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«Foreign languages
in the life of a modern man»
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The great German
poet Goethe once said, «He, who knows no foreign language, does not know his
own one». Learning foreign languages is especially important nowadays. Some
people learn 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't go without knowing
the languages 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.
A scientist, a
historian, a diplomat are, as a rule, polyglots, because they need foreign languages
in their work. If you want to be a stewardess, a pilot or an air traffic
control officer you must learn English, the language of international
communication. And how can a shopgirl or a cashier in a big department store
understand a foreigner, if she does not know a foreign language?
So a modern and a
cultured person must learn foreign languages.
1.
Whom do we call
polyglots?
2.
Why do you learn
English?
3.
Why do other people
learn this language?
4.
Where is the
foreign language used?
