Вариант 2 для 5–9 классов

A. “Jeg sagde til min manager, gurgle gurg gurgle teamwork. Han er gurgle gurg old school. Gurg gurgle out of this world.”

B. “Danes’ articulation of the language has changed dramatically,” Lund told The Post. “Each generation has taken part in this transformation process. It is possible to determine the age of a Dane within ten years’ precision based on their pronunciation.”

C. “It is a sign of helpfulness,” said Lund. “And perhaps also an indication that they perceive English as a better language. The Danes have great linguistic inferiority complexes.”

D. That Danes mix so many English words into their day-to-day conversations not only catches the ear of non-Danes trying to understand what’s being said, it also catches the ire of Danish language purists like Jørn Lund.

E. “It can lead to embarrassing incidents,” said Lund. “Danes believe they are better at English than they really are and over the past 50 years have become accustomed to bad English!”

F. IT’S an experience familiar to many newcomers in Denmark. You’re overwhelmed by a language that at the outset appears to be nothing more than gurgles when suddenly you overhear a conversation something like this:

G. Given Danes’ warm embrace of English and the Anglo-friendly blending they use in daily conversation, a non-Dane may be tempted to start a conversation in English only to find that, despite the fact that most Danes can speak English, their communication skills still need a lot of improvement:

H. Indeed, a study by the University of Copenhagen’s LANCHART Centre earlier this year revealed that Danes think their language is ugly and can’t understand why anyone would want to learn it. Perhaps it’s no wonder then, that Danes are so wild over English words and phrases. Or, to put it another way: “Engelsk er bare totally nice!”

I. The Danes’ fondness for English, however, goes beyond the inserting of English words and phrases. Just ask any expat who has steeled their nerves to say something in Danish only to have their spirit crushed by a response in English.

J. As a member of the Danish Language Centre and the author of several books on the language, Lund has seen Danish change considerably over the course of his thirty-plus year career as a professor and researcher of the language.