1 Чтение. Соотнесите части текста и заголовки (один заголовок лишний) 1. How it all began5. Greedy borrower2. Different or alike?6. A universal language3. A way of learning languages7. A special day4. A world language8. A language teacherA. Do you know how many people there are who speak English? It's quite a number!The exact figure is impossible to tell, but it is around 400 million people. Geographically, English is the most widespread language on earth, and it is second only to Chinese in thenumber of people who speak it. It is spoken in the British Isles, the USA, Australia, NewZealand and much of Canada and South Africa. English is also a second language ofanother 300 million people living in more than 60 countries.B. In Shakespeare's time only a few million people spoke English. All of them lived inwhat is now Great Britain. But as a result of various historical events English spread allover the world. For example, five hundred years ago people didn't speak English inNorth America: the American Indians had their own languages. So did the Eskimos inCanada, the aborigines in Australia, and the Maoris in New Zealand. The English arrivedand set up their colonies... Today, English is represented in every continent and in thethree main oceans - the Atlantic, the Indian and the Pacific.C. English is mixing with and marrying other languages around the world. It isprobably the greatest borrower. Words newly created or in fashion in one language arevery often added to English as well. There are words from 120 languages in itsvocabulary, including Arabic, French, German, Greek, Italian, Russian, and Spanish, ​

1. How it all began - B. In Shakespeare's time only a few million people spoke English. All of them lived in what is now Great Britain. But as a result of various historical events English spread all over the world. For example, five hundred years ago people didn't speak English in North America: the American Indians had their own languages. So did the Eskimos in Canada, the aborigines in Australia, and the Maoris in New Zealand. The English arrived and set up their colonies... Today, English is represented in every continent and in the three main oceans - the Atlantic, the Indian and the Pacific.

2. Different or alike? - C. English is mixing with and marrying other languages around the world. It is probably the greatest borrower. Words newly created or in fashion in one language are very often added to English as well. There are words from 120 languages in its vocabulary, including Arabic, French, German, Greek, Italian, Russian, and Spanish.

3. A way of learning languages - D. Do you know how many people there are who speak English? It's quite a number! The exact figure is impossible to tell, but it is around 400 million people. Geographically, English is the most widespread language on earth, and it is second only to Chinese in the number of people who speak it. It is spoken in the British Isles, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and much of Canada and South Africa. English is also a second language of another 300 million people living in more than 60 countries.

4. A world language - A. In Shakespeare's time only a few million people spoke English. All of them lived in what is now Great Britain. But as a result of various historical events English spread all over the world. For example, five hundred years ago people didn't speak English in North America: the American Indians had their own languages. So did the Eskimos in Canada, the aborigines in Australia, and the Maoris in New Zealand. The English arrived and set up their colonies... Today, English is represented in every continent and in the three main oceans - the Atlantic, the Indian and the Pacific.

5. Greedy borrower - C. English is mixing with and marrying other languages around the world. It is probably the greatest borrower. Words newly created or in fashion in one language are very often added to English as well. There are words from 120 languages in its vocabulary, including Arabic, French, German, Greek, Italian, Russian, and Spanish.

6. A universal language - E. English is mixing with and marrying other languages around the world. It is probably the greatest borrower. Words newly created or in fashion in one language are very often added to English as well. There are words from 120 languages in its vocabulary, including Arabic, French, German, Greek, Italian, Russian, and Spanish.

7. A special day - A. In Shakespeare's time only a few million people spoke English. All of them lived in what is now Great Britain. But as a result of various historical events English spread all over the world. For example, five hundred years ago people didn't speak English in North America: the American Indians had their own languages. So did the Eskimos in Canada, the aborigines in Australia, and the Maoris in New Zealand. The English arrived and set up their colonies... Today, English is represented in every continent and in the three main oceans - the Atlantic, the Indian and the Pacific.

8. A language teacher - D. Do you know how many people there are who speak English? It's quite a number! The exact figure is impossible to tell, but it is around 400 million people. Geographically, English is the most widespread language on earth, and it is second only to Chinese in the number of people who speak it. It is spoken in the British Isles, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and much of Canada and South Africa. English is also a second language of another 300 million people living in more than 60 countries.