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    4I Countries, nationatities and languages

    Who speaks what where?


    Country Nationality Language
    Germany German German
    France French French
    Italy Italian Italian
    Spain Spanish Spanish
    Britain British English
    Portugal Portuguese Portuguese
    Japan Japanese Japanese
    Korea Korean Korean
    China Chinese Mandarin (also Cantonese)
    Thailand Thai Thai
    Australia Australian English
    The United States American English
    of America
    Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Arabic
    Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
    Sweden Swedish Swedish
    Switzerland Swiss Swiss-German, French, Italian
    Egypt Egyptian Arabic
    Holland Dutch Dutch
    Mexico Mexican Spanish
    Russia Russian Russian
    Israel Israeli Hebrew
    Greece Greek Greek
    Turkey Turkish Turkish
    Argentina Argentinian Spanish

    The people
    rVhen you are talking about people in general
    from a particular country, rhere are some
    nationalities that you can make plural with an 's', bur others can only be formed with the
    definite article (and no plural 's'):
    Brazilians The British
    Germans The French
    (The) Italians are (usually very ...) The Swiss are (usually very ...)
    Russians The Dutch
    Israelis The Japanese
    Note.'
    . 'With
    both groups you can also use the word 'people': British people, German people, etc.
    . When you talk about one person from these countries, you need to add woman/man/
    person to the group on the right: a Brazilian but a Japanese person; a German but a
    Swiss person, etc.

    86 English Yocabulary in Use (pre-intermediote & intermediote)


    Exercises
    4l . I Answer these questions without looking at the opposite page.
    1 write down three countries where the first language is Engrish.
    2 I7hat language is spoken in Brazil?
    3 Ifhat are people from Holland called?
    4 Write down three languages spoken in Switzerland.
    5 IThat language is spoken in Saudi Arabia?
    5 !7hat nationality are people from Sweden?
    7 IThat language is spoken in Mexico?
    8 What are people from Egypt called?
    ' 9 What is the first language in Israel?
    10 Where do people speaklrlandarin?
    4l .2 Mark the main stress on the words in the box, and practise saying them.
    Japan Japanese Brazilian Egyptian Arabic Italian
    Austria Australia Chinese Portuguese Saudi Arabia
    what do you notice about the stress on words ending -ia, -ian, and -ese?

    4l '3 Complete these sentences with the name of the people from the country on
    the right.
    Examples: I've worked a lot with ..QernaW..... .
    I've spent a lot of time with ..the.fr. e..q*.. Germany
    ..
    France
    1 We do a lot of business with

    2 .. are usually hard-working. Japan


    Israel
    3 I have always found .. ,.ry friendly.
    4 People often say that ..................... are reserved. Brazil
    Britain
    5 .. are very organised.
    6 I met a lot of .........
    Switzerland
    on my trip to Athens.
    Greece

    4l .4 Complete these sentences.


    1 Bangkok is the capital of 6 Riyadh is the capital of
    2 Buenos Aires is the capital of ... 7 Athens is the capital of
    3 Ankara is the capital of 8 Tel Aviv is the capital of
    4 Seoul is the capital of .. 9 Stockholm is the capital of
    5 Cairo is the capital of ............. 10 Lisbon is the capital of

    4l .f Can you identify these languages?

    t 1f/dm?,r,u, 4 /it t;l ,a 5oe-|e- d.aa 10 b^b*


    'J'l dl,<tl 9- 5 l-era 6ov l-lola 11 tt"i !
    Gao 6 'i'tral-h 9 $uezl
    41.6 Have you met someone from each of the codhtries on the opposite page?
    Go through the list
    and tick the ones you have.

    English Vocobulory in Use (pre-intermediote & inteftnediote) 87

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