READ IT! Reread paragraph 1 of this speech excerpt. What detail
does the graph help you to visualize?
GRAPH IT!
We Choose to Go to the Moon
"Space expenditures will soon
rise some more, from 40 cents
per person per week to more
than 50 cents a week..."
"That budget now stands
at $5,400 million a year ...
September 12, 1962
by President John F. Kennedy
Excerpt 2
1 To be sure, all this costs us all a good deal of money. This
year's space budget is three times what it was in January
1961, and it is greater than the space budget of the
previous eight years combined. That budget now stands at
$5,400 million a year-a staggering sum, though
somewhat less than we pay for cigarettes and cigars every
year. Space expenditures will soon rise some more, from 40
cents per person per week to more than 50 cents a week
for every man, woman and child in the United States, for
we have given this program a high national priority-even
though I realize that this is in some measure an act of faith
and vision, for we do not now know what benefits await us.
"This year's space budget is
three times what it was in
January 1961 ...
... it (this year's space
budget] is greater than the
space budget of the previous
eight years combined."
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as we know, the english language is spoken all over the world by native and non-native speakers and has become the most certain tool when it comes to communicating. businesses, schools, even romantic relationships depend on it to keep thriving. in addition, it is the language of the internet not only because most of the content available is in english, but also because people prefer to use it when talking to others, since it's the language everyone supposedly learns.

yet, there have been some current claims that chinese will soon take over as the most important language in the world. china's magnitude has never been more evident and doing business with the chinese is a gold mine for any country. we now see language schools offering chinese courses as commonly as english.

however - even though we cannot deny china's importance and the advantage it is when someone takes the time to learn the language their business contact speaks-, people in general seem to be ignoring the aspects that seem to keep english as the chosen one of languages. one of them has been mentioned above: it is the language of the internet. also, chinese people are still learning english, since it opens doors in communicating with practically everyone else, from every single country.

note: if this is not the sort of transition you need, let me know. : d