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.
1. The questions discussed (опред) at a number of meetings last month have now been decided. 2. Receiving (обстоят) the telegram, he rang up the director. 3. The customs officer stood on deck counting (обст) the cases. 4. The answer received (опред) from the sellers greatly surprised us. 5. Asked (обстоят) whether he intended to return soon, he replied that he would be away for about three month. 1. Вопросы, которые обсуждались на ряде совещаний в месяце, сейчас уже решены. 2. Получив телеграмму, он позвонил режиссеру. 3. Таможенник стоял на палубе, считая ящики. 4. ответ, полученный от продавцов, сильно удивил нас. 5. На вопрос, намерен ли он вернуться в ближайшее время, он ответил, что будет отсутствовать в течение около трех месяцев.
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.