英语的使用范围非常广泛。世界上70%以上的邮件是用英文写或用英文写地址的。全世界的广播节目中，有60%是用英语进行的。国际上的资料绝大部分是用英语发表的。下面是小学二年级英语作文：我的同学(My classmate)：
作文一
My classmate
I have a new classmate.She is Huang Jie.She is girl.She is twelve years old.She has long hair.She has big eyes and small nose.She is tall.My classmate likes reading book,playing computer games,listening to music,but sometimes she likes playing sports.
This is my classmate,What about you.
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我的同学
我有一个新同学。她是黄洁。她是女孩。她是十二岁。她有长头发。她有大眼睛和小鼻子。她很高。我的同学喜欢看书,玩电脑游戏,听音乐,但有时她喜欢体育运动。
这是我的同学,你的同学呢。
作文二
I have a good friend.Do you know her?Let me tell you.She's Xu Wenjing.She's twelve years old.She's short,but she is thin.She has two big black eyes and a small mouth.She studys in Class 1 Grade 6 Shi Yan primary school.We are in the same class.
She has a deskmate.His name's Chen Kangwei.He's a clever boy.He's a new student in our class.His Chinese and Maths are very well.All the teachers like him very much.
They're very friendly.They never fight.They often learn each other.They are good deskmate.
Look!They're my classmates.They zre good deskmate in our class.Do you know them now?
作文三
my new classmate is liu mei. she was born in tianjin, she was born on 16th july 1994, and she was very friendly and well-behaved. her first primary school called tanggu primary school. her first teacher was mrs yang , she was very ungly and strict, liu mei didn't like her.
作文四
Kelly is one of my classmates. She is a pretty girl but a little bit shy. She seldom talks to others. But my classmates still like her very much. Smiles are always on her face and she is friendly to others. Her study is very good. When we ask her some questions, she is always ready to help. Singing is her favorites and she sings well. I think she is a talented girl.
凯莉是我的同学之一。她是个漂亮的女孩，但是她有点害羞。她很少和别人说话，但是同学们仍然很喜欢她。她脸上总是露出微笑，对别人十分友善。她的成绩很好。当我们问她问题的时候，她总是乐意帮忙。她最喜欢唱歌，而且唱得很好。我觉得她是一个有天赋的女孩。