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Speak now (P4) I. Pre-reading How many languages can you speak? Do you like learning English? Why do you think it is important to learn English? What is the easiest and most difficult thing about learning English? How important is it for you to speak foreign languages? II. Reading 1. Check your understanding: True or False? 1) The British are good at learning languages. 2) A lot of British schoolchildren stop learning languages when they are 14. 3) The British government wants children to start learning a foreign language at the age of five. 4) British children only study French at school. 5) There are plans to offer more languages at school. 6) Many people are interested in learning Mandarin Chinese. Key: 1) False 2) True 3) True 4) False 5) True 6) True 2. Choose the best answer: 1) What did the survey published by the European Commission reveal? A. English has become the most widely spoken language among EU member states. B. The Britons have less talent for language learning than other EU citizens. C. UK children are less likely to learn foreign languages than children in almost any other EU state. D. More than half of EU citizens have a command of at least two foreign languages. 2) In Britain, many teenagers stop learning a foreign language halfway because ______. A. it’s less useful to them than other subjects B. they are burdened with too much schoolwork C. they think there is no need to learn one D. they find second language study less rewarding than other subjects 3) According to the text, English school children are likely to ______ in the near future. A. start to learn a foreign language from the age of six B. have access to a wider range of foreign languages C. be required to master at least one foreign language D. take a greater interest in learning Chinese than any other foreign language 4) With Richard Cairns’ remarks in the second-to-last paragraph, the author intends to show that ______. A. it is fun and cool to learn Mandarin