По нужно задать 5-10 вопросов по тексту english-speaking countries diana: hi, helen! haven’t seen you for ages! how’ve you been? helen: just fine, thanks, and you? it’s been a long time since i saw you. diana: right, it has. i last saw you in the library. you were preparing for the talk on your favourite subject — english, of course. helen: true. but why are you laughing? i think english is the most popular language nowadays. people all over the world speak english. in russia and france, in germany and italy, in spain and egypt people learn english as a foreign language. diana: i know they do. by the way, they say, that english has become the most important international language of nowadays.2 helen: oh, yes, it certainly has. people will understand you practically everywhere if you speak english. in most of the countries people speak english and their native language of course. diana: and in what countries do people use english as their native language? helen: in great britain, the usa, canada, australia and new zealand. these are english-speaking countries. diana: so in all these countries people speak the same language, don’t they? helen: my answer is “yes” and “no”. though they all speak english, yet it is a little different in each of these countries. diana: you don’t say so! 3 i never knew that americans and the english speak different languages. helen: oh, no! they don’t. they speak english in both countries, but people speak american english in the usa and british english in great britain. different words often name the same things. diana: what do you mean? helen: i mean that people live in flats in england but they live in apartments in america. they eat cookies and candies in the usa, but biscuits and sweets in great britain. children go to school in the fall in america but in autumn in england.

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