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sites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be
hot as
hell one day and cold as hell the next?
Did yon ever notice that we can talk about certain things only when
they are absent? Have you ever seen a horseful carriage or a strapful gown,
met a sung hero or experienced requited love? Have you ever run into
someone who was combobulated, gruntled, ruly or peccable? And where
are the people who are spring chickens or who who would fly? I meet indi-
viduals who can cut the mustard, and whom I would touch with a ten-foot
pole, but I cannot talk about them in English.
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which
your house can simultaneously burn up and burn down, in which you fill in
a form by filling it out and in which your alarm clock goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the
creativity and fearful asymmetry of the human race (which, of course, isn't
really a race at all). That's why when the stars are out, they are visible, but
when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why when I wind up my
watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it.
5. Choose one quotation and give two-minutes speech based on it.
o Language is the dress of thought. (Samuel Johnson)
o The true use of speech is not so much to ехрress our wants as to
conceal them. (Goldsmith)
o A thing well said will be wit in all languages. (Dryden)
o A word to the wise is enough. (Franklin)
o Speaking much is a sign of vanity, for he that is lavish with
words is niggard indeed. (Raleigh)
o Think as a wise man but communicate in the language of the
people. (Yeats)
o There is a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of
them together. (Billings)
o Fair words, never hurt the tongue. (Anonymous)
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IV. POPULATION
1. Read the text showing the statistics, study and translate the underlined
word combinations.
SNAPSHOT OF THE UK’S POPULATION
The population of the United Kingdom on Census Day
2001 was
58,789,194 it has been revealed by the Registrars General for England and
Wales, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland.
The populations of individual countries were: England 49,138,831
(83.6 per cent of the total population); Scotland 5,062,011 (8.6 per cent);
Wales 2,903,085 (4.9 per cent); Northern Ireland 1,685,267 (2.9 per cent).
The UK population has grown by
17 per cent overall since 1951, but
compared with many other developed countries over the same period
, the
UK population is growing more slowly. It is smaller than the average
growth for EU Europe (23 per cent) and considerably smaller than some
countries – for example USA 80 per cent; and Australia 133 per cent.
For the first time, people 60 and over form a larger part of the popu-
lation than children under 16–21 per cent compared to 20 per cent. There
has also been a big increase in
the number of people aged 85 and over –
now over 1.1 million, or 1.9 per cent of the population.
Overall, the population of England has grown by 2,318,000 (5 per
cent) in the past 20 years
but there have been big variations in the English
regions with the North East and North West regions experiencing a decline
in population while the South West, East and South East have seen popula-
tion growth of 10 per cent or more.
In Wales the population has grown by 89,600 (3 per cent) in the past
20 years with Ceredigion (23.2 per cent) seeing the greatest population
growth while Merthyr Tydfil lost 7.5 per cent of its population.
The results in Scotland show a 2 per cent decline over 20 years
but
that Scotland's overall share of the UK population has not fallen below that
shown in the most recent population estimates.
In Northern Ireland, compared with the UK, the population has
shown the greatest increase of 9 per cent over 20 years
and has increased
by 82,000 (5 per cent) in the past ten years. Northern Ireland has the
youngest population in the UK with children under-16 representing 24 per
cent of the population compared with 20 per cent in the UK as a whole.
sites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be IV. POPULATION
hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?
Did yon ever notice that we can talk about certain things only when 1. Read the text showing the statistics, study and translate the underlined
they are absent? Have you ever seen a horseful carriage or a strapful gown, word combinations.
met a sung hero or experienced requited love? Have you ever run into
someone who was combobulated, gruntled, ruly or peccable? And where SNAPSHOT OF THE UK’S POPULATION
are the people who are spring chickens or who who would fly? I meet indi-
The population of the United Kingdom on Census Day 2001 was
viduals who can cut the mustard, and whom I would touch with a ten-foot
58,789,194 it has been revealed by the Registrars General for England and
pole, but I cannot talk about them in English.
Wales, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland.
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which
The populations of individual countries were: England 49,138,831
your house can simultaneously burn up and burn down, in which you fill in
(83.6 per cent of the total population); Scotland 5,062,011 (8.6 per cent);
a form by filling it out and in which your alarm clock goes off by going on.
Wales 2,903,085 (4.9 per cent); Northern Ireland 1,685,267 (2.9 per cent).
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the
The UK population has grown by 17 per cent overall since 1951, but
creativity and fearful asymmetry of the human race (which, of course, isn't
compared with many other developed countries over the same period, the
really a race at all). That's why when the stars are out, they are visible, but
UK population is growing more slowly. It is smaller than the average
when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why when I wind up my
growth for EU Europe (23 per cent) and considerably smaller than some
watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it.
countries – for example USA 80 per cent; and Australia 133 per cent.
For the first time, people 60 and over form a larger part of the popu-
5. Choose one quotation and give two-minutes speech based on it.
lation than children under 16–21 per cent compared to 20 per cent. There
o Language is the dress of thought. (Samuel Johnson) has also been a big increase in the number of people aged 85 and over –
now over 1.1 million, or 1.9 per cent of the population.
o The true use of speech is not so much to ехрress our wants as to
Overall, the population of England has grown by 2,318,000 (5 per
conceal them. (Goldsmith) cent) in the past 20 years but there have been big variations in the English
regions with the North East and North West regions experiencing a decline
o A thing well said will be wit in all languages. (Dryden)
in population while the South West, East and South East have seen popula-
o A word to the wise is enough. (Franklin) tion growth of 10 per cent or more.
In Wales the population has grown by 89,600 (3 per cent) in the past
o Speaking much is a sign of vanity, for he that is lavish with
20 years with Ceredigion (23.2 per cent) seeing the greatest population
words is niggard indeed. (Raleigh) growth while Merthyr Tydfil lost 7.5 per cent of its population.
The results in Scotland show a 2 per cent decline over 20 years but
o Think as a wise man but communicate in the language of the
that Scotland's overall share of the UK population has not fallen below that
people. (Yeats) shown in the most recent population estimates.
In Northern Ireland, compared with the UK, the population has
o There is a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of
shown the greatest increase of 9 per cent over 20 years and has increased
them together. (Billings) by 82,000 (5 per cent) in the past ten years. Northern Ireland has the
youngest population in the UK with children under-16 representing 24 per
o Fair words, never hurt the tongue. (Anonymous)
cent of the population compared with 20 per cent in the UK as a whole.
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