R EADI N G

a Read the article. Complete it with the missing sentences.

A He suggests they should make an effort to speak like everybody else to appear less arrogant and more open to doing business.

B It should not, he insists, be used as a vehicle of culture.

C In his books 'Don't speak English, Parlez Globish' and 'Decouvrez le Globish' Jean Paul Nerriere advocates the use of Globish as the mother tongue of international communication.

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Globish involves a vocabulary limited to 1,500 words. 2 DIt is not aimed at cultural eloquence, Mr Nerriere p9tj}ts 9.ut,but at 'linguistic efficiency, always,

everywhere, with everyone'.

Mr Nerriere originally started his investigations into Globish in an effort to help other Frenchmen and women sitting in business meetings held in English. He

advised them to content themselves with Globish instead of trying to master the intricacies of the Queen's English. 3 D

Mr Nerriere says that Anglo Saxons tend to tan?cn1t'' as strange in

international business meetings. This is due to their refusal to use the elementary English adopted by colleagues from other countries. 4 DHe warns that commercial

ventures could depend upon the mastery of Globish: 'If you lose a contract to a rival because you're speaking an English that no one apart from another Anglophone understands, then you've got a problem.'

Quick to dispel fears that Globish will mean the end of other languages,

Mr Nerriere recommends that it should only be used in international exchanges.

great literary works of Moliere, Shakespeare, and Cervantes. He claims, however,,, that the best language to talk about the price of steel in China is Globish.

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D Now his globalized version of English is so common, he say, that Britons, Americans, and other English speakers should learn it too.

E Other features include short sentences, an absence of idiomatic expressions, and extensive hand gestures to get the point across.

b Tick (./) the true sentences about Globish.

1 Itwas invented by a Frenchman. D

2 Ithas a large vocabulary. D

3 The sentences are very short. D

4 It uses a lot of idioms and phrasal verbs. D 5 It relies heavily on body language. D 6 It is useful for communication in business. D 7 It is not intended for writing novels. D

8 It should be used in the place of all

other languages. D

c Look at the highlighted verbs and expressions.

What do you think they mean? Check with you r dictionary.

3 VOCABUL ARY prefixes

a Use a prefix from list A and a word from list B to complete the sentences.

A auto a< mis micro under post over semi

B husbaRd spell graduate final biography wave cooked sleep

1 I still get on well with my ex-husband even though we broke up five years ago.

2 Matt sent back his chicken because it was___

3 You can read all about the actor's life in his __

4 I was thrilled when my son reached the __ of the tennis tournament.

5 My sister did hercourse at Harvard in the USA.

6 Lots of English words are very easy to_

7 I very rarely-only when I'm really tired or have stayed up late.

8 She usually cooks her meals in a __oven.

b Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in bold.

1 The risk of having a heart attack is greater if you are stressed, overworked, and you smoke. work

2 My boyfriend is very. He never wants to go to parties or go out with my friends. social

3 My mum sometimes buys meals if she's late home from work. cook

4 My dictionary is a one. There are translations for all the words. lingual

5 Unfortunately, l the directions and I went to the wrong office. understand

6 My sister is much better at than I am - she can do three or four things at the same time! task

4 PRON U N CIATI ON word stress

a Underline the primary stress in these words. How many have the primary stress on the prefix?

2 antibiotics 6 redecorate

More Words to Learn

Write translations and try to remember the words.

El Listen to a radio programme and write down two advantages the speaker mentions of Esperanto compared to other languages.

lrJ Listen again and complete the notes. You sometimes have to write more than one word.

Esperanto

Developed at the e11d of the 2 by LL Zame11hof. I..

1 overpaid 5 subtitles

Spoke11 today by 1_

_ people.

3 post-impressionist 7 autopilot

4 ex-smoker 8 mispronounce

b Practise saying the words in a.

Phrasal verbs in context

Complete the sentences with the correct form of a verb from File 7.

end go pick take

1 I can't stop now. I'm on my way to the school to ___ up the children.

2 Why don't you up yoga? It would help you to relax.

3 What's on here? Why is everybody looking out of the window?

4 l always wanted to be a vet but I _up as an accountant!

Ue thought that a commo11 la11guage would help to avoid co11tlict a11d preve11t 3 • Ue thought that existi11g la11guages were 4 for people to lear11. Ue proposed a new language where everyone would be

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Espera11to has five vowels and 6 eonsona11ts with phonetic 7 and logical grammar rules. For an English speaker, Espera11to is Beasier to learn tha11 Russian.

111 1q11 there were plans to replace 9with Esperanto.

It is spoken as a second language in 10 cou11tries. Espera11to is on the school curriculum ill China, Hungary, and

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In British schools Esperanto is being used to help students lear11 12----

rJ Listen again with the tapescript on p.79 and try to guess the meaning of any words that you don't know. Then check in your dictionary.

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