1. Learning a foreign language isn’t an easy thing.
2. Some people learn languages because they need them for their work, others travel abroad, for the third studying foreign languages is a hobby.
3. Yes, I do. I study English.
4. The native speakers of English live in Great Britain, the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand.
5. English is very popular now. Over 300 million people speak it as a mother tongue. It’s the language of computers, science, business, sport, politics, literature and glamour. English is the official voice of the air and the sea, and Christianity. English language is a wonderful language.
a- Because she lived far from them
b-After graduating from the university, she got a job in journalism.
c-Mary never married as her work was very important to her and a job and marriage did not mix inBritainin the 1950’s.
d-Her personal courage, her enthusiasm and interest in life, as well as the example she has set for all women working in our still male dominated society.
2.
a. The new women’s magazines became more and more popular in Britain.
b. Mary is now old in years and hasn't lost interest in life