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I tried to get tickets for Fajr Film Festival, but ……… they were already sold out.

There are … TV channels in some countries, so people have a wide choice to choose programs they like.

Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become the dominant language of international communication. English as we know it today emerged around 1350, after having included many elements of French that were introduced following the Norman invasion (an occasion when an army or country uses force to enter and take control of another country) in 1066. Until the 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not extended even as far as Wales, Scotland or Ireland. However, during the course of the next two centuries, English began to spread around the world as a result of exploration, trade (including slave trade) and missionary work−teaching Christianity. Thus, small communities (the people living in one area and having the same job and religion) of English speakers started and grew in various parts of the world. As these communities expanded or proliferated, that is, increased rapidly in number, English gradually became the primary language of international business, and diplomacy.

Currently, about 80 percent of the information stored on computer systems worldwide is in English. Two−thirds of the world’s science writing is in English, and English is the main language of technology, advertising, media, international airports, and air traffic controllers. Today there are more than 700 million English users in the world, and over half of these are non-native speakers, making up the largest number of non-native users than any other language in the world.

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