March 15-19
English in Mind, pages 55-57
Page 54 ex.b
- Mezzofanti spoke over 38 language. No more then
- He traveled to other countries. False
- For Mezzofanti,Arabic was harder to learn then Chinese. False
- One story says that he learned a language in one night. True
- He never met anyone who spoke Old English. True
ex.c
Do many people in your country speak more than one language? Which languages do people speak?
Yes,in my country there are many people,who can speak in foreign language.In my country,In Armenia,there are many people who speak in Russian, English and french,but sometimes I meet people,who can speak in Spanish, German and Chinese.In Erevan there are many tourists,who speak in their
native language.It’s can be french,Spanish and English.
ex.d
One language in the world has more speakers that English.Which do you think it is?
Arabic
Chinese
Russian
Spanish
I think it’s Chinese,because in Chinese speak more than one billion people.
Page 55,ex.a 3 Grammar
long-longer
short-shorter
big-bigger
easy-easier
happy-happier
difficult-more difficult
important-more important
bad-worse
good-better
far-further
The words in ex.2
Better,easier,more difficult
ex.b
2. The Amazon River is longer than the Nile.
3. Iceland is smaller that India.
4.For most Europeans learning Chinese is easier than learning Italian.
5. Sydney is further from my country capital Paris.
ex.5
Interesting books,beautiful books
Boring CD-ROMs,unimportant CD-ROMs
Clean summer,hot summer,happy summer
Boring winter,cold winter
Friendly football,cruel football
Easy Tennis,interesting Tennis
Beautiful dogs,intelligent dogs,clever dogs,nice dogs
Beautiful cats,important cats,boring cats,big cats,small cats,clever cats,nice cats
Friendly cities,happy cities,nice cities
Friendly villages,happy villages,important villages,quiet villages
Easy Spanish,Difficult Spanish,important Spanish
Important German,difficult German.easy German
Page 56,
Advice for language learners
It can sometimes be a little difficult to learn a foreign language fluently. But there are many things you can do to make your learning more successful.
When you speak a foreign language,it’s normal to have an accent.That’s OK-other people can usually understand.It’s a good idea to listen to CDs and try to communicate other speakers to make your pronunciation better.
If you see a new word,and you don’t know what it means,you can sometimes guess the meaning from words you know,or you can look up the word in dictionary.
A lot of good language learners try not to imitate things from their first language.Translation is sometimes a good idea,but try to think in foreign language of you can!
It’s also normal to make mistakes.When your teacher corrects a mistake in your writing or speaking,think about it and try to see why it’s wrong.But it’s more important to translate,so don’t be afraid to speak!
Page 57.ex.b
1.The country with the most official languages is Zimbabwe with 16.
2.
The top ten most common letters in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, and the percentage of words they appear in, are:
E – 11.1607%
3.It’s Botswana.
4.That river is the D River, which is located in Lincoln City in the US state of Oregon.
ex.c
difficult.more difficult,most difficult.
Big,bigger,biggest.
Happy,happier,happiest.
Fantastic,more fantastic,most fantastic.
Important,more important,most important.
ex.d
2.When Sarah won $1,000 she was the happiest girl in the world.
3.The internet was one of the most important inventions of the 1960s.
4.Vatican City is the smallest country in the world.
5. When my grandmother died,it was one of the worst times in my life.
6.The Amazon is the longest river in the world.
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