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Task 3 (Reading) - 3 points Read the text and answer the questions (прочитай текст та дай відповіді на запитання) I. In 1873 a fourteen-year-old schoolboy in Warsaw began to invent a language. Ludwik Zamenhof was born in Bialystok, Poland. He was bilingual: his native languages were Russian and Yiddish. He spoke French and Hebrew fluently too. He had to learn two other foreign languages, Polish and German, to understand the different ethnic groups in his home town. Esperanto: Mondo son milito* Ludwik believed that there were conflicts in the world because people spoke different languages. He wanted a world without war. So he decided to invent a universal language. In 1887 he published the book Unua Libro under the pseudonym Doktoro Esperanto. He called his new language Lingvo Internacia, but people preferred the name Esperanto. After Ludwik's death in 1917, Esperanto became more popular. In some countries children had to study it at school. In the 1920s and 1930s many people shared Ludwik's dream of a peaceful world with a universal language. Unfortunately, the Seco World War started. Ludwik's children died in the Holocaust and so did Ludwik's dream of a world without war. Esperanto, however, didn't die. Perhaps it is not the world language, but it survived. Answer the questions: 1 How many languages did Ludwik Zamenhof speak? 2 Why did he invent a language? 3 Who was Doktoro Esperanto? 4 What name did Zamenhof give to his language? 5 When did Zamenhof die? 6 When was Esperanto very popular?​

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1. Ludwik Zamenhof spoke five languages: Russian, Yiddish, French, Hebrew, and eventually learned Polish and German.
2. Ludwik Zamenhof invented a language because he believed that conflicts in the world arose due to people speaking different languages. He wanted to create a universal language to promote understanding and unity among different cultures.
3. Doktoro Esperanto was the pseudonym used by Ludwik Zamenhof when he published his book Unua Libro. It was under this name that he introduced his invented language to the world.
4. Zamenhof gave the name "Esperanto" to his language. Although initially he called it "Lingvo Internacia," the name "Esperanto" became the preferred name among people.
5. Ludwik Zamenhof died in 1917.
6. Esperanto was very popular in the 1920s and 1930s when many people shared Zamenhof's dream of a peaceful world with a universal language. However, this period was overshadowed by the Second World War, which disrupted the progress of the language.