Task 12. decide whether these statements are true or false: foreign languages are absolutely unnecessary nowadays. learning a foreign language is quick and easy. knowledge of a foreign language makes our intellectual and cultural horizons wider. any translation loses some bits of the original information. if you wish to communicate with an englishman you will have to go to england. the word 'study' comes from old greek 'esudie' meaning 'zeal, affection, painstaking application'. human nature is so inexplicable. in english an adjective 'earnest' and the proper name 'ernest' are pronounced the same way. no doubt, in the days of old people took studies more seriously than their descendants do nowadays.