Exercise 15 read the text try to focus on its essential facts and choose the most suitable heading below for each paragraph : 1) The lmportance of Television
1 A: Who's your (best) friend? B: Jane. She is two years (younger) than me and she's (the most sensible) person I know 2 A: I've never met a (duller) person than Steve. B: Well, he thinks he's (funny) and??? (НЕДОПИСАНО) 3 A: John is a lot (friendlier) than Paul. B: True. Paul is (the most selfish) person in his family. He's also (more stubborn) than a mule!
10. Choose the correct word. 1 That's really quite/nice of you. I owe you one. 2 Being a doctor is a quite/pretty stressful job. 3 His test was a bit/pretty good on the whole. 4 He is quite/a little young although he looks old. 5 I can go on working! I'm only quite/a little tired.
Everyone, of course, long been known that the English language can be useful in life. Even some doubts? Then proceed to the transfer of the greatest advantages of a person who knows English, to those who do not know. First, knowing the English language, we can get more information from different sources, it may be your computer - where all the technical information written in English, computer programs, by the way, also writing in English, you can read books original version, the translation is not always objectively reflect the true feelings and emotions invested in the romance author. With nothing beats the pleasure of reading Shakespeare's drama "Romeo and Juliet" in the original. A technical literature? Indeed, in this case you would be able to independently examine any interesting for you equipment, software and equipment. Secondly, you will now always can talk with interesting people on very different topics in English, besides you can always go for overseas tourists. And if you're a careerist? In this case you need English as air. After you dream to be a businessman international level. What is not English? For international calls, trading on the stock exchanges are conducted in English, you want to participate in international conferences and communicate with business people, read international magazines and newspapers about the business, in this case, you certainly have to know English.
If your dream is to become a famous scientist? So in this case English, you should know how their mother, anyway - not worse. After all, you will need to communicate with colleagues from other countries to visit, and perhaps hold international symposia, conferences, seminars and forums. In addition, all the latest and advanced discovery of universal values is published in English-language magazines and newspapers, but you still have to go to international centers and, indeed, even to get a Nobel Prize - you need to know English. And your hobby? After all, everyone has a hobby - it is each his own, but that music and song everyone loves is not a secret. And knowing a language you will always know exactly who sings American singer - and you have no one to hold, and that in fact anything can happen - music "top", and in the words of the English try to guess which may exiled us away, as they say, and we're not the ear, know the dance of fun during inflammatory "Mouzon". And movies? In this case, you are not need an interpreter. And the Internet? This is generally the bottomless ocean of information - but most of the basic necessities, namely English. And as in life there are now modern words, sometimes the meaning of those words quite elusive, values sentence is ambiguous, but now all these fancy words came just in English. Knowing English - never and no one confuse the meaning of "Transformers" - he realizes that this change, but not a toy robot. And then the English language - a language of international communication. By the way, more than half a billion people speak it in English, and the same study it. After all, almost all international conferences and competitions are held is English. Mention only contest "Miss World" and the Olympic Games. But, even in international organizations like the UN, NATO, UNESCO, WTO - English - is the main language. And then, you put your resume is blank, and check - that will allow you to easily find a job. And then you can learn computing, happy to read technical articles. So, I think that if anyone still doubted, it is now just begin to learn the language of international communication - English. By the way, thanks to English, you can also earn not bad, translating texts not only for their friends, but also set up a bureau of different literature translation from English to mother and vice versa. Maybe someone thoroughly studied the English language can give lessons in other words to be a tutor for students. In general, it turns out that finding a reason to learn English can everyone - most importantly decide what is needed. And back to English speakers.
B: Jane. She is two years (younger) than me and she's (the most sensible) person I know
2 A: I've never met a (duller) person than Steve.
B: Well, he thinks he's (funny) and??? (НЕДОПИСАНО)
3 A: John is a lot (friendlier) than Paul.
B: True. Paul is (the most selfish) person in his family. He's also (more stubborn) than a mule!
10. Choose the correct word.
1 That's really quite/nice of you. I owe you one.
2 Being a doctor is a quite/pretty stressful job.
3 His test was a bit/pretty good on the whole.
4 He is quite/a little young although he looks old.
5 I can go on working! I'm only quite/a little tired.
First, knowing the English language, we can get more information from different sources, it may be your computer - where all the technical information written in English, computer programs, by the way, also writing in English, you can read books original version, the translation is not always objectively reflect the true feelings and emotions invested in the romance author.
With nothing beats the pleasure of reading Shakespeare's drama "Romeo and Juliet" in the original. A technical literature? Indeed, in this case you would be able to independently examine any interesting for you equipment, software and equipment.
Secondly, you will now always can talk with interesting people on very different topics in English, besides you can always go for overseas tourists.
And if you're a careerist? In this case you need English as air. After you dream to be a businessman international level. What is not English? For international calls, trading on the stock exchanges are conducted in English, you want to participate in international conferences and communicate with business people, read international magazines and newspapers about the business, in this case, you certainly have to know English.
If your dream is to become a famous scientist? So in this case English, you should know how their mother, anyway - not worse. After all, you will need to communicate with colleagues from other countries to visit, and perhaps hold international symposia, conferences, seminars and forums. In addition, all the latest and advanced discovery of universal values is published in English-language magazines and newspapers, but you still have to go to international centers and, indeed, even to get a Nobel Prize - you need to know English.
And your hobby? After all, everyone has a hobby - it is each his own, but that music and song everyone loves is not a secret. And knowing a language you will always know exactly who sings American singer - and you have no one to hold, and that in fact anything can happen - music "top", and in the words of the English try to guess which may exiled us away, as they say, and we're not the ear, know the dance of fun during inflammatory "Mouzon".
And movies? In this case, you are not need an interpreter. And the Internet? This is generally the bottomless ocean of information - but most of the basic necessities, namely English.
And as in life there are now modern words, sometimes the meaning of those words quite elusive, values sentence is ambiguous, but now all these fancy words came just in English. Knowing English - never and no one confuse the meaning of "Transformers" - he realizes that this change, but not a toy robot.
And then the English language - a language of international communication.
By the way, more than half a billion people speak it in English, and the same study it. After all, almost all international conferences and competitions are held is English. Mention only contest "Miss World" and the Olympic Games. But, even in international organizations like the UN, NATO, UNESCO, WTO - English - is the main language.
And then, you put your resume is blank, and check - that will allow you to easily find a job. And then you can learn computing, happy to read technical articles.
So, I think that if anyone still doubted, it is now just begin to learn the language of international communication - English.
By the way, thanks to English, you can also earn not bad, translating texts not only for their friends, but also set up a bureau of different literature translation from English to mother and vice versa.
Maybe someone thoroughly studied the English language can give lessons in other words to be a tutor for students.
In general, it turns out that finding a reason to learn English can everyone - most importantly decide what is needed. And back to English speakers.