Раздел 1.3.

1.3.1. Прочитайте текст. Дайте ответ на данный вопрос.

“What are the reasons for learning foreign languages?”

There are very many good reasons to learn other languages. Very little clear, detailed communication can occur between people who don’t have a common language. Learning the languages of others helps in talking to people, reading and writing things, and in understanding the TV and films from other countries, and opens up much a wider range of sources of information.

When traveling and when you want to see the world you can manage a lot better if you understand the signs around you, and if when you meet people and want to ask questions, if you can speak to them in their own language, they’re often a lot more friendly and helpful than if your first question is: “Do you speak English?” If you are working in the field where interesting things are happening abroad, like science, business or medicine, and you want to be up-to-date with progress in that field, you can’t always wait for the latest reports to be translated into your own language, as this often doesn’t happen for some time, especially if you speak a language like Hungarian, where there are only a limited number of translators, who are often expensive, and so only selected information is translated.

It’s very valuable and helpful in learning languages if you start from an early age. Many people can learn the best up to about the age of 20, as they have a lot of time for it which later, with family and work, often isn’t possible. Somebody thinks that learning a language after the age of twenty or so needs a lot of enthusiasm, and more time, as the learning process is generally a little slower for older people than for people with young impressionable minds. After twenty, it’s very difficult to learn more languages if you’ve not already learnt one before, as it’s a special way of learning. It’s not like learning maths or science – instead it involves a different way of thinking. You have to learn to think in another language.

The learning process really starts to work when you feel that it’s important and that you have a reason to learn it – if you can find the language useful, not just part of school curriculum. For example, if you learn English and you are confronted with it on the radio, on TV, and if you listen to music with English words.

1.3.2. Выберите заголовок, наиболее соответствующий содержанию текста.

1. Learning a Foreign Language

2. The Best Way to Learn a Foreign Language

3. Make Your Learning Easy

4. Don’t Start Learning if You are Over 20

3. Ролевая игра.

Situation. You are students A, B, C, … from different countries. (Work in pairs.)

Ask your partner the following question:

- How many foreign languages does she /he speak?

- How did she/he manage to learn these languages?

- What other languages is she/he going to study?

- What is the reason of her/his learning any foreign languages?

Раздел 1.4.

1.4.1. Письменно составьте утвердительные предложения из данных слов и словосочетаний. (Используйте таблицу «Структура английского предложения» на странице 101.)

Friend/ is/ his/ she/ good. She is his good friend.

1. Work/ are ready/ we/ to start/.2. At maths/ are good/ you. 3. Intelligent very/ is/ he/ 4. With me/ is/ angry/ she. 5. Are/ in/ Europe/ they/ now. 6. Are hungry/ we. 7. She very/ is tired. 8. Now/ is/ tired/ very/ now/ he. 9. After a long walk/ are thirsty/ they. 10. Is/ always/ to help/ he/ ready/ his friends.