这就需要从更大的视野上来看待教育的功能和英语的作用。
一、英语有用，英语是职业能力的一部分
一个正常的逻辑是：学历与职业、体面、收入成正比，当然也会有很多例外。
上了大学才真正有了对未来有了职业规划，这个时候才知道英语对自己到底有没有用。很多职业是不用英语的，所以我觉得进入大学之后，英语倒是可以成为一门选修课，自愿参加四六级考试，你的专业如果用不着英语就别费劲学了。
但等你毕业找工作的时候，你会发现英语水平好的话，职业机会和选择会更多一些。这也就是为什么很多人工作以后才开始恶补英语。
如果一个学生进入大学选择专业、大学毕业寻找职业机会的时候会发现英语是有用的，但他中小学没有学习英语的话，他等于自动放弃了许多好的职业机会。所以英语作为基础教育的一部分存在就有了它的合理性。语言学习是一个连续渐进的过程，是一个升级和养成的过程。你总不能等上了大学发现英语对自己的专业有用了才开始学英语吧，也不可能找工作时发现英语有用才学英语吧。
所以从公平的角度讲，义务教育阶段就应该把英语列入必修课，让每一个人都拥有机会。但中国太大，各地英语教学的水平差距也太大。北京、上海中学生的英语水平比一些落后地区学生的英语水平要高得多。
First, useful English, English is part of the professional ability
A normal logic is: Education and career, decent, proportional to income, of course, there will be many exceptions.
On the university really have a career plan for the future, this time I know English in the end there is no use. Many occupations are not English, so I think after entering college, the English can become an elective, volunteered for CET exams, your major if you do not need English, do not bother to learn.
However, when you graduate to find a job, you will find that you will find more career opportunities and choices when you have a good command of English. This is why many people began to make up for English after working.
If a student enters college and chooses a major, college graduates will find English useful when looking for career opportunities, but if he does not learn English in elementary and secondary schools, he is tantamount to automatically giving up many good career opportunities. Therefore, the existence of English as a part of basic education has its rationality. Language learning is a continuous process, is a process of upgrading and development. You can not wait to go to college and find English useful to your major before starting to learn English, it is impossible to find useful English at work to learn English.
So from a fair perspective, compulsory education should include English as a compulsory course, so that everyone has the opportunity. However, China is too big and the gap between the levels of English teaching is too large. The English level of secondary school students in Beijing and Shanghai is much higher than that in some backward regions.
二、拓展视野，英语依然代表着先进的文化和生产力
以上讲的是英语会为你的职业选择加分，是从实用角度讲的。从素质教育的角度讲，学习先进文化的最好方式依然是从学英语切入。直白地说：讲英语的美国依然是世界上最强大的国家，代表着最先进的生产力和民主政体。
工业和信息化部部长苗圩在今年两会上就《中国制造2025》进行全面解读时指出，在全球制造业的四级梯队中，中国处于第三梯队，而且这种格局在短时间内难有根本性改变。要成为制造强国至少要再努力30年。
Second, expand their horizons, English still represents advanced culture and productivity
Speaking above is that English will give you a career choice plus points, from a practical point of view. From the perspective of quality education, the best way to learn advanced culture is still to learn English. To put it plainly: the English-speaking United States remains the most powerful country in the world, representing the most advanced productive forces and democracies.
Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology, made a comprehensive interpretation of "Made in China 2025" at the two sessions this year. He pointed out that among the four echelon manufacturing industries in the world, China is in the third tier and this pattern is hard to come by in a short period of time Fundamental change. At least 30 years to become a manufacturing power.
三、英语承载的信息比汉语靠谱
有人说，中国是一个大型局域网国家，很多信息是看不到的。为了获取信息，他们就选择翻墙。翻完墙看到的依然是中文信息，内容经常很惊人，他们便如获至宝，转到自己的自媒体上来。而我一看就知道是这信息是假的，墙外的中文信息极度不靠谱。
我从来不翻墙，也不用谷歌。我就用英文在百度搜索，把搜索到的几条内容交叉对比就可以得到准确信息。美国一流大学和媒体的英语网站都是开放的，很容易进去。想看美国政府的准确信息，上白宫、美国国务院、国防部的网站就行了，根本不受限制。
这个月我一直在研读美国大学的历史教材，包括美国史和世界史，它们的视角、历史编排结构和解读方式比中文的历史书靠谱多了，也有意思得多。何止是历史，国内的中文信息在有关部门的控制下经常是选择性的。
有一个说法很有意思：学好英语，可以更好地了解中国。
Some people say that China is a large LAN country, a lot of information can not be seen. In order to obtain information, they choose to go over the wall. Turn over the wall to see is still the Chinese message, the content is often very alarming, they will be treasured, go to their own media up. And I saw that this information is false, the Chinese information outside the wall is extremely difficult to fly.
I never go through the wall, nor Google. I use English search in Baidu, cross-search the contents of several cross-contrast can get accurate information. The English websites of America's leading universities and the media are open and easily accessible. If you want to see accurate information from the U.S. government, you will not find any restrictions on the websites of the White House, the U.S. Department of State, and the Department of Defense.
This month I have been studying history textbooks in American universities, including the history of the United States and the world. Their perspectives, the structure of historical arrangements and the way of interpretation are much more substantial and interesting than the history books in the United States. More than history, domestic Chinese information is often selective under the control of the authorities concerned.
There is an argument is very interesting: learn English, you can better understand China.
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