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//**How much has English got into your language? Do you like this? **// //**How much do you care about the purity of your language? **// //**Would you like English words to disappear from your language? **// // What’s most difficult about English? Put the most difficult at the top. Change partners and share your rankings again. // ** • pronunciation ** ** • spelling ** ** • writing ** ** • speaking ** ** • grammar ** ** • vocabulary ** ** • writing ** ** • punctuation ** **China protects its language from English ** Chinese authorities have taken steps to protect its language from the increasing use of English and other languages. The People’s Daily Online website says, “with economic and social development, foreign languages are increasingly being used in all types of publications in China, including in newspapers, books, e-books and on the Internet”. China’s General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) said the invasion of English words and abbreviations in Chinese texts is “abusing the language”. Its website stated English has, "severely amaged the standard and purity of the Chinese language and disrupted the harmonious and healthy language and cultural environment, causing negative social impacts". Officials from GAPP issued clear guidelines on how all Chinese publishers must now act, saying: “It is banned to mix at will foreign language phrases such as English words or abbreviations with Chinese publications, creating words of vague meaning that are not exactly Chinese.” This means abbreviations and acronyms that are currently widely used in Chinese publications, such as WTO, GDP and even IBM, must now be replaced with their Chinese equivalents. One editor at a Beijing publishing house said the translations would be time-consuming and confusing. He said: “I wonder how many people understand ' guoji shangye jiqi gongsi,’ when IBM is instantly recognizable.”

**1.Listen as you read ** media type="file" key="101225-chinese.mp3" width="240" height="20"


 * 2. SYNONYM MATCH: ****Match the following synonyms from the article. **


 * 1. authorities || a. counterparts ||
 * 2 steps || b. flood ||
 * 3. invasion || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">c. rules ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">4. abusing || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">d. immediately ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">5. disrupted || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">e. action ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">6. guidelines || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">f. upset ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">7. at will || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">g. unclear ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">8. vague || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">h. officials ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">9. equivalents || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">i. damaging ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">10. instantly || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">j. as one pleases ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">1. taken steps || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> a. meaning ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">2 economic and || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> b. of publications ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">3. used in all types || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">c. time-consuming ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">4. purity of the || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> d. impacts ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">5. causing negative social || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">e. to protect its language ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">6. issued clear || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">f. recognizable ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">7. vague || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> g. Chinese language ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">8. acronyms that are currently || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">h. social development ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">9. translations would be || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> i. guidelines ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">10. IBM is instantly || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> j. widely used ||
 * **<span style="background-color: #c9e8c9; color: #0c3131; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Learn ABBREVIATIONS **
 * <span style="background-color: #c9e8c9; color: #0c3131; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Look at the difference: **say-tell-speak-say** and do the exercise [[image:imagesjhgvc.jpg width="292" height="208"]]


 * <span style="background-color: #c9e8c9; color: #0c3131; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Let's talk about languages[[file:languages.docx]]

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 * **<span style="background-color: #c9e8c9; color: #0c3131; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">NOUNS and the DEFINITE ARTICLE //'THE' .// **<span style="background-color: #c9e8c9; color: #0c3131; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Click here and read the theory and do the tasks that follow.


 * **<span style="color: #0c3131; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">For further practise click <span style="color: #0c3131; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">here. **