C) Answer the teacher’s questions

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9. Give a brief summary of the article (see exercise 8) in English using the suggested key words and phrases:

• The article deals with...

to be worried; growing MNCs; Global Village; global language; David Crystal; to shrink;

• According to Professor Ter-Minasova...

to pose danger (to); dominant language; to increase by... per cent; global scale; Anglophones;

• The article goes on to say that...

To endanger sb/sth; national identity; to be exposed to; shield; to absorb;

• Professor Ter-Minasova points out that...

to aim at sth/doing sth; to cross out; to breed sb; illiterate;

• In conclusion the writer says that...

to raise the prestige of Russia; to promote sth; to be at the cutting

edge of sth