英語的使用范圍非常廣泛。世界上70%以上的郵件是用英文寫或用英文寫地址的。全世界的廣播節目中，有60%是用英語進行的。國際上的資料絕大部分是用英語發表的。下面是小學二年級英語作文：我的同學(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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我的同學
我有一個新同學。她是黃潔。她是女孩。她是十二歲。她有長頭發。她有大眼睛和小鼻子。她很高。我的同學喜歡看書,玩電腦游戲,聽音樂,但有時她喜歡體育運動。
這是我的同學,你的同學呢。
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.
凱莉是我的同學之一。她是個漂亮的女孩，但是她有點害羞。她很少和別人說話，但是同學們仍然很喜歡她。她臉上總是露出微笑，對別人十分友善。她的成績很好。當我們問她問題的時候，她總是樂意幫忙。她最喜歡唱歌，而且唱得很好。我覺得她是一個有天賦的女孩。