ANSWERS JAY WALKER ON THE WORLDS ENGLISH MANIA http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=LPJFJ8C9ELo Religious mania V V Music band mania V Sports mania Task 1.

Task 2. Music band mania Deafening crowds, hysterical teenagers Task 3. Manias can be GOOD, ALARMING, DEADL.Y Task 4. I dont ever want to let my country down (3) I dont want to let my parents down (2) Most importantly, I dont want to let myself down (4) I will change my life (1) Task 5. Choose either true (T) or false (F): 5 points Two million of people worldwide are learning English Chinese students start learning English in the third grade Final English test in China lasts for 12 hours The one fourth part of Chinese students grade depends on English The intensity of learning English declines Task 6. English is compared with a tsunami, washing (1) away other languages. English allows you to become a part of a wider conversation (2). English is good for discussing such global problems as climate change and poverty (3). There are some universal languages: mathematics is a language of science (4), music emotions (5) and nowadays English is a language of problem solving (6). English mania, indisputably, is a turning (7) point as it represents (8) hope for better future. By better future we mean a common (9) language to solve worlds problems. ACCORDING TO YOUR RESULTS, YOUR LISTENING COMPREHENSION LEVEL IS COMPLETE BEGINNER (A1) ELEMENTARY (A1-A2) PRE-INTERMEDIATE (A2-B1) INTERMEDIATE (B1-B2) 0-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 F T T T F Sports mania The ball in the net, pandemonium Religious mania Rapture, visions

UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2-C1) ADVANCED (C1-C2) PROFICIENT (C2)

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