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Exercise 2: Read the passage, and do the tasks that follow.
Every day distances between different countries seem less. For this reason, it is becoming more
and more important to know foreign language, especially English.
One billion people, about 20% of the population, speak English today. 400 million people
speak English as their first language. For the other 600 million people, it is ether
language or a foreign language.
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English is the first language in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Australia
as well as New Zealand. It is also one of the official languages in Canada, the Irish Republic
and the Republic of South Africa. English is spoken in more than 60 countries as a second
language. It is used by the government, businessman and universities.
English is the language of politics and diplomacy, science and technology, business and trade,
sport and pop music. 80% of all information in the world's computers is in English. 75% of
the world's letters and faxes are sent in English. 60% of all international telephone all are made
in English. More than 60% off all scientific journals are printed in English.
Task 2: Answer the following questions.
1 What makes distances between different countries seem less?
2. In which fields is English widely used around the world?
To know English today is quite a usual thing for every educated person, for every good
specialist. Learning a language is not easy. It is a long and slow process that takes a lot of time
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3. What is the role of English in education in our country
and work.
4. How hard is the process of learning a language?
English is studied throughout the world and a great number of people speak it quite well. In
our country, English is very popular: it is at schools, colleges and universities as a foreign
language.
Everyone will master English soon. We all need to understand each other. To do that we must
know an international language, and that is English.