)vocabulary. read the following opinion about the russian language. who do you think expresses it: a native speaker or a foreigner? fill in the gaps with the words from the box in the correct form. there is an example at the beginning (0 (achieve) (available) (borrow) (fluent) (major) (member) (native) (practice) (rank) (recognize) (throughout) (widespread) russian, also called great russian, is a (0) member of the indo-european family of languages. as russian is a (1) language, it is considered to be one of the ( world languages. knowledge of the russian language opens the door to the study of russia’s rich tradition of literature, art and music. russian literature ( among the most beautiful and exciting national literatures in the world. russian is the ( language of the greatest people known (5) the world: l. tolstoy, p. tchaikovsky, i. pavlov, a. sakharov, to name just a few. russian (6) ( as a very difficult language. if you speak italian, french or german, you will learn russian vocabulary even more easily as many words (7) ( in the 18th and 19th centuries from these languages. if you neither travel regularly to russia nor have a russian pen friend, you should (8) your russian in other ways. there is a wealth of books and dvds waiting for you, and many are (9) at local russian shops. if you study russian one hour a day regularly, you will probably be (10) in three years. being able to read a newspaper article with a dictionary can be (11) in a year.

  Russian, also called Great Russian, is a (0) member of the Indo-European fam­ily of languages. As Russian is a (1) widespread language, it is considered to be one of the (2) major  world languages. Knowledge of the Russian language opens the door to the study of Russia’s rich tradition of literature, art and music. Russian literature (3) ranks among the most beautiful and exciting national literatures in the world. Russian is the (4) native lan­guage of the greatest people known (5) throughout the world: L. Tolstoy, P. Tchaikovsky, I. Pavlov, A. Sakharov, to name just a few. Russian (6) (6) is recognized as a very difficult language. If you speak Italian, French
or German, you will learn Russian vocabulary even more easily as many words(7) (7) were borrowed in the 18th and 19th centuries from these languages. If you neither travel regularly to Russia nor have a Russian pen friend, you should (8) practice your Russian in other ways. There is a wealth of books and DVDs waiting for you, and many are (9) available at local
Russian shops. If you study Russian one hour a day regularly, you will probably be (10) fluent in three years. Being able to read a newspaper article
with a dictionary can be (11) achieved in a year.
Who do you think expresses it?=A native speaker.

Ienjoy eating out. i often have dinner in a good restaurant or café with my friends or my family. i’ve got a couple of favourite places for eating out. one of them is “tokyo”. it’s a restaurant which offers excellent japanese cuisine. the prices aren’t quite low there, the average dinner is about 20-30 dollars for each person. but i prefer high quality and nice service, that’s why i go to “tokyo“ once or twice a month. the menu can fit any taste. there is a large selection of vegetarian dishes and special dishes for children which include chicken, steak and pasta meals. there are also a lot of fantastic desserts to choose from. for a starter i normally have some seafood salad, and for the main course it is usually grilled salmon served with wild mushrooms and seasonal vegetables. sometimes my meal is accompanied by a glass of dry wine. the favourite part of my dinner is the dessert. i am sure that “tokyo” makes the best chocolate pudding i have ever tasted. so i always order this with a cup of black coffee. we can have much fun in this restaurant because the food is cooked just in front of us and served by the chefs. we sit around the table for eight people. our chef brings all ingredients to the table and starts a theatrical performance of preparing the food. the chef chops and grills meat, fish and vegetables. then he serves our freshly cooked, juicy and steaming hot food. both adults and children enjoy the show. i really love my evening meals at “tokyo” restaurant. it offers outstanding food, great service and unforgettable entertainment.

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