Task 3 Прочитайте следующие слова.

[d] [t]

deep mental

abroad consist

broaden tourism

divided land irrigate

reduce quality

include sweet

dairy potatoes

world cotton

translate

 

Task 4. Прочитайте и выучите географические названия и слова:

the United Kingdom Соединенное Королевство (Великобритании и Северной Ирландии)

Canada Канада

the Irish Republic Ирландская Республика

the Republic of South Africa Южно-Африканская

Australia Австралия республика

New Zealand Новая Зеландия

Vocabulary

distance расстояние reason причина

especially в особенности billion миллиард

population население

official language государственный язык

government правительство politics политика

diplomacy дипломатия science наука

technology техника trade торговля

fax [faeks] факс scientific научный

educated образованный, культурный

process процесс patience терпение

it's a must это просто необходимо; без этого нельзя

throughout the world no всему миру

nursery school детский сад

 

Task 5 Прочитайте и переведите текст:

The modern world is becoming smaller all the time. Every day distances between different countries seem less. For this reason it's becoming more and more important to know different languages, especially English.

One billion people speak English today. That's about 20% of the world's population.

400 million people speak English as their first language. For the other 600 million people it's either a second language or a foreign language.

English is the first language in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand. It is one of the official languages in Canada, the Irish Republic and the Republic of South Africa.

As a second language English is spoken in more than 60 countries. It is used by the government, businessmen and universities.

English is the language of politics and diplomacy, science and technology, business and trade, sport and pop music.

80% of all information in the world's computers is in English.

75% of the world's letters and faxes are in English.

60% of all international telephone calls are made in English.

More than 60% of all scientific journals are written in English.

To know English today is absolutely necessary for every educated person, for every good specialist. Learning a language is not an easy thing. It's a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and patience. But it's a must.

English is taught throughout the world and a lot of people speak it quite well. In our country English is very popular: it is studied at schools (sometimes even at nursery schools), colleges and universities.

Everyone will speak English soon — I'm sure of it. We all need to understand each other. To do that we need an international language, and that's English.

Task 6. Ответьте на вопросы:

1. Why is it necessary to know English today?

2. English is a world language, isn't it?

3. How many people speak English?

4. In what countries is English the official language (one of the official languages)?

5. Is English popular in Russia?

6. Is learning languages an easy thing?

7. When did you begin learning English?

8. How long have you been learning English?

9. Have you read any books in English?

10. Have you seen any films in English?

11. Have you ever visited an English-speaking country?

12. What other languages would you like to know?

 

Task 7. Прочитайте и переведите:

at least - по крайней мере We need at least two days to finish our work.

way of thinking - образ мышления My way of thinking differs from yours very much.

mental abilities - умственные способности to develop one's mental abilities

to appreciate - оценить (высоко, по достоинству) I appreciate your help.

to broaden one's outlook - расширить чей-либо кругозор

Travelling broadens people's outlook.

value - ценность, значение cultural values, moral values

job promotion - продвижение по службе He will get a job promotion very soon.

to improve - улучшать to improve one's English

quality - качество

fine (good, high) quality, low (poor) quality

to reduce - уменьшать to reduce food prices

to obtain - получать to obtain very good results

to require - требовать The house requires rebuilding.

task – задача to cope with a task, a difficult task

major - главный, основной major part, major problem

area – область He is a specialist in the area of economics.

entertainment - развлечение There is not much entertainment in this town.

world community - мировое сообщество Ecological problems are the concern (забота) of the whole world com­munity.

purpose - цель on purpose - нарочно on purpose to. - с целью. to fulfill one's purpose

urgent - актуальный an urgent problem