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1. My District and My Flat As you know, Vladivostok, the capital of the Primorsky region, occupies the peninsula of Murav’ev-Amursky which is washed by Amur and Ussuri gulfs. One part of this peninsula, called Egersheld...
2. Rostov-on-Don My native city is Rostov-on-Don. It is the capital of the Don area. It was founded in 1749. It is situated on the right bank of the river Don. In...
3. School years School is the traditional place for acculturating children into our national life. In the modern age, the role assigned to our schools is to prepare children for the literate public...
4. Press in Britain — Британская пресса Probably in no other country are there such great differences between the daily newspapers. On the one hand, there are the ‘quality’ newspapers: The Times, The Independent, The Guardian, The...
5. Fashion — Мода When we talk about fashion we usually mean the popular style in dress or behavior. For most modern people fashion is a method of wearing clothing, accessories and hair to...
6. The Problem of Environmental Protection in Great Britain — Проблема защиты окружающей среды в Великобритании Environmental protection is an international issue of great importance and Great Britain pays much attention to it. There are nearly 500 000 protected buildings and 7000 conservation areas of architecture...
7. The USA (3) The USA is the 4th largest country in the world (after Russia, Canada and China). Including the states of Alaska and Hawaii, the US covers an area of 9 millions...
8. Foreign Languages in Our Life — Иностранные языки в нашей жизни Learning a foreign language isn’t an easy thing. Nowadays it’s especially important to know foreign languages. Some people learn languages because they need them for their work, others travel abroad,...
9. Great Britain The United Kingdom of G. B. and Northern Irelands is situated on the British Isles/ The British Isles consists of two large islands, G. B. and Ireland, and about five...
10. How to Write a Resume — Как написать резюме No matter what method of job hunting you use, inevitably somebody will ask you for a resume. Most companies require a resume before seriously considering a job candidate from the...
11. Turkey Turkey is a very beautiful, historical, and interesting country with many ancient attractions. The culture of Turkey takes its roots from the Ottoman Empire. Straddling many countries, Turkey is the...
12. My Foreign Language Teacher — Мой учитель иностранного языка (2) Learning of a foreign language is not an easy task. It is a long and slow process takes a lot of time and efforts. That is why it is very...
13. The Subjects We Studied at School. My Favourite Subject. — Предметы, которые мы изучаем в школе. Мой любимый предмет (2) We did quite a lot of subjects at school. They were: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, History, Geography, Russian, English, Literature and others. Every teacher asked for equal and adequate attention to...
14. Airplane Etiquette Airports can bring out the worst in people. With our skies and planes so crowded, it’s no longer possible to say exactly when a flight will depart. Scheduling meetings to...
15. The History of Nuclear Bomb Creation — История создания ядерной бомбы The first nuclear weapons were created by the United States, with assistance from the United Kingdom and Canada, during World War II as part of the top-secret Manhattan Project. While...
16. The Russian Federation The Russian Federation is the largest country in the world. Its total area is about 17 million square kilometers. It occupies most of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. Russia is...
17. My Favourite Subject Speaking about my favourite subject I must admit that I was privileged to study at a school where the English language was taught since the first form. It wasn’t a...
18. The House of My Dream — Дом моей мечты Every person has his own idea of a perfect house. Since the time immemorial people always wanted to make their dwelling a place, where one feels comfortable and cosy, where...
19. London (4) London is the British capital and one of the biggest cities in the world. The oldest part of London is called the City. It is small, but it is very...
20. My Best Friend No doubt, everyone dreams of having a true and faithful friend but not all of us are lucky enough to find one. Frankly speaking, I’m rather sociable, that’s why I...
21. Fashion in the USA and Britain — Мода в США и Британии Many British people don’t think about clothes very much. In Britain, as well as in the USA, men in offices usually wear suits and ties and women wear dresses or...
22. The History of St. Petersburg — История Санкт-Петербурга Peter the Great founded the city as St. Petersburg in 1703. He had visited Western Europe and wanted to bring Western culture and technology to Russia. He made St. Petersburg...
23. Isaac Newton — the Great English Scientist Isaac Newton was a great English scientist. He was born in 1642 in a little village in Lincolnshire: Newton’s father was a farmer and died before his son’s birth. When...
24. My Favourite Room — Моя любимая комната (2) We live in a new 16-storeyed block of flats. It’s situated in a very picturesque place. There’s a big supermarket on the ground floor and it’s very convenient to do...
25. Hotels (upper intermediate) It`s a well known fact that hotels nowadays play a big role. Every year more and more new hotels are opened. Sometimes it is even difficult to decide which to...
26. Moscow — Москва (1) The capital of the Russian Federation is Moscow. It is one of the largest cities in the world. More than 8.75 million people live in Moscow. Moscow is the cultural,...
27. Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean in the world, with the area of around 70,000,000 sq mi (181,300,000 sq km), occupying about one third of the earth’s surface;...
28. Subculture Today the life of many young people in Russia as well as in other countries of the world is influenced by popular culture. The young follow certain stereotypes that are...
29. London (7) London has been home of many famous Englishmen. Some were born there. Some lived there all their lives. Others lived in London only for a short time but all gave...
30. Mother’s Day — День матери Mother’s Day comes on the second Sunday in May. It is a day when Americans honour their mothers. It is not a national holiday. Mother’s Day is an American national...
31. Northern Ireland (2) Northern Ireland, also known as Ulster, is still a part of the United Kingdom. It is made up of six countries: Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Tyrone. One third of...
32. System of Education in the United Kingdom The quality of a country’s future life, commercially, industrially and intellectually, depends on the quality of its education system. The state in the United Kingdom provides a full range of...
33. Our school Most schools in our city are comprehensive. Ours is a lyceum so our pupils come from different parts of the city. The school holds over 1200 pupils and about 100...
34. Shops and Shopping — Магазины When we want to buy something, we must go to the shop where it is sold. In the shop window we see what is sold in the shop. Sugar, tea,...
35. Pets — Домашние любимцы There are a lot of people who like animals. And many of them keep some animals at home. Such animals are called pets. They are cats, dogs, hamsters, white mice...
36. Television in Russia and in Britain Television is the most popular leisure pastime in Russia. Several television channels are in operation: «Ostankino». «Russian Channel», «Independent TV Channel — NTV». Besides them there are local TV channels...
37. London (8) In 1996, I went to London. This city impressed me very much. When we leaved from Archangelsk the weather was terrible: it was awfully cold. But when we arrived to...
38. Protection of Environment in the UK Protection of environment is a major issue in Great Britain. Global warming, ozone layer problem, air and water pollution, industrial wastes are in the centre of different state and public...
39. English Cookery and Meals With the exception of breakfast meals in England are much the same as in other countries. The usual meals in Great Britain are breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner. The English...
40. Great Britain — Великобритания The term Great Britain is used in different meanings. It may indicate a geographical object (the island of Great Britain) or a political object (England, Scotland and Wales in combination)....