My favourite book is "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe. D. Defoe (1660—1731) was a great master of realistic detail. The novel "Robinson Crusoe" was written in 1719. The novel is praise to human labour and the triumph of man over nature.Defoe shows the development of his hero. At the beginning of the story we see an inexperienced youth, a rather frivolous boy, who then becomes a strong-willed man.Robinson Crusoe's most characteristic trait is his optimism. His guiding principle in life become "never say die" and "in trouble to be troubled is to have your troubles doubled".He had confidence in himself and in man. He believed it was within the power of man to overcome all difficulties. Crusoe was an enthusiastic worker and always hoped for the best.Defoe is a writer of the Enlightenment. He teaches people how to live, he tries to teach what's good and what's bad. His novel "Robinson Crusoe" is not only a work of fiction, an account of adventures, a biography and an educational pamphlet.It is a study of man, a great work showing man in relation to nature and civilization as well as in relation to labour and private property.
1. If number of speakers decrease, some languages will be endangered. 2. If Internet reaches all corners of the world, English as the Net language will influence the culture of non-speaking countries. 3. If English keeps on being global, other languages won’t set foot on Internet. 4. The world’s linguistic experts will be alarmed if many languages disappear at an alarming rate. 5. If some tribes aren’t urbanized and assimilated into mainstream, their languages won’t die out. 6. Youngsters will be able to communicate with people from abroad, if they learn foreign languages. 7. If the EU wasn’t worried about endangered languages, they wouldn’t issue a special directive on preserving them. 8. If minority languages aren’t politically tolerated, they will be in jeopardy. 9. If the high number of languages spoken in the EU corridors, it would be like a Tower of Babel. 10. If English is the language of trade and diplomacy, it will be considered as lingua franca nowadays.
