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Monday 27 April 2015

Intermediate Text - (Diariklub) - Red Wine and Language - They need time and English has the most!

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All Speaking English! By Nigel A JAMES

Red Wine and Language!

Some thoughts for discussion by Nigel A. JAMES

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There is an amazing similarity between a bottle of wine and the language you speak! Each has many ingredients and each has developed and changed with the times. Languages and wines are very interesting things. And, both are very exciting.

But, it's what's in them that makes them so special. So, let's start with a wine. A very good wine is made up of sunshine, sugar, water, vitamins and alcohol, etc. And, time for a very good wine is very important. A good wine takes years to develop, and, when it's mature and ready to drink it is sent all over the world. And the same goes for languages, too. And English is the perfect example.

The English language has many different flavours as well. It has Greek, Latin, French, German, Scandinavian and many more, too. And, English has travelled the world. English has become the number one language. So, why?

Has it to do with the importance of the countries that speak it? Or, is English the key to survival? Or, could it be that English is an easy language to learn? Many questions. But, of course, the biggest question of all is the future!

What kind of English will be spoken in 200 years time? What will this new world language be like? How will this new modern English develop? Will this new English have many regional differences? And, will it bring peace to the world? One language, one people, one world! What could be better?

Vocabulary

amazing - erstaunlich

changed (to change/changed/changed) – verändert

developed (to develop/developed/developed) – entwickelt

differences Unterschiede

example – Beispiel

importance – Wichtigkeit

ingredients - Zutaten

let's (let us) – lass uns

mature – reif

overlooked - übersehen

same goes – … das Gleiche gilt ….