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1. Mandarin Chinese is spoken by... 836 million. | at least |
2.... 333 million speak Hindi. | over |
3.Spanish is spoken by... 332 million. | nearly |
4.The number of native English speakers is... 322 million. | about |
5.Bengali and Arabic are spoken by... 190 million each. | more than |
6.Russian is spoken by... 170 million people. | around |
7.Portuguese has... 160 million speakers. | fewer than |
8.Japanese is the native language for... 125 million. | |
9.Then follow German, French and Malay with... 100 million speakers. |
10. What will be the role of the English language in the twenty-first century? What's your opinion on the following statements? Please comment. Match the statements on the right with the correct statements on the left.
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11. Why do you study English? Speak in pairs:
First… | Why? I want (’d like) |
Second… | to study at the university (college) |
Then… | to communicate with people of the world |
Finally… | to do business |
There is no doubt… | to understand films and songs in English |
to get a better job | |
to like the language | |
to want to live in an English-speaking country | |
to travel abroad | |
have to study it at school | |
it gives a chance to meet new people |