Translate into english:

1. Вашингтон находится в округе Колумбия, который был назван в честь Колумба, первооткрывателя Америки.

2. Белый Дом расположен на улице Пенсильвания-авеню, 1600.

3. В Белом Доме много знаменитых комнат: Зеленая комната, Голубая комната, Красная комната, Восточная комната.

4. Существует закон, запрещающий строить здания выше, чем Капитолий.

5. Капитолий – это место, где заседает правительство соединенных Штатов.

Foreign languages in our life

Learning a foreign language isn't an easy thing. Nowadays it's especially important to know foreign languages. Some people learn languages because they need them for their work, others travel abroad, for the third studying foreign languages is a hobby. Everyone, who knows foreign languages can speak to people from other countries, read (foreign authors in the original, which makes your outlook wider. I study English. It's a long and slow process that tikes a lot of time and efforts. Over 300 million people speak it is as a mother tongue. The native speakers of English five in Great Britain, the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand. English is one of the official languages of the United Nations Organization and other political organizations.

English language is a wonderful language. It's the language of the great literature. It's the language of William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and others. Half of the world's scientific literature is in English. It's the language of computers technology. The great German poet Goethe once said, «He, who knows no foreign language, doesn't know I own one». That's why in order to understand oneself and environment one has to learn foreign languages. I think that to know English today is absolutely necessary for every educated man, for every good specialist.

VOCABULARY:

author — автор

outlook — кругозор

: official — официальный

mother tongue — родной язык

effort — усилие

QUESTIONS

1. Is it an easy thing to learn a foreign language?

2. Why do people learn foreign languages?

3. Do you know any foreign language?

4. Where do the native speakers of English live?

5. What can you say about the English language?

Translate into english:

1. Некоторые люди изучают иностранные языки, потому что это необходимо для работы, другие – потому что много путешествуют, для остальных это просто хобби.

2. Великий немецкий поэт Гете сказал «кто не знает иностранных языков – не знает и своего языка»

3. Изучение иностранных языков – это долгий и медленный процесс, который отнимает много времени и усилий.

4. Английский язык - официальный язык организации Объеденных наций и других политических организаций.

5. Каждый образованный и хороший специалист должен знать английский язык.

LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Foreign languages are absolutely necessary for people nowadays, because of our growing international contact with foreign countries.

There are many reasons, why we begin to study foreign languages. One studies a foreign language to be able to communicate with other people who speak this language, other study it for future career. If we are planning to travel to countries where the language we can speak is spoken, we can communicate with people there and understand what they are saying to us. If we are working in any branch of science, we naturally wish to read scientific books and magazines in other languages to raise our professional level. Making business nowadays also means the ability of speaking foreign languages. The ability of speaking one or two or even more foreign languages helps people from different countries to develop mutual friendship and understanding. We can also make our intellectual and cultural horizons wider through contacts with people of another culture. It is also very interesting to read foreign literature in its original form. We can also read foreign newspapers and magazines and understand films in foreign languages without any help and translation.

There is a saying: the more languages you speak, the more times you are a human being.

VOCABULARY:

foreign — иностранный

necessary — необходимый

nowadays — в наши дни

growing — возрастающий

reasons — причины

to be able — быть в состоянии, уметь

to communicate — общаться, разговаривать

branch of science — отрасль науки

to raise smb's professional level — поднять чей-л. профессиональный уровень mutual — взаимный

horizon — горизонт

wider — шире

through — через

in the original — в оригинале

compulsory — обязательный

at least — по крайней мере

QUESTIONS:

1. Are foreign languages necessary for people nowadays?

2. Why do we begin to study foreign languages?

3. What language do you learn?

4. Why do you like to learn foreign languages?