Learning foreign languages is important nowadays. I think that any educated person must learn foreign languages. But I prefer English to other foreign languages. Why? English is becoming a global language. A half of billion people in the world use English at home or work. English is the language which is known for the most part of our fine, magnificent and surprising world. English is so widespread that it has become the standard language for all kinds of international communication.
A lot of problems of the 21st century, such as the problems of war and peace, ecology, can not be solved without speaking the same language.
The English language is now the first language of about 350 million people, the native language of 12 nations and the official language of more than 33 nations. It means that one of seven people in the world speaks English.
English is also the international language of businesspeople, pilots and air traffic controllers, sportsmen, scientists and students. If you want to be a stewardess, a pilot or an air control officer you have to learn English, the language of international communication. Every year thousands of people from Russia go to different countries as tourists or to work. They can’t go without knowing the language of the country they are going to. A modern engineer or even a worker cannot work with an imported instrument or a machine if he is not able to read the instruction how to do that.
Some people learn English because they need it in their work; others to travel aboard and for lots of people learning English is just a hobby.
I have been learning English since the age of 11. I like learning English very much. But I like and know well my native language, Russian. The great German poet Goethe once said: “He, who knows no foreign language, does not know his own one.” I agree with him. The knowledge of English helps me to learn Russian.
The knowledge of English is a great power. I need to know English. I must appreciate and embrace this knowledge as the key to achievement of my dream. I hope my progress in English will be very good.
Where are you from?
Who is standing near the window?
When will you pass the exam?
How much is this tie?
Why are you crying?
How many people are there?
Whose bag is this?
What are you writing?
Good– это и так наречие. Это хорошо.
I like to spend my free time watching interesting films. My favourite genre is horror as it is very exciting and nerve raking. Some people don't understand the pleasure of watching horror movies, it seems as they are just afraid of them. To my mind, such films help us to face all existed hidden and terrible fears.
This genre provides us the wide range of different dangerous situations such as vampirism, epidemic flu, zombi, great war, random and mysterious deaths and many others. We can get to know all the good and bad sides of people judging by their behavior in these extreme situations, how they act and what values they have. The famous quote says "a friend in need is a friend indeed". I think it is totally true because only after facing the problems we will be able to know whether we have a devoted friend or not, whether we can be a real friend by ourselves or not. Despite of the unreal elements in the film also the social, terror, political, economic problems are risen.
In conclusion I want to say that people shouldn't avoid horror films as they reveal the mirror image of our society.
<span>On Saturdays my father goes to the gym or to the swimming pool.
</span>My sister is very musical – she plays the guitar and she also plays the piano
I love fruit and vegetables (but I don't like meat.
My mother does the housework in the morning and then she goes to work in the afternoon.
<span>My friends come to my house and we play computer games or we sometimes watch a DVD.
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<span>I want to study English at university but my parents want me to study maths.</span>