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FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN OUR LIFE
1. Learning a foreign language isnt an easy thing.
2. Nowadays its especially important to know foreign languages.
3. Some people learn languages because they need them for their work.
4. Others travel abroad, for the third studying foreign languages is a hobby.
5. Everyone, who knows foreign languages can speak to people from other countries, read foreign authors in the original, which makes your outlook wider.
6. I study English Its a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and efforts.
7. Over 300 million people speak it is as a mother tongue.
8. The native speakers of English live in Great Britain, the United
States of America, Australia and New Zealand. 9. English is one of the official languages of the United Nations Organization and other political organizations.
10. English language is a wonderful language. Its the languageof the great literature.
11. Its the language of William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and others.
12.Half of the worlds scientific literature is in English.
13. Its the language of computers technology. 14. The great German poet Goethe once said, ,-who knows no foreign language, doesnt know his own one.
15. Thats why in order to understand oneself and environment one has to learn foreign languages.
16. I think, that to know English today is absolutely necessary for every educated man, for every good specialist.
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TELEX
Telegrams and cables can be sent at any time and from any post office. This means of communication is available for twenty hours a day, but between sending a message and its arrival there can be short delay l is as direct as using the phone.
The telex is a machine like a typewriter but the difference is that it has a dial on its casting.You can send messages by dialing the receivers number or by asking the operator at the exchange to connect you. An answerback code will appear on the teleprinter- indicating that the sender is through as soon as the operator has dialed the code. The message is typed and will appear on the receivers machine.
Besides the advantages of sending a cable, telex is available right in the office; you neednt go to the post office. You offer a direct line with immediate reply.
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ELECTRONIC MAIL (E-MAIL)
I Electronic mail is a means of sending and receiving messages - internally, nationally, or internationally.
2.Subscribers to e-mail need a terminal, such as personal computer, a telephone line, and a modem, which is a device for converting signals to text. Messages appear on the receivers computer screen.
' E-mail users can also have access to a mailbox, which they can call from anywhere in the world and retrieve messages. They receive a mailbox number and a password for confidentially. Messages can be printed out and kept for reference.
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In comparison with telex, e-mail is relatively low in cost, and does not require a trained operator. It is also fast, relatively reliable, and messages can be sent or picked up anywhere in the world, and stored in the mailbox until they are retrieved.
9 This can be particularly advantageous for users who are communicating across international time zones.
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FAX
The word fax comes from the word facsimile. A fax machine will send a duplicate of the message, document, design or photo that is fed into it.
F axing is a means of telecommunication that has developed very quickly over the past few years. There are various models of fax machine which connect to a telephone socket and which work on a system similar to the telephone system.
The advantages of fax include instant reception of documents and documentary evidence of what has been transferred. A document can be relayed from one source to hundreds of other receivers, for example, if the head office of a chain store wants to circulate a memo or report to its branches.
Read and discuss the following faxes.
Fax transmission
Message for: D Causio From: K Pane
Address: SatexS.p.A., Via di Pietra Papa, Date: 24 January 20
00167
Fax number: (06) 394 8629
Dear Mr. Causio,
This is an urgent request for a consignment to replace the damaged delivery which we received, and about which you have already been informed.
Please airfreight the following items:
Cat.no, Quantity
PN40 60
AG20 75
L28 100
The damaged consignment will be returned to you on receipt of the replacement.
Yours sincerely,
K. Pane Chief Buyer
2. This fax is an example of an informal message from a sales representative, who needs something to be done urgently by his Head Office. Notice that the fax is kept brief and clear.
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