Translate into english:

1. Пресса, радио и телевидение являются средствами массовой информации.

2.Сегодня существует так много газет и журналов, радиостанций и телевизионных каналов, что необходимо быть очень разборчивым и отдавать предпочтение некоторым из них.

3. Газеты содержат и освещают новости внутри страны и за рубежом.

ENGLISH IN OUR LIFE

It must be admitted that English is the most widespread language on Earth. It is spoken in the British Isles, the ISA, Australia, New Zealand and much of Canada and South Africa.

I In Shakespeare's time only a few million people spoke English. All of them lived in what is now Great Britain. Through the centuries, as a result of various historical events, English spread throughout the world. Today, English represented on every continent.

English is mixing with other languages around the world. Other languages absorb English words, often giving them new forms and new meanings.

Today English is the world standard language. Over 70 % of the world's scientists read English. About 85 % of the World's mail is written in English. And 90 % of all information in the world's electronic retrieval system is stored in English. By 2010, the number of people who speak English as a second foreign language will exceed the number of native speakers.

English like many languages, uses a phonetic alphabet and simple basic syntax. But most importantly, it has a large and extensive vocabulary, of which about 80 % is foreign. English has borrowed and continues to borrow words from Spanish, French, Arabic, Chinese and other languages. This language characteristic makes it unique in history.

People have long been interested in having one language that could be spoken throughout the world. Such a language would help to increase cultural and economic ties and simplify communication between people.

English has been an international language for only 50 years. It would be a mistake to think that English would replace other languages as many fear. Instead it may coexist with languages and allow strangers to communicate across linguistic boundaries. It may become one tool that opens windows to the world, unlocks doors to opportunities and expands our minds to new ideas.

VOCABULARY

widespread — широко распространен

absorb — поглощать

retrieval — поиск

fairly — достаточно, в определенной степени

to borrow — заимствовать

tool — орудие, инструмент

QUESTIONS

1 What is the most widespread language on Earth?

2. Is English represented on every continent?

3. Does English borrow words from other languages?

4.Is it good to have one language that could be spoken throughout the world?

5.In what way does English as an international Language help people ?

Translate into english:

1. Английский язык – самый распространенный язык в мире.

2. Английский смешивается с другими языками мира, они заимствуют слова из английского языка, часто придавая им новые формы и значения.

3. В настоящее время английский язык является международным.

4. Английский язык имеет фонетический алфавит и достаточно простой синтаксис.

5. Этот язык может стать инструментом, который открывает окна в мир и открывает двери для массы возможностей.

THE INTERNET

The Internet is a huge network of computers spanning this planet and is now started to bring in the surrounding area like space. Some computers like servers share data, others just surf the web as clients downloading the data.

Public Internet began in the late 70's. In the 70's web users used an interface called telnet, but now that program is mainly obsolete. Telnet is most widely deployed in accessing college email accounts. The Internet is very helpful, because it's a huge database of knowledge, from the pictures of family trips to an analysis of quantum mechanics. Everyone should have the Internet because of its near instantaneous communication and huge wealth of knowledge. But how to go on the Internet and do a search for information we need. There are two ways to do it.

The first is when you know an internet address of data you need and the second one is when you try to find information you need by using a search program. In the beginning we have got to enter any browser you like. It could be an Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator or Opera, etc. If we have a broadband connection, we connect to the Internet at once. If not, we have to set up and connect to our dial-up service. Finally, if we want to find some information in the Internet, we are to type an address of this data in the browser we use or simply use the existing search-programs such as rambler search program, yandex search program or yahoo search program. They are very simple and popular networks of sites. In these programs we can just type the word or name of thing, we would like to find and then press enter. A search program solves this problem. We get our results in the same window. After we get our results, we simply choose whatever site best matches our query or keep searching.

Besides data, one can get from the Internet, we can also send and receive e-mail or electronic mail. This internet service is cheaper than ordinary mail and much quicker. It is becoming popular day by day. We can get some news from the Internet, because there are many informational servers in the web.