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1. What is the main topic of this speech?
2. How many languages are there in the world?
3. How many billion people speak the UN's official languages as their native or second language?
4. What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning?
A: What language do you want to study?
B:I really want to study French. I think that the French language sounds beautiful.
A: Why? Do you want to go to France some day?
B:Yes, I'd love to. Also, French is used by many international organisations around the world. Do you know that FIFA's full name is in French?
A: Oh, I remember that. But I don't know how to pronounce it.
English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. ... We find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but ... hammers don’t ham? (Richard Lederer)
