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Unit 3
English is everywhere in our life!
English has now become an international language. It becomes the most important foreign language.
How did this happen?
What will be the future of English?
Do you know any other languages?
Talk about them to your partner.
Read the passage and choose the correct answer.
① In the past, people living in _______ spoke English.
a) all of Britain
b) a part of Britain
c) all of France
d) most of the world
b
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② English is a world language because
_______________.
a) five billion people speak it
b) many people are learning it
c) people stopped speaking Latin
d) speakers of many different languages use it
d
③ People find it difficult to imagine that ______
a) French was more important than English
b) English will always be important
c) English might be less important in future
d) Latin was used as a common language for
many centuries
c
④ Many people today are learning ________.
a) Chinese, Spanish or French
b) Chinese, Latin or English
c) Chinese, English or Latin
d) Chinese, Spanish or Arabic
d
Which language do you think may be used across the world instead of English? Why?
Listen and decide what the passage is about.
a) An English learning website
b) An English magazine
c) An English language teacher
a
① What can most students easily find to practise their English?
② What has been developed to help students get the practice they need?
They can easily find books, CDs and online courses to practise their English.
Listen again and answer the questions.
A website called Now talk! has been developed.
③ Why can students get a lot of speaking practice?
④Do students need to use an Internet program, if they want to join the course?
They get a lot of speaking practice because there are only four students for one teacher.
Yes, they need to use Skype if they want to join the course.
Around the world
Have you ever heard about Esperanto?
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