1 Чтение. Соотнесите части текста и заголовки (один заголовок лишний) 1. How it all began
5. Greedy borrower
2. Different or alike?
6. A universal language
3. A way of learning languages
7. A special day
4. A world language
8. A language teacher
A. 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.
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.
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,​

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.