836.2
| 1. Mandarin Chinese is spoken by... 836 million.
| at least
|
| 2.... 333 million speak Hindi.
| over
|
| 3.Spanish is spoken by... 332 million.
| nearly
|
| 4.The number of native English speakers is... 322 million.
| about
|
| 5.Bengali and Arabic are spoken by... 190 million each.
| more than
|
| 6.Russian is spoken by... 170 million people.
| around
|
| 7.Portuguese has... 160 million speakers.
| fewer than
|
| 8.Japanese is the native language for... 125 million.
|
|
| 9.Then follow German, French and Malay with... 100 million speakers.
|
|
10. What will be the role of the English language in the twenty-first century? What's your opinion on the following statements? Please comment. Match the statements on the right with the correct statements on the left.
- Before the middle of the twenty-first century another language besides English will become the world's main language.
- English will remain the world's language for international communication.
- The role of English in personal development will be very important.
- American English will be the world's standard variety of English.
- British English will be the dominant variety of English in the world.
- Many languages will die out during the next century.
- There will be a rise of spoken English at the expense of written English.
- The most popular foreign language in the future will be Chinese.
| - 50% of the worlds periodicals are printed in English.
- May be it will be Chinese, because of the population of China. As far as we know Mandarin Chinese is spoken by more than 836 mln.
- No doubt.
- It develops our mind and memory. People can travel abroad. It enlarges knowledge and understanding of the world.
- It may be because America is the fourth largest country in the world.
- Why not. If a small nation dies, the language will die out too.
- May be.
- Really China is the most populated country in the world and Chinese people are everywhere.
|
11. Why do you study English? Speak in pairs:
| First…
| Why? I want (’d like)
|
| Second…
| to study at the university (college)
|
| Then…
| to communicate with people of the world
|
| Finally…
| to do business
|
| There is no doubt…
| to understand films and songs in English
|
|
| to get a better job
|
|
| to like the language
|
|
| to want to live in an English-speaking country
|
|
| to travel abroad
|
|
| have to study it at school
|
|
| it gives a chance to meet new people
|
