do you like speaking english with foreign people ? and me , i very like speaking english with them. that is my small dream but it is rarely achieved . my only 2 times to communicate with foreigners in...

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Komorebi

13 tháng 1 2019

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Being an only child

1.√..im an only child. People often say to me: wouldn't you be a lot

2...happier if you have had -> had brothers and sisters? But I don't see it like that.

3... it's true that if I had had -> had a brother or sister, I would have someone closer

4.√..to my own age to talk to and play with at home, but I don't think that is

5..√. very important provided for you have close friends, which I do. if my

6...parents would had -> had more children, they wouldn't be able to spend so much -> much

7...time with me. And we have -> would have great fun together! Also, except if I had a

8... brother or sister, I 'd have it -> X to share a bedroom with them. That might be

9...fun, but what would happen if I wanted to play my CDs and -> but he or she had

10... to study? No- I don't want a brother or sister, unless it will happens -> happens, of course. In that case,i'll think it's the best thing in the world!

Some people ask me if I like living in my hometown.The answer is certainly 'yes'. The simple reason is that it has lots of (1.interest)................... places.If you want to widen your knowledge of the past, you can go to the museum. It's a (2.history)................... building, with a big collection of valuable artefacts. There is also a craft village in my hometown. There, the (3.village)................... make drums. Their drums are not only famous in the (4.local)...................,...

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Nguyễn Cao Đạt

25 tháng 7 2018

The discovery that language can be a barrier to communication is quickly made by all who travel, study, govern or sell. Whether the activity is tourism, research, government, policing, business, or data dissemination, the lack of a common language can severely impede progress or can halt it altogether. 'Common language' here usually means a foreign language, but the same point applies in principle to any encounter with unfamiliar dialects or styles within a single language. 'They don't talk the...

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Mặc Chinh Vũ

31 tháng 7 2018

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Ngố ngây ngô

31 tháng 7 2018

Some people ask me if I like living in my hometown.The answer is certainly 'yes'. The simple reason is that it has lots of (1.interest).......interesting............ places.If you want to widen your knowledge of the past, you can go to the museum. It's a (2.history).......historic............ building, with a big collection of valuable artefacts. There is also a craft village in my hometown. There, the (3.village)......villagers............. make drums. Their drums are not only famous in the (4.local)....local..............., but also nationwide. You can visit the old workshop, where drums are still made in the traditional way. Some of them are huge! Another (5.attract).........attraction.......... in my hometown is the local library. It's an (6.educate)........educational........... place where anyone can borrow books and take them home to read. Besides, it also has a (7.read)......reading............. club. I'm one of its members, and we gather once a week to discuss what we've read together. My hometown is also a (8.culture)..........cultural......... centre, with many traditional festivals and activies. I love it very much.

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Nguyễn Thư

29 tháng 9 2019

The discovery that language can be a barrier to communication is quickly made by all who travel, study, govern or sell. Whether the activity is tourism, research, government, policing, business, or data dissemination, the lack of a common language can severely impede progress or can halt it altogether. 'Common language' here usually means a foreign language, but the same point applies in principle to any encounter with unfamiliar dialects or styles within a single language. 'They don't talk the same language' has a major metaphorical meaning alongside its literal one.

Although communication problems of this kind must happen thousands of times each day, very few become public knowledge. Publicity comes only when a failure to communicate has major consequences, such as strikes, lost orders, legal problems, or fatal accidents — even, at times, war. One reported instance of communication failure took place in 1970, when several Americans ate a species of poisonous mushroom. No remedy was known, and two of the people died within days. A radio report of the case was heard by a chemist who knew of a treatment that had been successfully used in 1959 and published in 1963. Why had the American doctors not heard of it seven years later? Presumably, because the report of the treatment had been published only in journals written in European languages other than English.

Several comparable cases have been reported. But isolated examples do not give an impression of the size of the problem — something that can come only from studies of the use or avoidance of foreign-language materials and contacts in different communicative situations. In the English-speaking scientific world, for example, surveys of books and documents consulted in libraries and other information agencies have shown that very little foreign-language material is ever consulted. Library requests in the field of science and technology showed that only 13 per cent were for foreign language periodicals. Studies of the sources cited in publications lead to a similar conclusion: the use of foreign-language sources is often found to be as low as 10 per cent.

The language barrier presents itself in stark form to firms who wish to market their products in other countries. British industry, in particular, has in recent decades often been criticised for its linguistic insularity - for its assumption that foreign buyers will be happy to communicate in English, and that awareness of other languages is not therefore a priority. In the 1960s, over two-thirds of British firms dealing with non-English-speaking customers were using English for outgoing correspondence; many had their sales literature only in English; and as many as 40 per cent employed no-one able to communicate in the customers' languages. A similar problem was identified in other English-speaking countries, notably the USA, Australia and New Zealand. And non-English-speaking countries were by no means exempt - although the widespread use of English as an alternative language made them less open to the charge of insularity.

The criticism and publicity given to this problem since the 1960s seems to have greatly improved the situation. Industrial training schemes have promoted an increase in linguistic and cultural awareness. Many firms now have their own translation services; to take just one example in Britain, Rowntree Mackintosh now publish their documents in six languages (English, French, German, Dutch, Italian and Xhosa). Some firms run part-time language courses in the languages of the countries with which they are most involved; some produce their own technical glossaries, to ensure consistency when material is being translated. It is now much more readily appreciated that marketing efforts can be delayed, damaged, or disrupted by a failure to take account of the linguistic needs of the customer.

The changes in awareness have been most marked in English-speaking countries, where the realisation has gradually dawned that by no means everyone in the world knows English well enough to negotiate in it. This is especially a problem when English is not an official language of public administration, as in most parts of the Far East, Russia, Eastern Europe, the Arab world, Latin America and French-speaking Africa. Even in cases where foreign customers can speak English quite well, it is often forgotten that they may not be able to understand it to the required level - bearing in mind the regional and social variation which permeates speech and which can cause major problems of listening comprehension. In securing understanding, how 'we' speak to 'them' is just as important, it appears, as how 'they' speak to 'us'.

Questions 14-17
Complete each of the following statements (Questions 14-17) with words taken from Reading Passage 133

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

14 Language problems may come to the attention of the public when they have ........................... such as fatal accidents or social problems.

15 Evidence of the extent of the language barrier has been gained from ............................ of materials used by scientists such as books and periodicals.

16 An example of British linguistic insularity is the use of English for materials such as ...........................

17 An example of a part of the world where people may have difficulty in negotiating English is ........................... .

Questions 18-20
Choose the appropriate letters A-D

18 According to the passage, ‘They don't talk the same language' (paragraph 1), can refer to problems in...
A understanding metaphor.
B learning foreign languages.
C understanding dialect or style.
D dealing with technological change.

19 The case of the poisonous mushrooms (paragraph 2) suggests that American doctors …
A should pay more attention to radio reports.
B only read medical articles if they are in English.
C are sometimes unwilling to try foreign treatments.
D do not always communicate effectively with their patients.

20 According to the writer, the linguistic insularity of British businesses...
A later spread to other countries.
B had a negative effect on their business.
C is not as bad now as it used to be in the past.
D made non-English-speaking companies turn to other markets.

Questions 21-24
List the FOUR main ways in which British companies have tried to solve the problem of the language barrier since the 1960s.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

21 ......................................
22 ......................................
23 ......................................
24 ......................................

Questions 25 and 26
Choose the appropriate letters A-D and write them in boxes 25 and 26 on your answer sheet

25 According to the writer, English-speaking people need to be aware that...
A some foreigners have never met an English-speaking person.
B many foreigners have no desire to learn English.
C foreign languages may pose a greater problem in the future.
D English-speaking foreigners may have difficulty understanding English.

26 A suitable title for this passage would be .......
A Overcoming the language barrier
B How to survive an English-speaking world
C Global understanding - the key to personal progress
D The need for a common language

Each nation has a lot of people who voluntarily take care of others. Even though who you are and how much your age is……… you all do volunteer work. There are many volunteer works such as visiting old or sick people, teach poor children……… and so on, however, have you ever thought that why do people do volunteer work? It is sure that there are many reasons for it. In my opinion, there are five main reasons why people do volunteer work. The first reason, I think that it is humanity....

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Shaori ♡

20 tháng 10 2020

Each nation has a lot of people who voluntarily take care of others. Even though who you are and how much your age is……… you all do volunteer work. There are many volunteer works such as visiting old or sick people, teach poor children……… and so on, however, have you ever thought that why do people do volunteer work? It is sure that there are many reasons for it. In my opinion, there are five main reasons why people do volunteer work. The first reason, I think that it is humanity. People , who feel lucky and have a good life, share the feelings of the poor, the injured, the disabled……….and so on. Thus, they want to share with them difficulties and sadness, give small helps to them which can help them overcome troubles. They want to bring happiness to poor and disabled children as well as boys who no longer have fathers and girls who no longer have mothers. They want to help these children be gone to school and teach them things which they usually learn from their parents. Besides, they take care of old and sick people because they consider them as their relatives and hope to help them pass over loneliness and sickness. They also want to their kids about humanity. They teach them to love and help others. Secondly, people do volunteer work because it is their interest in free time, perhaps.” Instead of listening to music or playing games….. we like to do volunteer works. It is really interesting and we can also help others.” Some people shared. Thirdly, some people do it because it is their work. These people usually work in voluntary organizations. They are paid for it. The fourth reason, people who not only want to help but they also train their ability in activities of society, do volunteer work. They think it can both help others and train themselves. They also find out friends or people who have sympathy with them. Finally, above all things, people do volunteer work because they think that the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to other

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Sang Đoàn Đình

22 tháng 10 2020

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văn bản của bạn được viết bằng anh-anh nên mình sẽ viết cho bạn một văn bản bằng anh mỹ nhé:

Every country has many people who voluntarily take care of others. No matter who you are and how old you are, you do volunteer work. There are a lot of volunteer work such as visiting the elderly, sick, teaching poor children, however, have you ever thought about why people do volunteer work? It certainly has many reasons for it. In my opinion, there are five main reasons why people do volunteer work. The first reason, I think it is the humanity. People who feel lucky and have a good life, know how to share the feelings of the poor, the injured, the disabled ... etc. Therefore, they want to share with them their difficulties and sorrows, help them. can help them get through the troubles. They want to bring happiness to poor and disabled children as well as boys without fathers and mothers without mothers. They want to help these kids go to school and teach them what they usually learn from their parents. Besides, they take care of the elderly and the sick because they consider them as their relatives, hoping to help them overcome loneliness and sickness. They also want their kids to be human. They teach them to love and help others. Second, people do volunteer work because it's their hobby in their spare time, perhaps ”. Instead of listening to music or playing games… .. we to do volunteer work. It's really fun and we can help others, too. Some people have shared. Third, some people do it because it's their job. These people often work in volunteer organizations. They get paid for it. The fourth reason is that people not only want to help, but they also prace their ability in social activities, volunteering. They think that it can both help others and train themselves. They also find friends or people who them. In the end, people volunteer because they think that the happiest people in the world are the ones who help make others happy.

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Shaori ♡

21 tháng 10 2020

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Nguyễn Thị Mai Linh

20 tháng 3 2020

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thái quang phong

20 tháng 3 2020

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