B) Look at the numbers below and say what they refer to. Match each number with its reference.

over 70% the amount of business done in English over 50% the amount of mail written in English

C) Scan the text again in 30 seconds to check your answers in (b).

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ABOUT ENGLISH

Complete the text with the words from the box. ....---------...,_

similar, borrowed ,

As so many people educated , Americans, speak English Queen's English,

in so many

different countries , there

are many different "Englishes ".

terms, vocabulary, film , British English, gramma r, language

The British literary form of English is called Standard English

English-Speaking

World. )

American Englishis the variety of English spoken in the United States of America . It is different from English in pronunciation , intonation , spelling , vocabulary and sometimes

even in (3) ....An Englishman goes to the town centre to watch a

(4) ... while and American goes downtown to watch a movie. If an Englishman needs a pen he would ask you : "Have you got a pen, please?", but an American would say: "Do you have a pen?"

Australian and New Zealand English,also called Australian English, are very (5) .... Especially in pronunciation

they are also similar to British English , but there are differences in (6) ... and slang. Many terms , such as kangaroo, dingo, wombat

and boomerang, come from the Aboriginal (7) ... and many others from the Cockney dialed spoken by the first settlers, the Londoners.

Canadian Englishis different both from American English

and from (8) ... . It is said to sound like American to Britons and like British to (9) .... In pioneer days Canadians (10) ...

many words from Canadian French, for example , bateau3 and

from the native Indian languages came many (11) ... like caribou

inuit 6

kayak

'BBC - 6plo1TaHCbKa TenepaAiOMOBHa KopnopaL!iH , «6i-6i-Ci»

2a dialect ['daialekt] -AianeKT

3a bateau ['bretao] - nnocKOAOHHl-1 40BeH

•a habitant ['hrebitool - KaHaAel!b

¢JpaHL!Y3bKOro nOXOA>KeHH5l

•an anorak ['renarrek] -aHopaK (KYPTKa)

•an inuit ['mjUit] - iHyK (ecKiMoc)

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0Read and comment on the following

facts. Work in pairs.

Of course the British speak a foreign language. Americans have suspected it since the time

-··of Benjamin Franklin. Oscar Wilde said it best years ago:

"We and the Americans have much in common, but there is always the language barrier."

Comparatively not so long ago -till the end of 40-s of the 20th century- the Hollywood films were dubbed for Englishmen

-,. because of their disability to understand American English. But

- Swith the economical development of the USA the AE has won its

strong positions in international relations. Moreover, American books, films, TV serials began to force out the analogous products in the market of Europe.

@ a) In groups, try to find as many English words that have entered your

language as you can. The winner is the group with the longest list.

Set a time limit.

b) Make the longest meaningful sentence using these words.

@ Explain the difference between English and Ukrainian (Russian)

to your English friend who is interested in your nguage. Use the text below and complete the sentences.

Both English and Ukrainian belong to the Indo-European language family. The lndo-E'uropean family

has ten major branches. English belongs to the Germanic branch, while

Ukrainian belongs to ... Indo-European branches of the language tree

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