Read the text a and answer the questions 1. What is the Military Tattoo?
2. Where we are the world Bagpipe championships?
3. East music and obligatory subject in English schools?
4. What can you do with music publisher?
5. Why do people call with 'The Land of Song'? 6. What is an Eisteddfod?

People began to speak many centuries ago, and since then they have been speaking different languages. Every language reflects the soul, behavior and temperament of each nationality. Peoples created their own alphabets and rules, but they always wanted to communicate with each other, to understand and to know more about each other.

Languages help people to understand each other better, they help them to solve different economic and political problems, which stands before them, and so people learn foreign languages.

All languages are different. Some are very hard, some are easier, some are similar, but there are no identical languages in the whole world. There are more than 2,700 languages in the world. Many of them are "alive" because people use them, but there are some "dead" languages, for example Latin.

Two thousands years ago, Latin was the world's most important international language. Today this title belongs to English. It's a global language of travel, business, pop culture, sport and science.

Люди начали говорить много столетий назад, и с тех пор они говорили на различных языках. Каждый язык отражает душу, манеры и характер каждой национальности. Народы создавали свой собственный алфавит и правила, но они всегда хотели общаться друг с другом, понимать и знать больше друг о друге.

Языки людям понимать друг друга лучше, они им решать различные экономические и политические проблемы, которые стоят перед ними, и поэтому люди изучают иностранные языки.

Все языки различны. Некоторые очень трудны, некоторые более легкие, некоторые подобны, но в целом мире нет одинаковых языков. В мире более 2,700 языков. Многие из их «действующие», потому что люди пользуются ими, но есть «мертвые» языки, например латынь.

Две тысячи лет назад, латынь была наиболее важным международным языком в мире. Сегодня это право принадлежит английскому языку. Это глобальный язык путешествий, бизнеса, поп культуры, спорта и науки.

1. The French team won the match.

The match was won by the French team.

2. People play basketball in Greece.

Basketball is played in Greece.

3. A Turkish designer made this dress.

This dress was made by a Turkish designer.

4. They show a lot of cartoons on TV.

A lot of cartoons are shown on TV.

5. The police caught the robbers.

The robbers were caught by the police.

6. Our teacher checks our homework.

Our homework is checked by our teachers.

7. Jamie’s mum sent the invitations.

The invitations were sent by Jamie's mum.

8. People speak English in the USA.

English is spoken in the USA.