Hello! My name is Masha. I want to tell you about summer and summer’s month in Belarus. The weather in summer in Belarus is very changeable. June is often rainy, wet and cloudy. You can see drizzles, showers, heavy rains and thunderstorms in June in Belarus. But June is usually warm month-average temperature in June is about 22 degrees above

The Congress of the United States is composed of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate represents the states. Each state is guarantied at least one representative in the House. The remainder are apportioned among the states according to their population. The Senate of US is composed of one hundred members — two being elected from

«What will you do on your birthday?» Most Americans celebrate their birthdays on the day on which they were born. Like in Russia, friends and relatives share in the celebration. However, unlike in Russia, birthday parties have a more spontaneous, less planned guest list and agenda, and there is no particular attempt made to venerate one’s guests with vast quantities

Art is defined in encyclopedias as the process and result of making material works, which reflect beauty or reality. The ‘creative arts’ denote a number of disciplines whose purpose is to create material things which reflect a message, mood, and symbols for the viewer to interpret. Art includes various forms such as prose writing, poetry, dance, acting, sculpture, painting, music,

The Russian Federation is the largest country in the world. It occupies about one seventh of the earth’s surface. It covers the eastern part of Europe and the northern part of Asia. Its total area is about 17 million square kilometers. The country is washed by 12 seas of 3 oceans: the Pacific, the Arctic and the Atlantic. In the

I have to admit that I’m fond of reading. I like to read books about the history of our country, about famous people and adventures. Literature means much in my life. It helps to form the character and the world outlook, to understand life better. Books teach us to be honest, modest, and courageous. They help us to feel compassion

After its 200th birthday the United States of America still holds the leading position in the western world. A country that has inspired many names — «Land of Opportunity», «Meeting Pot», «God’s Country» is still referred to as land of superlatives — «the richest», «the greatest», «the most». In size the United States is not the biggest. What makes the

Smoking is the best way to bad health. Today half the men and a quarter of the women in the world smoke on the average. Some people think that there is not much sense in refraining from smoking, since the inhabitants of many cities and even villages breathe air contaminated with industrial and automobile wastes. They are very wrong. Vehicle

On April 12, 1961, Yury Gagarin made history by being the first human to orbit the earth. As a precaution, engineers at the Soviet Academy of Sciences had an onboard computer, as well as mission control steer the craft, «Vostok 1». They did this because the feared that being in the weightlessness of space, you might be disabled or not

Mankind has always had a compelling desire to communicate. In ancient times this could be verbally or in some form of writing. If remote communication was required (i. e. if the parties were not physically together) messages had to be physically carried or sent by a messenger. Examples of early forms of remote transmission of messages not requiring a person

Экономические термины, как и любую другую специальную терминологию, важно уметь правильно переводить. В таких случаях не стоит брать первое попавшееся значение из обычного англо-русского словаря. Здесь правильнее пользоваться специализированными изданиями. Ниже приведены некоторые наиболее распространенные экономические термины. Знаком «~» условно обозначаются английские слова, Выделенные жирным шрифтом. Например: business ~ = business economics (смотрите первый термин). 1. Общие понятия Economics —

Rudyard Kipling is one of the outstanding British writers. He was born in 1865 in the family of an Englishman in India. He got his education in England but returned to India in 1882. There he spent 6 years working in colonial English press. There he published his first literary works. In 1890 he published his first novel «The Light

One of the most peculiar features of life in England which immediately strikes any visitor to this country is the cherishing and preserving of many traditions, sometimes very archaic as they may seem. Uniforms are not particularly characteristic of this fact. However, when one sees the warders at the Tower of London with their funny flat hats, their trousers bound

Every person should be hard-working because one cannot get anything without putting a lot of work into it. In our family everybody works with pleasure. I haven’t got any brother who could help my father to make furniture or do carpentry, so he has to do it himself. I have no younger sisters brothers or but if I did have

Church holidays are days set aside by the church for celebrating various events from the life of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the saints. The most important holiday in Russian churches is Easter (Resurrection of Christ). Next is Christmas, followed by Epiphany, Christ’s presentation at the Temple, Annunciation, Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday), Ascension (40 days after Easter), Pentecost

A year is the average time it takes for the Earth to go once round the Sun. There are 12 months or 52 weeks or 365 days in a year. Every four years there is a leap year. It has 366 days. The names of the months are: January» February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Beijing (Peking) is the capital of the People’s Republic of China. It is spreads across a vast area. Part of its border is formed by the Great Wall of China, a huge wall which stretches along the mountains. It is the ancient seat of government and a modern industrial and commercial city. The population of Beijing is about 10 million

Canada is a country in North America. It is the second largest country in the world. The capital of Canada is Ottawa. The official languages of the country are English and French. Population and Cities The population of Canada is about 36 million people (2016). Most of the population lives not far from the border with the United States. The

World’s drug problem is growing. The highest increase in drug use is among teenagers. How can they be convinced to stop? Last year, the number of teenagers who had tried drugs was 6 % in Greece, 15 % in France and 30 % in Britain. Statistics show that drug use by teenagers has doubled since 1999. Half teenagers who were

There are a lot of holidays in the USA. Many of them are associated with the history of the nation. The main holidays of the USA are New Year’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas. The New Year’s Eve is a time for merriment. Most Americans spend this night with friends, at home or in restaurants.