College English Reading Appreciation

Author: Qu Hang
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Publish Date: 2004-01-03
Features: With the reform and opening-up in China during the 1980s, English, as the primary working language for international communication, prompted people to recognize the importance of learning it. In the 1990s, as the English proficiency of the public improved widely and China joined the WTO, people were no longer satisfied with "deaf-mute" English that only allowed reading but not listening or speaking. They demanded the ability to freely use English for both oral and written communication.