. The first opinion is that the spread of English is good for the world. People who believe this argue that English is actually superior to other languages. They say that, for instance, it has the most expressive vocabulary of any of the other languages in the world and is therefore a better language for communicating ideas. Well, another point of view is that the spread of English is a benefit because it’s neutral. Why is it so? When we look at a country like India, for example, we can understand this opinion. There are at least 33 different regional languages in India. So which one should they use, say, in courtrooms or legal documents? In India, they have decided to use English so that nobody can feel insulted. People, who hold this opinion, that is, English is good because it’s neutral, also say that English is a benefit as long as it can exist together with other languages. Now let’s look at two negative opinions about English. The first point is the spread or use of English into non-English-speaking countries can be harmful and is actually dangerous. The people who hold this opinion think that the use of English could negatively affect the local language. How could it do this? For example, it could make the local language less pure. In fact, they say it’s important to actively protect the local language from the influence of English. The other negative view states that English is not a neutral force, but instead, its spread is part of a plan with very particular political and economic goals. According to this view, people who speak English would have a better chance of influencing or even controlling others, the countries and the economies of the world. They fear that individual countries will actually lose their special and unique qualities. Okay. To wrap up, we’ve taken a brief look at four opinions about the spread or use of English. That should give you some idea of the attitudes towards the spread of English globally. As we know, the opinions vary and people have different views. For us, we need to think about how to use English to the best interests of our people and our country, which will be covered in the next session. Any questions?细节题。根据原句可知，进行国际商务交流时，英语是使用最广泛的语言。音频中使用了most来修饰副词widely，表示最高级，但答题卡提纲中的空格位于of English之前，需要填入的是名词或名词性的短语。因此，可将音频中的is used most widely改写为名词性短语the wide use。故答案为the wide use。