l = This is easy m = This is okay n = This is difficult Check out Reading and listening: The truth about Esperanto a) Read the interview with Dr Summers about Esperanto. Try to fill in fitting words in the gaps. Interviewer: Dr Summers, you are an expert 1 on the language Esperanto. Can you tell us more about it? Dr Summers: Of course. The language Esperanto is about 120 years old. We call it a “planned” language because it was 2 – by Dr L. L. Zamenhof. Interviewer: Does the word Esperanto mean anything? Dr Summers: Yes, it does! It means “someone who hopes”. Interviewer: And why is that? Dr Summers: Because the idea of Esperanto is to have a language for 3 communication, a neutral language that 4 can understand, but doesn’t belong to any country. Interviewer: Is Esperanto difficult to learn? And how can one learn it? Dr Summers: Esperanto is not a difficult language to learn; The 5 are simple, and every word is easy to pronounce and spell. There are lots of Esperanto textbooks and dictionaries. Also, there are over half a million Esperanto internet sites, and you can even learn it by e-mail. Interviewer: Wow, I didn’t know it was so 6 ! Dr Summers: Well, yes. There are also other planned languages, but Esperanto is the biggest. If you are interested in this language, you can get 7 from your nearest Esperanto society. Interviewer: I will. Thank you for the interview, Dr. Summers! b) Listen and check. Writing about language Look at the word cloud from this unit. Choose a minimum of 10 words and write meaningful sentences. Saluton! 7 l m n I can understand a text about a foreign language. 3.18 7i34gp language English American languages different British first primary foreign bilingual around Esperanto speak lips words variations another official read study listen accents watch second learn pronunciation world 8 l m n I can form sentences about a specific topic. 85 It’s all about language 14 Unit eighty-five Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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