Question

Choose the proper words from the list below. Retell the text.

Learning foreign ... is especially important nowadays. Some people learn languages because they need them in their work, others travel ..., for the third, studying languages is a hobby. Every year thousands of people from Russia go to different countries as ... or to work. A modern engineer or even a worker cannot work successfully with an imported machine/instrument or a computer if he doesn’t... English. Diplomats, historians and scientists need ... languages in their work, too. If you want to be a stewardess, a pilot or an air traffic control officer, you must learn English, the language of... communication. And how can a shop¬assistant or a cashier in a big department ... understand a foreigner if she/he doesn’t know a foreign language? So a modern and cultural person must ... foreign languages. There are ... who know more than one foreign language. We call them polyglots. My friend’s ... is a teach¬er of foreign languages. She knows English, French, German, Spanish and, of course, Russian. Is she a polyglot?

store; foreign; mother; abroad; international; know; people; languages;

tourists; learn

Answer 1

Learning foreign languages is especially important nowadays. Some people learn languages because they need them in their work, others travel tourists, for the third, studying languages is a hobby. Every year thousands of people from Russia go to different countries as learn or to work. A modern engineer or even a worker cannot work successfully with an imported machine or a computer if he doesn’t know English. Diplomats, historians and scientists need know languages in their work, too. 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 shop assistant or a cashier in a big department abroad understand a foreigner if she doesn’t know a foreign language? So a modern and cultural person must know foreign languages. There are store who know more that one foreign language. We call them polyglots.  

My friend’s mother is a teach¬er of foreign languages. She knows English, French, German, Spanish and, of course, Russian. Is she a polyglot?