LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGE.
The great German poet Goethe once said: «He who know no foreign
language does not know his own one. Learning foreign languages is
specially important nowadays. Some people learn foreign languages because
they need them in their work, others travel abroad, for the third studying
languages is a hobby.
Every year thousands of people from Russia go to different countries
as tourists or to work. They can not go without knowing the language of the
country they are going to. A modern engineer or even a worker can not work
with an imported instrument or a machine if he is not able to read the
instruction how to do it. Ordinary people need language to translation the
instruction or the manual to the washing-machine or a vacuum-cleaner,
medicine or even food-products.
Some people are as a rule polyglots. Historians diplomats need some
languages for their work. If you want to be a classified specialist you
must learn English, the language of international communication.
English is one of the world languages. It is the language of
progressive science and technology, trade and cultural relations, commerce
and business. It is the universal language of international aviation,
shipping and sports. It is also the major language of diplomacy. Hundreds
and hundreds of books, magazines and newspapers are printed in English,
most of the world’s mail and telephone calls are in English. Half of the
world’s scientific literature is written in English. English is spoken by
more than 350 million people. Geographically, it is the most widespread
language on earth, second after Chinese. It is the official language of the
UK, the USA , of Australia and New Zealand, it is used as one of the
official languages in Canada, the South Africa. Millions of people study
and use English as a foreign language. In our country English is very
popular. It is studied at schools, colleges and universities.
Learning English is not an easy thing. It is a long process and takes
a lot of time and patience. But to know English today is absolutely
necessary for every educated person. I want to know English because it’s
interesting for me to know foreign countries, their cultures and tradition.
English will be of great use in my future profession connected with
computers.
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