Languages. The English Language

Unit 1

Main Course

Meeting people

Conversational formulas

Good morning (afternoon, evening)! – Доброе утро (день, вечер)!

Hello! – Здравствуйте!

Hi! – Привет!

Nice to see you!/glad to see you! – Рад увидеться!

How are you?/ How’s life? – Как дела? Как жизнь?

How are you getting on? – Как живешь?

Fine, thanks! – Спасибо, хорошо!

Not too (so) bad. – Неплохо.

Can’t complain. – Не могу пожаловаться.

So so. – Так себе.

Pretty bad. – Очень плохо.

Could be better. – Могло быть и лучше.

Let’s go somewhere together. – Давай сходим куда-нибудь вместе.

I don’t mind but now I’m – Я не против, но сейчас я спешу.

in a hurry! –

Good-bye! – До свидания!

Bye-bye! – Пока!

So long. – Пока.

See you soon. - До скорого.

I hope we’ll meet soon. – Надеюсь, скоро увидимся.

Good luck to you. – Удачи тебе.

I wish you success. – Желаю успеха.

All the best. – Всего наилучшего.

The same to you. – Тебе тоже.

Please, remember me to … Пожалуйста, напомни мне …

Have a nice holiday Приятного отпуска (выходных,

(weekend, journey) – путешествия)

Call me some time. – Позвони мне как-нибудь.

49. Study the dialogue and act it out.

· Hello, Mike! Nice to see you!

· Hello, Sam! How are you?

· I’m fine, thanks. And you?

· Thank you. Not so bad. Can’t complain.

· Let’s go somewhere together.

· I don’t mind, but now I’m in a hurry. Call me some time.

· Sure. Remember me to your sister.

· Ok. I hope we’ll meet soon. Bye-bye.

· Good bye!

50. Make similar dialogues of your own with the help of the phrases given above.

1. Before reading the text answer the questions:

a) What are the most common languages spoken in the world today?

b) What languages do we use travelling abroad?

Read the text and compare your answers with the information in it.

Imagine a meeting between two people from different parts of the world – Russia and Mexico, let’s say, or Japan and Brazil – when neither speaks the other’s native language. How do they communicate? Nowadays, they would certainly use English.

Unofficially, English has become the international language of travel and tourism, technology and computers, business, medicine and so on.

Officially, it is the international language of air traffic control and shipping. Also, in countries with several tribal or ethnic groups speaking different languages, English has often been chosen as the official language of government, as in Nigeria, India and Papua New Guinea.

Noun(s) + Noun

Two (or more) nouns are often used together to mean one thing, person, idea etc. For example, world literature – мировая литература, book shop - книжный магазин, spelling system - система правописания, science fiction writer - писатель-фантаст.

The first noun is like an adjective – it tells what kind of thing, person, idea, etc:

London teacher – a teacher from London;

Language problems – problems of the language.

2. Translate the following sentences into Russian.

1) She has written a lot of business letters.

2) We met on a summer day.

3) English is spoken as a mother tongue in England.

4) English has become a world language.

5) 5.60 per cent of the world’s telephone calls are in English.

6) This reference book for students is interesting.

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