The Road to Modern EnglishAt the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in England. 16 世纪末期大约有5 百万到7 百万人说英语,几乎所有这些人都生活在英国。在 尽头;在 结束时adv. 差不多,几乎;密切地Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and because of that, English began to be spoken in many other countries. 后来,在17 世纪英国人开始航海征服了世界其它地区。于是,许多别的国家开始说英语了。n. 航行;航海v. 征服;占领因为;由于because of+ 短语/ 词because+ 句子begin to do sth.开始做Today, more p