Cb! a. learn to show your surprise in english. oh! dear me! (боже мой/) really? (неужели? ) is that so? (так ли это? неужели? ) you don't say so! (he может быть! ) fancy that! (подумайте только! ) well, i (вот так так! ) i am surprised. (я удивлен.) i am shocked. (я потрясен.) it's incredible! (невероятно! ) b. read out the sentences and give your reaction to them. 1) nowadays about 400 million people speak english. 2) nowadays english is second only to chinese in the number of people who speak it. 3) about 300 million people living in more than 60 countries speak english as a second language. 4) there are about 5000 languages and dialects in the world today. about 845 come from india. 5) people use 65 different alphabets today. 6) there are no languages, without the [a] sound. 7) there were only 30000 words in old english. some people say there are about 600,000 words in modern english. 8) modern english has the largest vocabulary in the world.

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