I transcribe, pronounce and translate the words. Use them in your own imtcnces.

1. miguage, foreign, empire, major, variety, ownership, especially, affair.

2. compete	Устанавливать
   choose	выбирать
   contribute	программное обеспечение
   knowledge	место назначения
   destination	способствовать
   software	главный
   establish	состязаться
   major	знания

   Match the words on the left with those on the right.

3. Complete the sentences.

I English is...

¹ Around 400 million...

i I nglish has become a world language because...

•I Economic factors are the following...

■ I nglish is important because...

• i I 'he member of people teaching English...

/1 Are these statements true or false?

I I nglish is the second widely spoken language.

Various historical economical and cultural factors influenced the extension of I ngland.

• I speranto has become the language for international communications in shipping and air traffic control.

I I lie British Council has offices worldwide which impose British culture.

■' The Americans do not encourage the idea of teaching English abroad.

Ill Answer the questions.

I English has become a global language, hasn’t it?

2. Why has English become a world language?

3. Are people in England and America interested in promoting the culture and spreading English? What is done for this?

4. What varieties of English can be seen? Can they be understood? Do they j differ much?

4. Talking point.

What is the future of English? Will it continue to be a global language?

Religion in Britain

Modem Britain is a multi-faith community, in which many religions are practiced, but the main religion is Christianity. Freedom of worship ii generally accepted, though in Northern Ireland religious tensions contributed greatly to the Troubles. It is said that as many as 75% of adults believe ii God, though only about 4% go to church regularly. Many people are christened, some get married in church, and many have a Christian funeral service, but otherwise they have little interest in religion. White British people rarely discuss religion and feel that a person's religious beliefs are a private matter.

The established (= official) church in England is the Church о England. In Scotland it is the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, known by Scots as 'the kirk'. Over 60% of English people describe themselves as 'С о E', even if they never go to church. Many national and local events include prayers. The Church is also involved to some extent in political life as archbishops and some bishops sit in the House of Lords. Some people believe that politics and religion should be kept apart, but others believe that the Church should be much more active in demanding social justice. Christian religious education is provided in all British state schools, though it is no compulsory.

Despite the fact that only 10% of the population are Roman Catholic they make up the biggest active congregation (= group of worshippers). The most important Catholic church is Westminster Cathedral in London.

Christian churches

Protestant groups in Britainj other than the Church of England are called Free or Nonconformist Churches. Most consider high moral standards to be important and discourage drinking alcohol, gambling, and sex outside marriage. The Free Churches include the 'United Reformed Church, the Baptist Church, which is particularly strong in Wales, and the Methodist Church. Members of these churches worship in a chapel.

A growing ecumenical movement has tried to remove barriers between the established and free churches, and in many places there are ecumenical services at which members from all faiths are welcome. Hopes that the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church might be reunited were dashed in the 1990s when the Church of England began admitting women priests.

Cults have gained a bad reputation in Britain too, mainly because of widely-publicized stories about brainwashing (= replacing an individual's ideas with a new set of rules and attitudes) and the requirement that members of cults break off all contact with their families.

Other faiths

The main non-Christian faiths in Britain are Judaism and Islam, though In Britain especially there are also many Sikhs and Hindus, and some Buddhists. Many members of these religions came originally from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh or the Middle East and have brought up their families in their traditional faith.

Britain's relatively small Jewish community enjoys more freedom from religious prejudice than Jews in many other countries.

Britain now has large numbers of Muslims. In general, people outside islam know little about Muslim beliefs and practices and are sometimes excessivery influenced by media reports. There are many mosques (= buildings Where Moslems worship) in areas where Muslims have settled, though sometimes the building does not look like a traditional mosque. In Britain Muslims fought for the right to have Islamic state schools, similar to those for Imivu and Roman Catholics.

Most Hindu temples in Britain are in London, Bradford, Leicester and Birmingham, where Hindus originally settled when they came to Britain. The largest Sikh communities are in London, Manchester and Leeds. Worship Iикс place in a private house or a gurdwara. There are about 25 000 Buddhists in Britain, and some 20 Buddhist temples and monasteries. Most people know little about these religions but in general respect their religious and social practices.

ITranscribe, pronounce and translate the words. Use them in your own sentences.Determine, contempt, regard, include, accuse, quantity, meritocracy, encourage, bourgeois, distinguish, hereditary, society, entrepreneur.

IIMatch the words on the left with those on the right.

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