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Прошу помочь с переводом! Diferent Kinds of English In the 16th century the people who lived in Europe did not know English. They couldnt understand English words. Only those who lived on the island called Great Britain, spoke English. English was useless for the people of the continent. In those years Latin, French, German and Italian were popular and widely known. Four hundred years later the speakers of English travelled into every corner of the globe carryng their language and culture with them. Today English is more important than any other language has ever been. It has become the language of the planet, the first truly global language. Of all the worlds languages it is probably the richest in vocabulary. Now it is the language of technology and science, business and sport. English is the official language of the Olympics, the official voice of the air and of the sea. People use English as the first language in English-speaking countries such as Britain, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It has become the second language in countries like India, Nigeria and Singapore. Then there is English as a foreign language. People teach and learn English as a foreign language in Europe and Asia, in Africa and South America, in other words, all over the world. But English is not the same everywhere. Several kinds of English have appeared. They are American English, Canadian English, Australian English, etc. People who live in Britain speak British English.
Ответьте на вопросы. The Subjects We Studied at School. My Favourite Subject Let me introduce myself. I’m Kate Belova. Now I’m a student of teachers’ training college. I finished school 2 years ago. We did quite a lot of subjects at school. They were: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, History, Geography, Russian, English, Literature and others. Every teacher asked for equal and adequate attention to his subject and it was not an easy work to do. I knew that all the subjects were important, but still I was always indifferent to exact sciences. Since my childhood I have been fond of reading. My favourite subjects were Literature and languages. When I started studying English, the first thing I got interested in, was the different way to express one and the same idea in English and Russian. I wondered why if an Englishman is upset or gloomy he does not say: "I have a bad mood" like Russians do but says: "I feel blue". There is an infinite number of such things in any language. I read English books, tried to translate some articles from "Moscow News". Very often I borrowed English books from our school library. I spend a lot of time studying Grammar and doing exercises. At our English lessons we read quite a lot, but didnt talk much. So I and my friends decided to speak English among us. Very often I spoke English with my friends on the way home after classes. Questions: 1. What is Kate Belova? 2. Where does she study at? 3. What subjects did she do at school? 4. What did every teacher ask for? 5. Did Kate like all subjects? 6. What were her favourite subjects? 7. What did she get interested in when she started studying English? 8. How did she study English? 9. How did she develop her speaking skills
