Упражнение №24 — Раздел 2 по Английскому языку 7 класса — Афанасьева О.В.
Михеева И.В.
Данное упражнение относится к второму разделу учебника (Unit 2 English — a Language of the World) по английскому языку для школьников 7 класса. В данном упражнении необходимо прочитать текст предыдущего упражнения №23 и ответить на вопросы данного упражнения. Правки, дополнительные вопросы по упражнению и теме можно оставлять на странице обсуждения.
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Описание упражнения
Read the text again for more detailed information and answer these questions.
1. Is there anything about the language that makes you curious? What is it? 2. Are you interested in the origin of words? What words? 3. Who spoke English two thousand years ago when Julius Dutch Caesar landed in Britain? 4. Was the 5th-century English like English today? 5. How many people spoke English in Shakespeare’s times? 6. How many people speak English nowadays? 7. Which of the three languages has the most words — English, French or German? Which one has the least words? 8. Do you think it’s good to have an international, global language? Why? 9. Why can English be called the language of business and the language of sports? 10. From what languages did English borrow a lot of words? 11. How did the words «potato», «tomato» and «tobacco» find their way into English? 12. What words came into English from other languages? 13. What else about the history of English would you like to know?
Перевод задания
1. Есть что-то о языке, который заставляет вас быть любопытными? Что это?
2. Вы интересуетесь в происхождении слов? Каких слов?
3. Кто говорил на английском языке две тысячи лет назад, когда Юлий Цезарь прибыл в Великобританию?
4. В пятом веке английский был такой же как и сегодня?
5. Как много людей говорило на английском языке во времена Шекспира?
6. Сколько людей говорят на английском языке сегодня? —
7. В каком из трех языков больше всего слов — английский, французский или немецкий? В каком меньше всего слов?
8. Как на ваш взгляд это хорошо, чтобы был один международный язык? Почему?
9. Почему английский можно назвать языков бизнеса и спорта?
10. Из какого языка английский язык заимствовал много слов?
11. Как появились слова «картошка», «помидор» и «табак» в английском языке?
12. Какие слова пришли в английский из других языков?
13. Что бы еще вы хотели бы узнать об истории английского языка?
Ответ упражнения
1. There is almost nothing in our lives that is not touched by language. We live in and by language. We all speak and we all listen: so we are all interested in the origin of words, in how they appear and die.
Практически все в нашей жизни связано с языком. Мы живем с языком. Мы все говорим и все мы слушаем: поэтому мы все интересуемся происхождением слов, какие они появились и как устарели.
2. No, I am not interested in the origin of words.
Меня не интересует происхождение слов.
3. When Julius Caesar landed in Britain nearly two thousand years ago, English did not exist.
Когда Юлий Цезарь приплыл в Великобританию около двух тысяч лет назад, английский не существовал.
4. In the 5th Century, English was already spoken by the people who inhabited Great Britain, but they were not many, and their English was not the language we know today.
В пятом веке, на английском языке уже говорили люди, которые жили в Великобритании, но их было не много, и их английский язык был не таким каким мы его знаем сегодня.
5. At the end of the 16th Century, when William Shakespeare created his works, English was the native language of about 6 million Englishmen. At that time English was not used anywhere else except Great Britain.
В конце 16 века, когда Уильям Шекспир создал свои работы, английский язык был родным языком для 6 миллионов англичан. В то время на английском не говорили ни где за исключением Великобритании.
6. Nowadays 750 million people all over the world use English and half of those speak it as a mother tongue.
750 миллионов людей по всему миру говорят на английском языке, и для половины это родной язык.
7. English has а vocabulary of about 500 000 words, German has vocabulary of about 185 000 words, French has a vocabulary fewer than 100 000 words.
Словарный запас английского около 500 000 слов, немецкого — 185 000 и французского меньше чем 100 000.
8. From mу point of view it’s great that we have an international global language, because we can travel around the world, we can communicate without problems, can do business with foreign companies.
С моей точки зрения, это здорово что есть международный язык, потому что мы можем путешествовать по всему миру, общаться без проблем, вести бизнес с иностранными компаниями.
9. English is the main language of business, because three quarters of the world’s mail and its telexes and telegrammes are in English. More than half of the world’s scientific periodicals and eighty percent of the information in the world’s computers are also in English.
Английский это основной язык для бизнеса, потому что три четверти писем и телеграмм на английском. Более половины научных журналов и 80 процентов информации на компьютерах на английском языке.
10. In modern English there are many words that were borrowed from Latin, French, Spanish, Italian and Dutch.
В современном английском языке много слов, которые заимствованы из латинского, французского, испанского, итальянского, голландского.
11. When Columbus came back from South America, he brought home to Spain new plants — potatoes, tomatoes and tobacco. With the plants he brought their names. This is how these words appeared in Spanish and later were borrowed from it by the English language.
Когда Колумб приплыл из Южной Америки, он привез домой в Испанию новые растения — картошку, помидоры и табак. С растениями он и привез новые слова. Вот как эти слова появились в испанском и затем были заимствованы у них англичанами.
12. Many Italian words that are now part of English (opera, operetta, piano) have to do with music — Italian musicians have always been among the famous in the world.
Многие итальянские, которые сейчас входят в английский (опера, оперетта, фортепиано) связаны с музыкой — итальянские музыканты всегда были известны по всему миру.
13. I would like to know are there any Russian words that are borrowed by the English language.
Я бы хотел узнать есть ли русские слова, которые были заимствованы английским языком.
Перевод why don t we all speak the same language перевод
talk the same language — speak/talk/the same language phrase to have the same ideas and attitudes as someone else We have to be sure we’re speaking the same language. Thesaurus: to agree with someone or somethingsynonym Main entry: language * * * … Useful english dictionary
talk the same language — speak/talk the same language if two people speak the same language, they have similar beliefs and opinions, and express themselves in similar ways. There s no use setting up a meeting between the environmentalists and the construction company… … New idioms dictionary
talk the same language — speak/talk the same language ► to understand someone because you have the same way of thinking about things, or of doing things: »Our businesses complement each other, and we speak the same language. Main Entry: ↑language … Financial and business terms
speak/talk the same language — ► to understand someone because you have the same way of thinking about things, or of doing things: »Our businesses complement each other, and we speak the same language. Main Entry: ↑language … Financial and business terms
speak/talk the same language — to understand each other well because of shared ideas and feelings She and I will never get along. We just don t speak the same language. • • • Main Entry: ↑language … Useful english dictionary
speak the same language — 1. To have the same tastes, understanding, background or way of thinking 2. To come within one s range of understanding • • • Main Entry: ↑language speak the same language see under ↑language • • • Main Entry: ↑speak * * * … Useful english dictionary
speak the same language — speak/talk the same language if two people speak the same language, they have similar beliefs and opinions, and express themselves in similar ways. There s no use setting up a meeting between the environmentalists and the construction company… … New idioms dictionary
speak the same language — speak/talk the same language ► to understand someone because you have the same way of thinking about things, or of doing things: »Our businesses complement each other, and we speak the same language. Main Entry: ↑language … Financial and business terms
talk someone’s language — talk someone’s language informal phrase to communicate in a way that someone else can understand We just don’t talk the same language as people like that. Thesaurus: to say something in a particular wayhyponym general words meaning to say… … Useful english dictionary
talk someone’s language — informal to communicate in a way that someone else can understand We just don t talk the same language as people like that … English dictionary
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Перевод why don t we all speak the same language перевод
speak the same language — 1. To have the same tastes, understanding, background or way of thinking 2. To come within one s range of understanding • • • Main Entry: ↑language speak the same language see under ↑language • • • Main Entry: ↑speak * * * … Useful english dictionary
speak the same language —
speak the same language —
speak the same language — speak/talk the same language if two people speak the same language, they have similar beliefs and opinions, and express themselves in similar ways. There s no use setting up a meeting between the environmentalists and the construction company… … New idioms dictionary
speak the same language — speak/talk the same language ► to understand someone because you have the same way of thinking about things, or of doing things: »Our businesses complement each other, and we speak the same language. Main Entry: ↑language … Financial and business terms
speak the same language — ► speak the same language understand one another as a result of shared opinions or values. Main Entry: ↑language … English terms dictionary
speak the same language — to share similar beliefs and opinions. Environmentalists and developers don t speak the same language. When we got down to planning where to go on our trip, I was glad we spoke the same language … New idioms dictionary
speak\ the\ same\ language — v. phr. To have similar feelings, thoughts, and tastes; have a mutual understanding with another person. We both love listening to Mozart. Obviously, we speak the same language … Словарь американских идиом
speak the same language — understand one another as a result of shared opinions or values. → language … English new terms dictionary
speak/talk the same language — ► to understand someone because you have the same way of thinking about things, or of doing things: »Our businesses complement each other, and we speak the same language. Main Entry: ↑language … Financial and business terms
speak/talk the same language — to understand each other well because of shared ideas and feelings She and I will never get along. We just don t speak the same language. • • • Main Entry: ↑language … Useful english dictionary