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Collins Speaking for IELTS
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1 0 7 Track 30 My m o th e r to n gue is H u ng aria n. It is spoken in H u ng ary and it is a m in o rity la nguage in the s u rro u n d in g co u n trie s , e s p e c ia lly Rom ania. It is not p a rt of th e sam e language fa m ily as European la ng uag es like E nglish, French, G erm an o r Russian. It is a U ra lic language, d is ta n tly re la te d to F inn ish and E stonian. Because H u ng aria n is not a w id e ly spoken language, if you w a n t to get on, you have to speak a foreign language. U n s u rp ris in g ly , th e m ost p o p u la r second la nguage am ong H u n g a ria n s is E nglish, the g lo b a l language. Like m o s t of m y frie n d s , I am m u ltilin g u a l - as w e ll as H u ng aria n, I am flu e n t in E nglish and G erm an. I can also get by in Ita lia n and I did an evening cou rse in S panish a fe w yea rs back, but I'm a bit ru s ty now. I seem to pick up la nguages qu ite easily, helped, I'm sure, by th e fact th a t la nguage te a ch in g in H ungary is so good - it has to be, given th a t n o -on e spe aks o u r la ng uag e but us! Track 31 W hat's y o u r m o th e rto n g u e ? W hat o th e r la ng uag es do you speak? W hat do you th in k is th e best w ay to keep in tou ch w ith frie n d s ? Do people keep in tou ch d iffe re n tly now com pared to fifty years ago? Sample answers: Examiner: Candidate: Examiner: Candidate: Examiner: Candidate: Examiner: Candidate: W hat's y o u r m o th e r tongue? My m o th e r to n gue is P ortu gue se. It's p re d o m in a n tly spoken in B ra z il but also in o th e r p a rts o f the w o rld , such as P o rtu g a l and A frica. W hat o th e r la ng uag es do you speak? A lth o u g h I gre w up in B ra z il, I can also speak Ita lia n because m y m o th e r and one set of g ra n d p a re n ts are Ita lia n and I g re w up h e a rin g th e la ng uag e a ll a ro un d m e. I'm re a lly proud to be b ilin g u a l and I'd lik e m y c h ild re n to be b ilin g u a l too. W hat do you th in k is the best way to keep in tou ch w ith frie n d s ? It d e p e n d s ho w fa r you are fro m y o u r frie n d s . If you are g e o g ra p h ic a lly clo se, you s h o u ld m e e t up fa c e -to -fa c e . L o n g -d is ta n c e c o m m u n ic a tio n can cau se m is u n d e rs ta n d in g s and re s e n tm e n ts to b u ild up - w h e n you w r ite , you o n ly have th e w o rd s on th e page, n o t body la n g u a g e o r to n e of voice. Do people keep in tou ch d iffe re n tly now com pared to fifty years ago? W ell, of course, people use th e In te rn e t now and m o b ile phones. I'm q u ite young but even w hen I w as a te e n a g e r nobody in m y frie n d s h ip c irc le had a m ob ile . N ow it's seen as in d is p e n s ib le and you w o u ld fe e l le ft out if you d id n 't have one. B ut as I said before, I th in k it's b e tte r to m ee t up w ith frie n d s tha n to c o m m u n ic a te using technology. T here 's m uch to be said fo r c o m m u n ic a tin g in s o -c a lle d o ld -fa s h io n e d ways. Download Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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