Задание

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If Mandarin Chinese is to challenge English globally, then it first has to conquer its own backyard, South East Asia. In Malaysia's southernmost city of Johor Bahru, the desire to speak good English has driven some children to make a remarkable two-hour journey to school every day. Nearly three-quarters of the population in Singapore are ethnic Chinese, but English is one of the national languages and very widely spoken. The Singapore Chinese Chamber Institute of Business has added Chinese classes for business use in recent years. More and more places like Brazil and China are doing business in the renminbi, not the US dollar, so there is less of a need to use English.

In China and Brazil, English is widely used ...

as a foreign language.

in everyday life.

by the government.