As many people I have different timetables on weekdays and weekends. I think that it is very important to go to bed before midnight and to get up quite early in the morning, especially on weekdays. Thus you can manage to do everything you plan to do. My major duty is to study at the university. My classes usually begin

How could you describe the word «family»? First of all «family» means a close unit of parents and their children living together. But we shouldn’t forget that it is a most complex system of relationships. Family relationships are rarely as easy as we would like, and very often we have to work hard at keeping them peaceful. When do people

How important is it for you to be attractive? Although everyone wants to be good-looking, do you think beautiful people are always happy? I don’t think so. For example, it must be a problem to be a very beautiful woman, because some men may be more interested in looking at this woman than talking to her. They think of her

For many people summer is the best season in the year, and my family is not an exception. Both my parents love to travel abroad while they are on vacation. As for me, I also like seeing new places. That’s why, in June my family and I went to Turkey for three weeks. We swam, sunbathed, went shopping and went

On October 12, 1492, Italian navigator Christopher Columbus landed in the New World. Although most other nations of the Americans observe this holiday on October 12, in the United States it takes place on the second Monday of October. День Колумба 12 октября 1492 года итальянский мореплаватель Христофор Колумб высадился в Новом Свете. Хотя большинство других наций отмечает этот праздник

As soon as I wake up I open the bedroom window and breathe in some fresh air. Then I go to have a shower. I start with a warm shower and then I turn the water onto cold and for a few seconds I have a really cold shower and let the water run over me. It really wakes you

Have you ever been to Great Britain? If you have, it will be much easier for you to imagine what a real British pub is. Anyway, I’ll acquaint you with all the peculiarities of this extraordinary place. A pub is a short word for «public house». It is a unique place not only because there are no similar bars or

Mass media are one of the most characteristic features of modern civilization. People are united into one global community with the help of mass media. People can learn about what is happening in the world very fast using mass media. The mass media include newspapers, magazines, radio and television. The earliest kind of mass media was newspaper. The first newspaper

If there is a place I want to visit, it’s definitely London. In my opinion, it is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Everybody knows that London is the capital of England and the UK. However, people don’t know that this city is the center of the English-speaking world. The best language schools are situated there. That’s

There is a saying, wealth is nothing without health. And it is true because only healthy people can fully enjoy their life. What do we need to do in order to be healthy? Healthy Diet Scientists have proved a healthy diet contains reduced amounts of cholesterol, fat, sugar and salt. It helps protect our body from a wide range of

The common ideas people have about the weather in Britain are: «It rains all the time, it’s very damp»; «There’s a terrible fog in London, just like in Sherlok Holmes’…», «The sun never shines in July or August». Britain has a variable climate. The weather changes so frequently that it is difficult to forcast. It is not unusual for people

This university town is very beautiful. The oldest university there is Oxford. The first of its colleges was founded in 1249. The university now has thirty-five colleges and about thirteen thousand students, many of them from other countries. There were no women at Oxford until 1878. When the first women’s college Lady Margaret Hall, opened. Now most colleges are open

James Aldridge was born in 1918, in the town of Swanhill, in Australia. His father was a journalist and writer. His parents came to Australia from England only a few years before James was born. When James was 14 years old, he began to work as a messenger boy for a newspaper in Melbourne. In 1939 he went to England

Among all presidents in the history of the United States, Abraham Lincoln is probably the one that Americans remember best. He brought honesty and integrity to the White House. Most of all he is remembered or he is associated with the final abolition of slavery. Lincoln became a virtual symbol of the American Dream whereby an ordinary person from humble

CLIMATE The climate in Great Britain is generally mild and temperate due to the influence of the Gulf Stream. The south-western winds carry the warmth and moisture into Britain. The climate in Britain is usually described as cool, temperate and humid. British people say: «Other countries have a climate, in England we have weather.» The weather in Britain changes very

«Books and friends should be few but good,» says an English proverb. «Except a living man there is nothing more wonderful than a book! They teach us and open their hearts to us as brothers,» wrote Charles Kingsley, an English writer of the 19th century. The book is certainly one of the greatest human inventions. It is a friend and

Great Britain is situated on islands. It is washed by seas from all sides. That’s why the climate and the nature of Great Britain is very specific. The popular belief that it rains all the time in Britain is simply not true. In fact, London gets no more rain in a year than most other major European cities. Generally speaking,

The planet Earth is only a tiny part of the universe, but it’s the only place where human beings can live. People always polluted their surroundings. But until now pollution was not such a serious problem. People lived in uncrowded rural areas and did not have pollution — caused by machines. With the development of crowded industrial cities, which created

Philadelphia is situated in the east of the USA. It is one of the few large cities in the United States to have an old and well-preserved city centre. Philadelphia is an important city for American history: it was in fact to be the first capital city of the colonial states from 1790 till 1800 after their rebellion against the

Presents in Russia are generally a thing intended to be shrouded in mystery and surprise. In America, it is not uncommon to simply request what you want from family or friends and to receive it without ceremony. This is unthinkable in our tradition. It is a vital element of the present that it is picked out by the person giving