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Foreign Languages in Our Life
Learning a foreign language is not an easy thing. It is a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and efforts. Nowadays it is especially important to know foreign languages. Some people learn languages, because they need them for their work, others travel abroad, for the third studying languages is a hobby. Everyone, who knows foreign languages can speak to people from other countries, read foreign authors in the original, which makes your outlook wider. It is not surprising that many intellectuals and well-educated people are polyglots. I study English. Nowadays English has become the world's most important language in politics, science, trade and cultural relations. Over.300 million people speak it as a mother tongue. The native speakers of English live in Great Britain, United States of America, Australia and New Zealand. English is one of the official languages in the Irish Republic, Canada, the South Africa Republic. English is one of the official languages of the United Nations Organization and other political organizations. Half of the world's scientific literature is in English. It is the language of computers technology. To know English today is absolutely necessary for every educated man, for every good specialist. The English language is a wonderful language. It is the language of the great literature. It is the language of William Shakespeare. Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott, Charles Dickens. The great German poet Goethe once said, "He, who knows no foreign language, does not know his own one». That is why in order to understand oneself and environment one has to study foreign languages.
Vocabulary
language- язык
foreign language- иностранный язык
learn a foreign language- изучать иностранный язык
know a foreign language- знать иностранный язык
travel abroad- петешествовать за границей
speak English- говорить на английском языке
mother tongue- родной язык
official language- официальный язык
make ones outlook wider- расширить кругозор
read foreign authors in the original-читать зарубежных авторов в оригинале
Exercise 1.Make up dialogues on the following situations
1. Marina and Lily studied German at school. Now they are at the Teachers’ Training University. They made up their mind to begin learning English as they consider English to be a very important language. They know that millions of people in all parts of the planet speak it.
2. Olga and Tanya study English at the University. They are “would be” teachers of the Russian Language. Olga thinks that knowing one foreign language is enough. Tanya does not agree with Olga, she herself is looking forward to learning Chinese for example. The fact is China is a partner for Europe and for the whole world.
Exercise 2. Choose the right word:
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