Her mum doesn’t like the idea.
She would get a job to pay for the trip.
Modern means of communication
People use various means of communication to get from one place to another.
In the old days people had to travel several days, weeks and months to get to the place they needed. They either went on foot, by coaches driven by horses or by boats and ships.
Nowadays people like to travel by air as it is the fastest way of traveling. A lot of people prefer to travel by train because they can look at the passing villages, forests and fields. Some of us like going by car. You can go as slowly or fast as you like. You can stop when and where you want.
Londoners use the underground railway best of all. Their metro is the oldest in the world. It was opened in 1863. And in 1904 the first bus route was opened in London. Londoners don’t use trams, though London was the first city where trams appeared. When Londoners leave the town, they use trains, ships or airplanes.
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THE MOST DIFFICULT LANGUAGE?
People often ask which language is the most difficult to learn, and it is not easy to answer because there are many factors to take into consideration. A native speaker of Spanish, for example, will find Portuguese much easier to learn than a native speaker of Chinese because Portuguese is very similar to Spanish, while Chinese is very different. The greater the differences between the second language and our first one, the harder it will be for most people to learn. Many people answer that Chinese is the hardest language to learn possibly influenced by the thought of learning the Chinese writing system. The pronunciation of Chinese appears to be very difficult for many foreign learners, too. However, for Japanese speakers, who already use Chinese characters in their own language, learning this language will be less difficult than for speakers of languages using the Roman alphabet.
Some people seem to learn languages readily, while others find it very difficult. Teachers and the circumstances in which the language is learned also play an important role, as well as each learner's motivation for learning. If people learn a language because they need to use it professionally, they often learn it faster than people studying a language that has no direct use in their day-to-day life. British diplomats and other embassy staff have found that the second hardest language is Japanese, which will probably come as no surprise to many. But the language that they have found to be the most problematic is Hungarian, which has 35 grammatical cases.
Different cultures and individuals from those cultures will find different languages more difficult. In the case of Hungarian for British learners, it is not a question of the writing system, which uses a similar alphabet, but the grammatical complexity, though native speakers of related languages may find it easier.
2. The author explains why people find Chinese a very difficult language to learn. Find this extract and read it aloud.
3. What factors play an important role in learning a language?
4. Why do British diplomats find it difficult to learn Hungarian?
Самый трудный язык?
Люди часто спрашивают, какой язык самый трудный для изучения, и ответить не легко, так как надо принимать во внимание многие факторы.
Носитель испанского, например, найдет португальский более легким для изучения, чем носитель китайского, потому что португальский очень похож на испанский, в то время как китайский совсем другой. Чем больше разница между вторым языком и нашим первым, тем труднее для большинства людей будет его выучить.
Многие отвечают, что китайский самый трудный язык для изучения, возможно под влиянием мнения, что трудно выучить китайское письмо. Произношение в китайском очень трудное для многих иностранцев также. Однако для японцев,которые уже используют в своем родном языке китайские иероглифы, выучить этот язык менее трудно, чем для тех, кто говорит на языках с романским алфавитом.
Оказывается, некоторые люди изучают языки легко, в то время как другие находят это занятие трудным. Учителя и условия, в которых изучается язык, играют важную роль, также как и мотивация изучающего. Если люди изучают язык, потому что им надо в профессии, они часто выучивают его быстрее, чем те люди, которым язык не нужен в повседневной жизни.
Британские дипломаты и другие работники посольства определили, что второй самый трудный язык - японский. Но язык, который они считают самым проблематичным, это венгерский, в котором 35 грамматических падежей. Разные культуры и индивидуумы этих культур найдут другие языки более трудными. Так в случае с венгерским для британцев вопрос стоит не в написании, в котором используют такой же алфавит, а в грамматической сложности. Хотя носители родственных языков считают его легче.
1. This text is about learning of foreign languages.It is not easy to aswer the question what language is the most difficult to learn because there are many factors to take into consideration.
2. 3-ий абзац.
3. The greater the differences between the 2nd language & our 1st one, the harder it will be for most people to learn. Teachers & the circumstances in which the language is learned play an important role, as well as each learner’s motivation for learning.
4. Because it has 35 grammatical cases.
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The first time I played for the school football team was September 12th – I can’t forget the date! The day was wonderful and the weather sunny. I was 13 and I was wearing a new pair of football boots I got for my birthday. It was a home game and lots of people were watching, including my parents. I was playing in the mid – field position. My best friend John was the goalkeeper. I felt quite nervous at the start but I soon relaxed. The crowd were cheering and shouting. Ten minutes into the game, the other team scored a goal. John looked really unhappy. For the next thirty – five minutes, our team tried really hard to score a goal but we were unlucky. At half – time, our PE teacher, Mr Hunter, talked to us and told us to play even harder! Though our competitors were well – trained, we were very enthusiastic and tried to attack as often as possible We were really tired in the second half but in spite of this we managed to score a goal! It was a fantastic moment. The game ended in a draw. I didn’t score a goal but that didn’t matter. I was part of the football team now – that was the most important thing.
1. Tom played a home game for the school football team.