Essential vocabulary

estimate	оцінити, підрахувати
settler	поселенець
overseas	за кордоном, за морем
explosion	вибух
distinguish	розрізняти
extension	розповсюдження
derives	походити
broadcasting	мовлення
emerge	виникати
air traffic controller	авіадиспетчер
stock markets	фондові ринки

III. Reading comprehension

Answer the following questions:

1. How many people through­out the world use English?

2. How many languages are there in the world?

3. Why has English become so widely spoken?

4. What periods are distinguished in the evolution of English?

5. What languages provide English with vocabulary ?

6. In what industries is English the official standard language ?

7. What international organizations use English?

8. How is English used in the Internet?

IV. Vocabulary and Grammar exercises

1. Give English equivalents to the following words:

Рідна мова, дослідники, шукачі пригод, заснувати колонії, розвивати торгівельні зв’язки, розвиток комп’ютерних технологій, провідна мова, займатись бізнесом, домінувати, приваблювати клієнтів, пошукові системи.

2. Give the Ukrainian equivalents for:

Settlers, at the height of their power, a global language, to be­come independent, influential, air traffic controller, covers the period, business communication, advertising, a major language, scientific papers, to have a good command of spoken English, to attract many customers.

3. Fill in the gaps with the words given below:

Incomprehensible, colonial, to establish , borrowed, derived, connected , belongs

1) The words English and England are _______from the name of one Germanic tribes , the Angles.

2) The earliest written records of the English language are _______to the speaker without training.

3) English is closely_____ with the history of the country and with the history of conquests.

4) English ____to the Romanic and Germanic branch of the Indo- European

family of languages.

5) English has also_________words from nearly all the languages of Europe.

6) For a long time English was the most important languages of the ________countries in Africa , Asia, Australia and Oceania.

7) English is used _______business relation in the world.

4. Fill in the gaps with the necessary prepositions:

By, from, Although, However, than, on, in, that

British and American English

It has been said "England and America are two countries divided (1)___ a common language." (2)___, the differences between British and American English are comparatively small. (3)___ British newspapers occasionally publish letters from irate citizens complaining that they are unable to understand a word of the latest American TV series, it is clear (4)___ few people have serious problems. In fact, people (5)___ both sides of the Atlantic might have much more difficulty(6)___ understanding the stronger regional dialects of their own country than in understanding an average speaker(7)___ the other country. Television, movies, and popular music have helped to bridge the Atlantic, and those minor difficulties which might occur in comprehension are probably much fewer (8)___ 40 or 50 years ago. It is true that an American would say:

"Excuse me, do you have ...?" while in Britain it would be more common to say: "Pardon me, have you got...?"

However, both forms would be understood in both countries.