Listen and repeat. Find the stressed syllables. • Excuse me. • I'm sorry, what road was that? • On the right, did you say? • Thank you very much. • Could you tell me how to get to the hospital?

I am sure, in order to have a good job one should know foreign languages. The most widespread languages in the world are Chinese, Spanish, English and some others. But every well educated person in the world speaks English, because it is the language of communication, busi­ness, science and culture.

English is now the most important and widespread language in the world. It is the state language in five countries: Great Britain, Canada, the USA, Australia and New Zealand. English is one of the six official and working languages of the United Nations. It is the second working language in the European Community. In many Asian and African countries, such as India or Egypt, in former British colonies people speak English besides their native one. People also speak English in Europe. English is spoken practically all over the world.

Independent Ukraine has relations with many countries. More and more direct contacts are established with the countries of Europe, with the United States, Great Britain, Canada and other English-speaking countries.

Taking into account the economic development in our country, hundreds of joint ventures have appeared in every city and town of Ukraine recently. Besides, a lot of foreign delegations come to our country. Our businessmen, tourists, experts often go abroad. As I have already mentioned just English is the language of the international communication. That is why it is very important to learn English.

Nowadays, a lot of people study foreign languages in every possible way. Foreign-language study groups are organized at industrial enterprises, at the offices of big firms, at the educational establishments, at research institutes.

I think English is worth studying. There is a proverb "A new language – a new world". In my opinion, every person, who goes abroad, should be able to find his own way about in an English-speaking community without interpreters.

It's a pity that not much attention is paid for studying foreign languages in our schools. There are some schools specialized in studying foreign languages in Ukraine. Their pupils have lessons in foreign language every day. But their number is rather small. Most schools have Foreign Language only once or twice a week. It's impossible to master any foreign language under such conditions. That's why those who want to improve their knowledge have to take private lessons. But not all, who want to know foreign language well, have the possibility to pay for them.

Nearly every person who owns an computer has bought something on the internet at least once. Online shopping is making things much easier in terms of time. The only thing you have to do is going to the internet page, choose the product you want and buy it. Usually, the delivery takes from 2 days to 15 days.

To go shopping online is very important for some people becouse you can buy food as well as things you need in the household and if you are not able to go out any more for any reason. Another good opportunity in online shopping is you are able to compare prices much easier.

The weakness of online shopping is that you have to be really carefull in choosing the site you want to buy the things you need. Some sites just want you're money and won't give you anything . Another bis problem is the quality of the things you get.

In my opinion internet shopping is a good and usefull invention. Internet shopping is a good and useful thing. Internet is not limited by international boundaries and makes it possible to buy products from other countries without actually having to go there.

Почти каждый человек, кто владеет компьютером, покупал что-нибудь в Интернете по крайней мере один раз. Онлайн покупки делают жизнь легче с точки зрения времени. Вам только надо зайти на интернет страницу, выбрать что вы хотите и купить это. Обычно доставка занимает от 2 до 15 дней.

Онлайн покупки очень важны для некоторых людей, потому что они могут купить еду и другие вещи необходимы в домашнем хозяйстве, но не могут выйти из дома по каким либо причинам. Другой хорошей возможностью интернет покупок является легкость сравнивания цен.

Недостатком интернет магазинов в том, что вы должны быть осторожны в выборе сайта, где вы покупаете вещи, необходимые вам. Некоторые сайты просто хотят ваших денег и не дадут вам ничего. Другой проблемой является качество вещей которые вы получаете.

Мое мнение - интернет покупки хорошее и полезное изобретение. Интернет магазины это хороша и полезная вещь. Интернет не ограничивается международными границам и позволяет покупать вещи из других стран, фактически не находясь там.