|real life. | | |
|People.identify themselves with the characters, & | | |
|they worship the movie stars , whom they want to | | |
|imitate. | | |
|There are films that are real works of art. | | |
|They require some thoughtful viewing. | | |
|When I want to go to the cinema I usually see the | | |
|programme what films are on. | | |
|Then I phone my friends & we discuss what films to | | |
|see. | | |
|I prefer feature films but also enjoy cartoons & | | |
|popular science films.. | | |
|To see a good love story, musical or detective film| | |
|is a very pleasant way of spending free time. | | |
|The last film I saw was the screen version of the | | |
|novel Gone with the wind- by M.Mitchel. | | |
|It’s an old film, but still it enjoys great | | |
|popularity. | | |
|The cast is led by great actress Vivien Leugh. | | |
|I was deeply impressed by acting & the film itself.| | |
| | | |
|It hasn’t lost its visual splender by the passage | | |
|of time. | | |
|Books | | |
|People get a kick out of doing most extraordinary | | |
|things. | | |
|I can’t say that I am really mad about this or that| | |
|kind of leisure activity. | | |
|But if I were asked about my or our family hobby I | | |
|would name reading. | | |
|In modern society books became overshadowed by | | |
|cinema, TV, video as entertainment ,& by computers| | |
|as a source of information. | | |
|Of course, computers offer a much more perfect & | | |
|economical way jf storing & retrieving data. | | |
|But the artistic value of books is undeniable. | | |
|Only by reading can a person learn to think, to | | |
|feel, to behave as a human being. | | |
|I enjoy reading all kinds of books- historical | | |
|novels, travelogues, biographies, novels, science | | |
|fiction, detective stories, poetry, etc. | | |
|If I were to name my favourite genre or writer, it | | |
|would be hard for me to do, but in American | | |
|literature I would single out M.Mitchel. | | |
|Her novel Gone with the wind- is so human, so | | |
|touching, informative, touching & poetic. | | |
|11. In fact, it’s one of the greatest books about | | |
|love. | | |
|12. Someone said that reading to the mind is what | | |
|exercise to the body. | | |
|13. Books cant’t be replaced by all the mass media | | |
|in the world. | | |
|14. So, I switch off TV, radio, my computer & open | | |
|a book. | | |
|Outstanding Scientist. | | |
|Russia gave birth to many wonderful people, who | | |
|made great contributions to all fields of human | | |
|activity. | | |
|As for me, I think one of the greatest man, | | |
|scientist- was A. Sakharov. | | |
|He could teach & inspire. | | |
|His influence was consisting & increasing at the | | |
|time of his untimely death. | | |
|Sakharov received the honour & glory of his country| | |
|for his outstanding work in physics which led to | | |
|the Soviet hydrogen bomb. | | |
|When he saw abuse of power he fought the | | |
|authorities who had recently honoured him. | | |
|He was treated with unbelievable indignity & | | |
|cruelty. | | |
|A.Sakharov set a standard for the modern hero. | | |
|Few will achieve his level, but many will fight | | |
|injustice because of his example. | | |
|He risked not only his career but physical harm by | | |
|speaking out when too many others were silent. | | |
|His life was a feat, his death, a soldier’s death, | | |
|was symbolic. | | |
|So, I consider him one of the best representatives | | |
|of humankind. | | |
|Protection of environment. | | |
|People have been polluting their environment since | | |
|time immemorial. | | |
|Toxic chemical waste, nuclear waste, deforestation,| | |
|greenhouse effect, thoughtless exploitation of | | |
|natural resources- all this has brought mankind to | | |
|the age of abyss. | | |
|The Earth can be saved only by united efforts of | | |
|major industrial powers. | | |
|A lot has been done & is being done in this | | |
|respect. | | |
|You can see the mark Ozone- friendly on most | | |
|aerosol cans. | | |
|But the hole in the ozone layer keeps on growing. | | |
|The whales are still being killed in spite of the | | |
|protest actions of Greenpeace. | | |
|I personally think that solution is in safety | | |
|precautions. | | |
|Such as installing hi- tech purification systems & | | |
|waste free production methods. | | |
|On the other hand the most of Western countries are| | |
|overproducing. | | |
|Production & consumption should be balanced. | | |
|That is my point of view. | | |
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