Упр.1 Юнит 6 Урок 3 ГДЗ English Кузовлев 9 класс
1 Britain is the home of the English language, but English is also used in many other countries.1) What information about the English language does the map give?2) What other facts about the English language are there in the text?
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1 Britain is the home of the English language, but English is also used in many other countries.
1) What information about the English language does the map give?
2) What other facts about the English language are there in the text? Use the Word Box to learn the meaning of the highlighted words.
Have you ever thought how many people speak English? The exact number is difficult to tell, but it is more than one thousand million people, that is 20 per cent of the world’s population. English is the most widespread language on earth; it is second only to Chinese in the number of people who speak it. The English language is now the native language of about 400 million people, and the official language in over 60 countries. If you add to this the enormous number of people who study English as a foreign language, you will understand that English is a major world language.
At present, 80 per cent of all information in computers is in English, 60 per cent of all international telephone calls are made in English, 60 per cent of the world’s radio stations broadcast in English, and over two-thirds of the world’s scientists write in English. English is also the main language of international conferences, airports and air traffic control, medicine, diplomacy, and international competitions. Some people think that English is going to become even more important as the lingua franca, while most other languages will just die out.
People have long been interested in having one language that could be spoken throughout the world. About 600 languages have been suggested, including Esperanto. But English, according to specialists, has better chances to become a global language. First, English is easier to learn than any other language. Second, it easily borrows local words from the countries into which it expands.
Now English is becoming more than one language because not everyone in the world speaks the same kind of English. There are many varieties of English; American language is only one example. English is changing not only in America but in other countries too. Although different varieties of English will continue to develop around the world, standard English will remain for international communication.
Word box
widespread — распространенный
native — родной
major — главный
to die out — вымирать
to borrow — заимствовать
to expand — расширять, расширяться
to remain — оставаться
3) What have you learnt about the English language? Complete the sentences using information from the map and the text.
... people in the world use English.
As a native language English is spoken in ...
The number of English native speakers is ...
As an official language English is used ...
As a world language English is used ...
English expands its vocabulary by ...
American English is ...
4) In the text, find examples to describe English as
the most widespread language on earth;
a major world language.