Стр.9 Unit 1 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 8 класс
Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Вербицкая, Гаярделли, Редли 8 класс, Вентана-Граф: The supplement lifestyle
Has Britain got an identity crisis?
Now that the United Kingdom’s latest population statistics are available, Terry Bleater asks, ‘Do the British know who they are?’
A To the rest of the world, people from the UK are British. But it’s surprising to learn that only 31 percent of people in the UK say they are just British. In fact, nearly half the population say their nationality is something else — English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish or perhaps Vietnamese, Indian or Somali. Some people, about 16 percent, even say that they have two nationalities: they are British, but also Scottish or Chinese. There are hundreds of possibilities! Are we confused? Is it a problem?
В No, it doesn’t seem to be. Britain is changing all the-time and we are not just tolerant of differences — we are proud of them. We enjoy the diversity that multiculturalism gives us. The ethnic groups that exist in the UK bring with them at least six major religions, including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Judaism. Each community contributes its own culture and language. Britain still has two official languages; English and Welsh, but we speak many more -approximately 150 in fact — from Mandarin Chinese to Urdu. Many of us are even bilingual.
C And then there’s the fun stuff that cultural diversity brings, in music, food and the arts. The capital shows. Almost every district has Lebanese, Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese restaurants. Thousands of Londoners visit the Notting Hill Carnival every year to dance to steel bands, reggae, soca, calypso and jazz. Our cinemas show films from India and South America and thousands of people fill our pubs and clubs to listen to everything from Irish dance bands to African hip-hop. Welcome to New Britain: a confident, tolerant country which is proud of its many cultures.
Russia and the Russians
Russia is one of the world’s largest countries. Living in Russia makes one a Russian citizen, but not all Russian citizens are ethnic Russians. There are about 180 different ethnic groups living in Russia.
In the 2010 census 80.9 percent of the population that disclosed their ethnicity (111,016,896 people) are ethnically Russian. The next largest groups are Tatars (3.8 percent), Ukrainians (1.4 percent), Bashkirs (1.15 percent), Chuvash (1.05 percent), Chechens (1.04 percent), Armenians (0.86 percent) and Belarussians (0.38 percent).
In the Russian language, there are two different words, one for all Russian citizens, whatever their ethnicity is — ‘rossiyane’ and the other for ethnic Russians — ‘russkiye’. However, the word ‘rossiyane’ has no equivalent in English and all Russian citizens, regardless of ethnicity, are called ‘Russians’ in English speaking countries.
Russian is the state language in the Russian Federation, but there are also 37 official languages in the RF republics and over 15 languages with an official status in certain regions.
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Britain is a multicultural country. Only 31 percent of people in the UK say they are just British, while many others identify as English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish or even with another nationality. About 16 percent say they have two nationalities.
The text says this is not a problem. Britain is proud of its differences and enjoys multiculturalism. People in the UK speak many languages, and the country has many religions and cultures.
Russia is also a multinational country. There are about 180 ethnic groups living there. In English, all Russian citizens are called Russians, although in Russian there are two different words: rossiyane for all citizens and russkiye for ethnic Russians.
