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ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IS SO IMPORTANT FOR A
NATION`S CULTURE AS ITS LANGUAGE
Wilhelm von Humboldt
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Russian language as a world language
Total speakers: Primary language:
164 million Secondary
language: 278 million
(2006) Official language in
11 countries
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Contribution of Russian culture to the world culture
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Famous Russian names
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Russian proverbs
*Every road has two directions
*Looking at a tree see its fruit; looking at a man see its deeds.
*A mile walk with a friend has only one hundred steps.
*Eat what is cooked, listen to what is said.
*A guest has not to thank the host, but the host the guest.
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Chinese language as a world language
Total speakers: 1.3 billion
Official language in 5 countries
Spoken in countries with Chinese communities
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Contribution of Chinese culture to the world culture
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Famous Chinese names
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CHINESE PROVERBS
*A child`s life is like a piece of paper on which every passerby leaves a mark.
*Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.
*A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
*A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
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Arab language as a world language
Total speakers: 280 million native
speakers 250 million non-
native speakers
Official language in 25 countries
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Contribution of the Arab culture to the world culture
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Omar Khayyam rubayatA drop of water falls in an ocean wideA grain of dust becomes with earth alliedWhat doth they coming, going here donate?A fly appeared a while, then invisible he became.
Океан, состоящий из капель велик.Из пылинок слагается материк.Твой приход и уход – не имеют значенья.Просто муха в окно залетела на миг.
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Arabic proverbs
*Every day of your life is a page of your history.
*What starts with a condition has a good ending.
*Blindness of the eye is better than blindness of the heart.
*Avoiding mistakes is better than apologizing after.
*Leading by example is better than commandments.
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Spanish language as a world language
Total speakers: first language: 350
million second language:
150 million
Official language in 21 countries
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Contribution of Spanish culture to the world culture
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Famous Spanish names
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Spanish proverbs
*Water you are not going to drink, let it run.
*Faces we can see, hearts we can`t know.
*Lazy people work twice.
*Don`t speak unless you can improve on the silence.
*A lazy youth, a lousy age.
*A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.
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Home task1. Comment on one of the phrases: If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. (Nelson Mandela) I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my dog. (Emperor Charles V)
2. Express your opinion about a world language in future.
3. Give the examples of interaction of Russian language with English language (or Chinese, Arab, Spanish languages).
You may choose one of the tasks you like.