English and career

EXERCISE 1

Read and translate the following international words:

Progressive, universal, international, aviation, navigation, sports, diplomacy, diplomat, technology, commerce, business, telephone, literature, popularity, information, computer, communication, radio, politician, sportsman, musician, profession, economics, engineering, medicine, Christianity, process, film, prestigious.

EXERCISE 2

Match the following English words and word combinations with their Ukrainian equivalents:

1. foreign language

2. science

3. cultural relations

4. trade

5. telephone call

6. scientific literature

7. world language

8. entertainment

9. requirement

10. the United Nations

11. patience

12. educated person

13. source of information

14. widespread

15. mother tongue

    1. освічена людина

    2. наука

    3. наукова література

    4. іноземна мова

    5. торгівля

    6. джерело інформації

    7. рідна мова

    8. телефонний дзвінок

    9. світова мова

    10. вимога

    11. ООН

    12. широкорозповсюджений

    13. розвага

    14. культурні відносини

    15. терпіння

EXERCISE 3

Read and translate the following facts about the English language:

1. English is the most widespread language in the world and is more widely spoken and written than any other language. A higher number of people speak Mandarin Chinese, but English covers a greater area.

2. Over 400 million people use English as a mother tongue.

3. Over 700 million people speak English as a foreign language.

4. One out of four of the world's population speaks English to some level of competence.

5. The most widely spoken language in the world is Mandarin Chinese. There are 885,000,000 people in China that speak that language.

6. English has official or special status in at least seventy five countries with a total population of over two billion.

7. Of all the languages in the world, English has the largest vocabulary about 800,000 words.

8. No language has more synonyms than English.

9. The most common letter in English is "E" and the letter "Q" is the least used.

10. More English words begin with the letter "S" than with any other letter.

11. The word ' set ' has more definitions than any other English word – 67 in total!

12. Three-quarters of the world's mail, telexes and cables are in English.

13. More than half of the world's technical and scientific periodicals are in English.

14. 80% of the information stored in the world's computers is in English.

15. English is the language of navigation, aviation and IT technologies.

EXERCISE 4

Students divide into 3 mini groups. Every mini group reads a separate text. Students discuss their text inside their mini groups. Then, they form new groups and speak about their texts to other students in the new groups.

Use the following phrases:

I’ve read in the text that ... The text tells us about ...

First, ...

Second, ...

Third, ...

Moreover ...

In addition ... Besides ...

In conclusion ... So ... Therefore ... That’s why ...