Learning foreign languages. Somebody said: "English is a language that came
from nowhere to conquer the world…" These words are really true and I will
prove it. Foreign languages are absolutely necessary for us nowadays
because of our growing international contacts with all the countries of the
world.
There are many reasons why we begin the study of a foreign language. One of
them is to be able to communicate with other people who use this language.
We may be planning to travel in one or two countries where the language is
spoken. If we know the language of a foreign country, we can talk to its
people and understand what they are saying to us. If we are working in any
branch of science, we naturally wish to read scientific books and magazines
in other languages. Making business nowadays also means knowing foreign
languages because of the growing international business contacts. Knowing
foreign languages helps people of different countries to develop mutual
friendship and understanding. We can also make our intellectual and
cultural horizons wider through contacts with people of another culture. It
is also very interesting to read foreign literature in the original. We can
also read foreign newspapers and magazines and to understand films in
foreign languages without any help.
Learning foreign languages is compulsory in all the secondary and higher
schools in our country. English is a very popular language. People use it
in many parts of the world and there is a lot of business correspondence
and literature in English.
I think, it is very important to know at least one foreign language —
English, German, French, Spanish or any other one. In conclusion I would
like to say that now there are more than 60 countries that speak English as
the dominant or official language. My purpose is to show you why the
English is a world language. The present day world status of English is the
result of two factors: the expansion of British colonial power, which
peaked towards the end of the 19th century, and the emergence of the US as
the leading economic power of the 20th century. English is the chief
language of international business and academic conferences, and the
leading language of international tourism. English is the main language of
popular music, advertising, home computers and video games. Most of the
scientific, technological and academic information in the world is
expressed in English.
Reading plays a very important role in the life of people. It educates a
person, enriches his intellect. Books help to mould a person's character,
from his moral values. Besides, books bring pleasure and delight. It's a
wonderful way of spending spare time. Sometimes we read the same book again
and again. Thanks to books we learn to express our thoughts and feelings
more exactly. The book is faithful and understanding friend. It can be put
aside and taken up again at any moment. There are books which have been our
favorites since childhood. People are fond of reading different kinds of
books. Some people enjoy reading detective stories, adventure stories,
novels, biographies, other prefer classics. Fairy tales are enjoyed and
read by children, books about adventures and journeys are enjoyed by those
who are fond of traveling. Legends and myths are read by those who are fond
of history. Some people developed much time to reading books and reading
becomes their free time occupation, their passion. Through out the
centuries books had an enormous influence on the minds and hearts of
people. Books bind together ages, personalities. Thanks to books we can
talk to people who lived in different countries and ages. Through reading
books we hear their voices, thoughts and feelings. The book is the surest
way to bring nations together. It helps people achieve understanding,
trust, cooperation and friendship. Books awaken the young reader's
imagination. They develop literary taste, arouse interest and curiosity,
the reader's laugher as well as his tears. They teach the readers to be
truthful, friendly, honest decisive, conscientious, frank, firm, fair and
serious.
People reflect their life in art. Real, live art appeals to the heart and
mind of man, to his feelings and ideals and it proclaims life. Art is
truthful only when it serves life, only when the artist hopes to arouse a
warm response in the heart of man. Art belongs to the people. The history
of art from the Renaissance to our days confirms this. There are nearly a
thousand museums in Russia, many of them being world famous. The largest
collection of Russian art is the Tretyakov Art Gallery in Moscow. It is a
real treasury of canvases by prominent Russian painters. It contains
priceless collections of icons, 17-20th centuries paintings and sculptures
and contemporary Russian painting and sculpture. One of the largest and
most remarkable museums of the world is the Hermitage, more than three
hundred halls housing its exhibitions of articles of the greatest artistic
value. The museum's collections now comprise work of various periods in the
development of art, from ancient times up to the present day. Famous
painters from different countries are represented there. The Russian Museum
in St. Petersburg is another picture gallery which contains the richest
collection of Russian paintings of 18-19th centuries and the best
collection of Russian sculpture. In the Pushkin Museum of the Fine Arts in
Moscow the art of the Ancient East and Western Europe is represented. This
museum possesses a unique collection of copies of the finest sculptures of
the old time. It is in this museum that many famous foreign expositions of
the Fine Arts are displayed almost every year. Music plays an important
role in our life. It was born together with people. It reflects the world
around us by means of combination of tones, rhythm and melody. Music can
help to relax and to have a rest; it provokes our deepest emotions and
fills our hearts with kindness, joy and happiness. First musicians used
primitive instruments: whistles, pipes, and drums. Then harps, bagpipes,
flutes, and horns appeared. Nowadays modern musicians use various
instruments: violin, guitars, saxophones, trumpets and pianos. Some people
are fond of classical music, waltz, marches, country-dance, organ, folk,
spiritual music. Others are interested in modern music: jazz, blues, rock,
hard rock, and rap, rave. I like rap music. I admire it. It enriches me. I
hate hard rock. I think it is annoying. I don't understand it. I find it
noisy and dreadful. I am impressed by classical music. When I am in bad
mood I listen to classical music. When I have free time I like to listen to
romantic music. My friends share my tastes in music. I like having
background music while I'm working. I often go to concerts, buy records,
cassettes and CD's. People are fond of traveling. They spend their
holidays traveling. They travel to see other countries and continents, to
learn a lot about people's traditions, to enjoy picturesque places. It is
interesting for them to discover new things, different ways of life, to
meet different people, to try different food. Those who live in the country
like to find themselves in large cities with their shops, cinemas, crowds
of people. City-dwellers usually like a quiet holiday by the sea or in the
mountains with nothing to do but walking and bathing, laying in the sun.
Most travelers and holiday makers take a camera with them and take pictures
of everything that interests them - beautiful views of waterfalls, forests,
unusual plants and animals. These photos will remind them of the happy time
of holiday. These are many ways of traveling - by train, by plain, by ship,
on foot. Everyone chooses his favourite one. My favourite way is traveling
by plain. And not because it is very comfortable. It is exciting. I also
like traveling by train. I've traveled this way a lot. When you are in the
train you can see the beauty of nature. I envy the tourists because I think
that they study geography traveling and visiting different parts of the
world. They can tell you many things which you didn't know before. They are
interesting people from whom you can learn much new for yourself. Any kind
of travel helps you to understand many things that you can never see or
learn at home. As for me I'd like to have a coach tour to some foreign
country. Coach tours are planned and I'll have a chance to do a lot of
sightseeings and have a good rest at the same time. |My future profession.
The end of school is the start of our independent life and the beginning of
the most serious examination we have passed. In order to do well at this
examination it is necessary to choose the right road in life which will
help us to do our best and to work for the benefit of our country. Many
roads will open before us: technical schools, institutes and universities.
Everybody will have a chance to develop and use knowledge and education
received during the school years. There are a lot of different trades and
professions, and each one must choose the occupation in which he or she can
best develop one's own talent and abilities. Our society needs well-
educated people. Nowadays the profession of an economist has become one the
most useful, modern and interesting. That is because our country is moving
towards market economy and different forms of property are being
established. There is a place for an economist at every plant and factory.
An economist exercises different functions. He or she can determine the
structure of an enterprise and calculate costs as well as probable profits.
An economist analyses the condition of the market and prospects for its
development in the future. His or her practical use of electronic computers
is a must. The activities of an economist at an enterprise range from
bookkeeper control the financial state of an enterprise and perform a lot
of useful calculations. A manager is an actual administrator. Having a good
command of the economic situation in the region and the demands of the
market a person with an economist's diploma may establish his own business,
or he may become a partner of a joint venture. It is very important for an
economist to know a foreign language, especially English. That is because
contracts between our country and many countries of the world are becoming
wider with every coming day. Every economist has a chance to go abroad or
to deal with foreign businessmen coming to our country. But to become a
good economist one must work hard and get not only theoretical knowledge
but also great practical skills.
My school. I had just left school and I would like to tell you a few words
about it. I went to school in 1988. This school I studied in is a three
stored building. When you enter the school yard you can see poplar trees
and beautiful flowers. To the right of the school building there is a big
playground. When the weather was fine we had our classes in physical
training there. When you enter the school you come in to a large hall and a
cloak-room, there we left our coats, rain-coats and jackets. On the ground
floor where is also a school library and a gym. The class rooms, the
assembly hall, the teachers room and the canteen are on the upper floors.
On the walls of the corridors you can see the portraits of famous writers,
poets, scientists and our school wall newspaper. It is done by the pupils
of our school and has a lot of interesting things to read. I learned
different subjects at school: Russian, English, math, physics, chemistry,
geography, history and some others. My favorite subjects were Russian and
English. I also liked literature. I was good at these subjects and usually
got good marks in them. I worked hard at English lessons: read and
translated texts, made up dialogues, did a lot of ex, but best of all I
liked different tests, I was fond of grammar. But I was poor in chemistry.
I always failed to learn formulas and terms properly. I liked my class,
everybody was so friendly easy to get along with. I was on good terms with
my class maids and we often spend our free time together.
Much was done by people to reach the present state of human development. It
is necessary to say that great contribution to the development of the world
science and culture, literature, music and painting was made by the Russian
people. The names of Russian scientists and writers, poets, composers and
painters are world-famous-Pushkin, Lermontov, Chehov, Levitan. This chain
can be endless. It is almost impossible to name a branch of science in the
development of which the Russian scientists haven't played the greatest
role. Lomonosov, the founder of the Moscow University was an outstanding
innovator both in the humanities and sciences. Mendeleev's greatest
discovery was the Periodic System of Elements. Popov invented radio.
Sechenov and Pavlov were the world's greatest physiologists. Russia is
rightly called the mother of aviation and cosmounatics. Names of
Tsiolkovsky, Korolov and Gagarin are symbols of new space era. People in
many countries admire paintings, portraits and landscapes Surikov, Levitan,
Repin works of our Russian writes and poets are translated into many
languages. I want to tell about one of the greatest Russians. Pyotr Ilyich
Tchaikovsky, an outstanding Russian composer, was born in Votkinsk in 1840.
He was fond of music since his early childhood. His mother sang him
beautiful songs and taught him to play the piano. He graduated from the
Petersburg Conservatoire only in 1866 because of his poor living
conditions. He was the best pupil of Anton Rubinstein. Wen the Moscow
Conservatoire was founded Pyotr Ilyich became a professor there. He created
wonderful music: 10 operas, 3 ballets, 6 symphonies, 7 large symphonic
poems and many other musical pieces. , a new type of opera, was a great
success all over the world. Margaret Thatcher was the longest Prime
Minister of the 20th century. Her style and her views appealed to mane
British people who had lost confidence in the welfare state and in the
direction the nation had taken. In some ways she was the first genuine
leader the nation had had since Churchill. Margaret Thatcher began her
career in politics, when she became a Conservative Member of Parliament. in
1979 she was elected as Britain's first woman Prime Minister. From the
start, her autocratic style earned her the nickname of "The Iron Lady". Her
abrasive manner has attracted some criticism. During the Falklands War of
1982, however, Margaret Thatcher's militant patriotism found her many
supporters, and she became something of a popular hero-figure, much as
Winston Churchill had been in the Second World War. Margaret Thatcher was
re-elected Prime Minister in the general elections of 1983 and 1987. Andrew
Wyet is one of the prominent living American painters. He was born in 1917.
The son of illustrator – Andrew is the leading member of the dynasty of
painters that includes his sisters, their husbands and his own two sons. He
won fame at the age of 12 for his illustrations of "Robin Hood". He was 20
when he first exhibited his paintings. Andrew studied with his father and
was strongly influenced by him. His father's style of illustration
expresses sentimentality. But very early the young artist gravitated a way
from his teacher. Wyet's style is both precise and minute in detail, he is
a realist influenced by photography. He painted portraits, landscapes,
seascapes and domestic scenery. His favorite media are tempera and water
colors. His works are easily recognized by dimly lit and deserted
landscapes in tones of grey and brown which convey the feeling of
loveliness and solitude. His most famous works are "Christina's world" and
"Inland shell".
|Problems of Youth. The age between 14 & 17 is considered to be one of the
best periods in people’s life. Grown-ups remind it with excitement &
tenderness. But most teens wouldn’t agree with this opinion if they were
asked. Youth is the time when a person is trying to find his place in the
world. And during this search he or she comes across different problems
which are as important as those of the adults. The youth of the 21st
century face almost the same problems which were acute to their parents
when they were young. These problems are quite serious & they can’t be
considered trifles.
One of them is a generation gap. Every generation is unique in its
experience. It has its own ideals and a system of values concerning every
aspect of human life. Adults always complain that the young people do not
blindly accept the ideals of their parents. Different generations take
different directions. Grown-ups always teach the young how to live. But the
latter want to live their own life. And it generates the conflict of the
generations.
Drinking & taking drugs have become the most actual problems of the modern
society. As for drinking , teenagers don’t realize the harm it does to
their health , they just don’t want it to the privilege of grown-ups but
unlike grown-ups they are notable to drink responsibly . They really
believe that certain drinks will make them look like they’re accepted. So,
we can say that the low level of self-appraisal is the main reason of
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