Дорогой Алан!
Мне представился случай осуществить свой первоначальный план и приехать в Англию в августе. Скорее всего это будет в середине отпускного сезона, и хотя перспектива увидеть тебя снова вдохновляет меня, тем не менее я бы очень не хотел, чтобы ты терпел из-за меня какие-то неудобства. Не мог бы ты написать мне и сообщить, каковы твои планы на лето? Я очень постараюсь приехать в такое время, когда это не нарушит никаких твоих планов.
Надеюсь на твой быстрый ответ.
Твой
Dear Alan,
There is a very good chance that I might be able to follow the original plan and come to England in August. Most probably it will be in the middle of the holiday season and though the possibility of seeing you again makes me look forward to my visit all the more, I should hate to put you to any inconvenience. Could you possibly write and tell me what your plans for this summer are ? I shall do my best to call on you at a time you could receive me without upsetting your own time-table.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Yours,
Существует мнение, что в Китае больше говорящих по-английски людей, чем в Соединенных Штатах. Вполне возможно - в общей сложности английским языком как родным или иностранным сегодня пользуются 1,8 миллиарда человек. Это позволяет признать его языком межэтнического общения - lingua franca.
Причины того, почему английский язык стал глобальным, всесторонне описаны таким признанным ученым-лингвистом как Дэвид Кристал (D.Crystal, English as a Global Language). Исторические, социальные и экономические факторы, в сочетании с характеристиками самого языка, привели к тому, что английский стал языком торговли, дипломатии и, наконец, Интернета.
Несмотря на то, что считается, что в английском языке больше всего слов (около 800 000) и наиболее богатые синонимические ряды, существуют и такие его искусственно созданные вариации как Basic English и Special English. В них используется ограниченное количество слов и конструкций для облегчения изучения, понимания и, в конечном итоге, использования языка.
Как справедливо отмечает Д. Кристал, никогда ранее люди не путешествовали так много и так часто, и никогда ранее не было такого количества деловых и культурных контактов между разными народами. Именно поэтому глобальный язык необходим, изучение английского языка как иностранного становится все более популярным, а переводческие ресурсы все более востребованы.
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There is an opinion that in China more than speaking English people, than in the United States. Quite probably - in total English as native or foreign 1,8 billion people today use. It allows to recognize it as language of interethnic communication - lingua franca.
The reasons of why English became global, are comprehensively described by such recognized scientist-linguist as David Cristal (D.Crystal, English as a Global Language). Historical, social and economic factors, in a combination to characteristics of the language, led to that English became language of trade, diplomacy and, at last, the Internet.
In spite of the fact that it is considered that in English most of all words (about 800 000) and the richest synonymic ranks, exist also its such artificially created variations as Basic English and Special English. In them the limited quantity of words and designs for simplification of studying, understanding and, finally, language use is used.
As fairly marks out D. Cristal, never earlier people traveled very much and so often, and never earlier was such number of business and cultural contacts between the different people. For this reason global language is necessary, English studying as foreign becomes more and more popular, and translational resources are more and more demanded.
As for me, my favorite group is "Linkin Park". They sing in different styles, such as: alternative, new metal, heavy metal and rock. I like this group because of good texts and unusual musical decisions. This group was formed in 1996. They released 9 albums. I like all their songs without distinction. My favorite song is “In The End”. There are six men in this group: Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda, Rob Burdon, David Farell, Bred Delson and Joe Hahn. The most prominent person of the group is Chester Bennington. He is very talented. Also I like him because he overcame his drug addiction and made his musical career. Nowadays he is taken the 27th place in the hit parade list of “100 of all times top heavy metal vocalists”. He writes poems and composes music.
I always adored people who compose music and write poems. I think that such people are very talented. Also I believe that they can draw pictures and show their feelings by their music or poems. They can make you cry or laugh. Moreover they make you think about global problems or you may lie soft and just dream while you are listening to the music.
I guess that we can’t live without music. My motto is: “Silence is killing!” As for me, I always listen to the music, when I’m happy or when I’m unhappy. It helps me in my everyday life. I listen to the music everywhere: at home, in the bus, in the street.
Nowadays we have relaxing music, which we use in medicine. More helpful than all kinds of music is classic music by such famous composers as Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Vivaldy.
Music is everywhere! It’s on television, over radio, in all movies! Can you imagine any movie without music?! Of course not. What if you watch television without sound, what if you see ballet without music, what if you hear voices without melody at the opera? Our life will be boring without music.