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The droghte of Marche hath perced to the rote..."
In modern English this is:
"When April with his sweet showers has struck to the roots the dryness of
March.."
This 'Middle English' was very different in different parts of the
country, and of course travel was limited in those days. But another big
revolution was coming - the printing press. Just as radio, television, video,
and computers, have changed communication in our time, so did printing
after about 1500 AD. Now there was a common language in print, as well
as access to the old languages of Latin and Greek.
2.5 Прочитайте текст о современном этапе развития
английского и расскажите, как пополняется
лексический состав современного английского языка.
MODERN ENGLISH
Modern English began around the 16th century. Now came the
'Renaissance' in Europe - a time of great advance of learning and culture.
By this time, English was not very different from the English used today.
And the most famous person to write in English in this period was
William Shakespeare (1564-1616). His insight into human nature, and his
gift for using words, make him possibly the most famous playwright of all
time! Having in his hands such a new rich language must have helped him
too.
Since the time of Shakespeare, English has continued to change.
Settlers from Britain moved across the world - to the USA, Australia,
New Zealand, India, Asia and Africa, and in each place, the language
changed and developed, and took in words from other local languages.
For example, 'kangaroo' and 'boomerang' are native Australian Aborigine
words, 'juggernaut' and 'turban' came from India.
With the increase in communication, travel, radio and television, all
these different types of English have mixed. So in Britain now, because of
American and Australian TV programming, we use many parts of
Australian and American English. And words from many other languages
- French, German, Spanish, Arabic, even Nepali - have been borrowed.
So English continues to change and develop, with hundreds of new words
arriving every year to produce, what many people believe, is the richest of
the world's languages.

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