24. Read the text again for more detailed information and answer these questions. 1. Is there anything about the language that makes you curious? What is it? 2. Are you
interested in the origin of words? What words? 3. Who spoke English two thousand years
ago when Julius Caesar landed in Britain? 4. Was the 5th-century English like English
today? 5. How many people spoke English in Shakespeare's times? 6. How many people
speak English nowadays? 7. Which of the three languages has the most words - English,
French or German? Which one has the least words? 8. Do you think it's good to have an
international, global language? Why? 9. Why can English be called the language of business
and the language of sports? 10. From what languages did English borrow a lot of words?
11. How did the words “potato”, “tomato” and “tobacco" find their way into English?
12. What words came into English from other languages? 13. What else about the history of
English would you like to know?
One day Donna and her family were watching sea birds.Donna saw the boys who were very noisy.She saw a shy,handsome fellow.It was Mark.Mark also looked at Donna and smiled her.
Donna and Luiza went to a disco.Donna was waiting for Mark,she wanted to see him very much.
A handsome man came up to Donna and invited her to dance with him.It was Mark with his beautiful and friendly smile.Donna danced with him for a long time.A little later she saw Mark near the entrance to the disco.He was very shy and calm.
During all that time she was dancing with Mark's brother Dave.She stopped dancing and went to look for Mark.She wanted to appologize to him.She didn't know where Mark was.She couldn't find him.She wanted to return to England to see Mark.
Mark had been waiting for Donna since 6 a.m. ,but at 8 o'clock he went to look for Nick and Dave.Donna and Luoza came to the cafe at 8 o'clock.When the boat arrived,Mark and Donna tried to catch sight of one another,but they did't meet in the boat.They met at wild-night in Komilarce.Komilarce is a small town not far from Madrid.There are a lot of buildings,shops,cafes and parks in this town.And in one of these parks it was a disco-night.Many people from Komilarce,Madrid,France, England and Germany visit it.Donna was with her family.She wanted to meet Mark.
Mark didn't want to go there because he wasn't interested in dancing.But he thought about Donna.Dave,Harry and
Nick persuaded him to come.They were sitting at the table when Donna's and Mark's eyes met.Time stopped.
Donna and Mark were together!
6. The judge knew that the lawyer had received some very important information before the beginning of the trial.
7. It was announced that the solicitor had represented the accused before the court and a well-known barrister had argued that case.
8. We read that lay magistrates had never taken part in the trial activities of the Crown Court.
9. The article said that trial courts had beared the main burden in the administration of justice.
10. The lawyer tried to prove that capital punishment had not been a deterrent to murderers.
11. We were told that the criminal had been sentenced to long-term imprisonment for an armed robbery.
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