Learn a foreign language
Foreign languages are absolutely necessary for people today because of our growing international contacts with foreign countries.
There are many reasons why we start studying foreign languages. Some people study a foreign language to be able to communicate with other people who speak that language, others study it for a future career.
If we plan to travel to countries where the language we speak is spoken, we will be able to communicate with people there and understand what they are saying to us.
If we work in any branch of science, we naturally want to read scientific books and magazines in other languages to raise our professional level. Nowadays, doing business also means the ability to speak foreign languages.
The ability to speak one or two or even more foreign languages helps people from different countries to develop mutual friendship and understanding. We can also broaden our intellectual and cultural horizons by interacting with people from other cultures.
It is also very interesting to read foreign literature in its original form. We can also read foreign newspapers and magazines and understand movies in foreign languages without any help and translation.
As for me, I am learning English because it is a very popular language all over the world. It is used in many parts of the world and there is a lot of business correspondence and literature in English.
I will also learn Spanish because it is also a widely spoken language.
I think it is very important to speak at least one foreign language, either English or German or French and Spanish or any other.
There is a saying: the more languages you speak, the more times you are a human being.
Questions:
1. Are foreign languages necessary for people today?
2. Why do we start learning foreign languages?
3. Which language will I learn?
4. What language will I learn?
Vocabulary:
foreign — иностранный
necessary — необходимый
nowadays — в наши дни
growing — возрастающий
reasons — причины
to be able — быть в состоянии, уметь
to communicate — общаться, разговаривать
branch of science — отрасль науки
to raise smb's professional level — поднять чей-либо профессиональный уровень
mutual — взаимный
horizon — горизонт
wider — шире
through — через
in the original — в оригинале
compulsory — обязательный
secondary school — средняя школа
higher school — высшая школа
correspondence — корреспонденция, переписка
at least — по крайней мере