Олимпиадное задание. Часть "Listening". Может быть полезной при отработке навыков аудирования.

Part 1. Listening

Time: 10 minutes

Task 1. Listen to a radio programme and complete the notes. You sometimes have to write more than one word.

Esperanto

Spoken today by 1.6 million people.

Developed at the end of the (1)________________ by L.L. Zamenhof. He thought that a common language would help to avoid conflict and prevent wars. He thought that existing languages were (2)_____________ for people to learn. He proposed a new language where everyone would be (3)______.

Esperanto has five vowels and (4) _______consonants with phonetic 23 and logical grammar rules. For an English speaker, Esperanto is (5) ___easier to learn that Russian.

In 1911 there were plans to replace (6) _________with Esperanto.

It is spoken as a second language in 90 countries.

In British schools Esperanto is being used to help students learn (7) _____.

Transfer your answers to the answer sheet.