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The languages spoken in the UK 1. Read the text about languages spoken in the UK.
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Useful vocabulary
particularly - очень; подробно; в частности; particular- специфический, особый, особенный
origin - начало, происхождение: original - подлинник, оригинал
to preserve - сохранять, охранять; preservation -сохранение, охрана
peculiar - специфический, особенный, странный
to borrow - заимствовать, занимать; to borrow words from other languages -заимствовать слова из других языков; borrowing - заимствование
isle - остров (как правило, c названием острова — the Isle of Man)
to suffer - страдать, испытывать, претерпевать; to suffer hardships – переживать лишения
spread - распространение; to spread (spread, spread) - распространять(ся)
to encourage - ободрять, поощрять; encouragement - ободрение
occasionally - время от времени; syn. from time to time
to accept - принимать, признавать; to accept the fact - примиряться с фактом
1. Answer the questions on the text:
1 What languages are spoken in the UK? English is the official language in the UK. Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic are still spoken, although they have suffered more than Welsh from the spread of English.
2 Are any dialects and accents spoken there too? A few other languages, dialects and accents are spoken by the citizens of Britain too.
3 Are words borrowed from other languages often pronounced in a peculiar way? Yes, they are.
4 What words borrowed from the French language are quoted in the text? However, all the invading peoples, particularly the Norman French, influenced the English language and you can find many words in English which are French in origin. For example: etc. (etcetera) = and so on, restaurant, bourgeoisie, buffet and many others.
5 Are these French borrowings pronounced in a peculiar way? Yes, they are.
6 What Latin borrowings are given in the text? Besides, the English language borrowed some Latin words from the Romans, who came to the British Isles from Italy in A.D. Here are a few examples: i.e. (id est) = that is, e.g. (exempli gratia) = for example, sanatorium, millennium and many others.
7 Are the Latin borrowings written in a peculiar way? Yes, they are.
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