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1. Биография Юрия Гагарина на английском языке с переводом Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He became the first person in the history to travel into outer space. Childhood and youth Yuri Gagarin was born in 1934....
2. Diana — the People’s Princess Diana Spencer was born on the first of July 1961 in Sandringham in England. She had two older sisters and a younger brother. In childhood she liked games, swimming, running...
3. My Daily Program (2) A typical day goes something like this. We get up around 6 a. m., wash, have some coffee and toasts, feed the dog and let him outside, bring the dog...
4. British Museums There are many museums in London. One of them is the Tate Gallery in Millmank, which presents modern masters of England and France. There are some fine examples of modern...
5. My Working Day (4) I get up at 7 o’clock in the morning. I do my morning exercises, wash and dress. Then I have my breakfast. At 8 o’clock I leave home and go...
6. Holidays in the USA — Праздники в США (1) Probably the most widely celebrated holidays in the United States of America are Thanksgiving, Independence Day and Christmas. Thanksgiving Day is marked on the fourth Thursday of November. On this...
7. Czech Republic (2) The Czech Republic or Czechia is a country in Central Europe, bordering Germany to west and north-west, Austria to the south, Poland to the north and Slovakia to the south-east....
8. Washington (3) Washington, D. C., is the capital of the US. Its grew to become one of the most important and beautiful cities in the world. It is the site of impressive...
9. The Problem of Smoking — Проблема курения 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...
10. My School — Моя школа (1) As you become older you realize that there are several essential things and places you always long to come back to. They are your birthplace, your home and the school...
11. Land Regions — Климатические зоны Many scientists divide Russia into four zones according to soil conditions and plant life, which are based mainly on climate. The zones form broad belts across Russia, and no sharp...
12. Developing of Telecommunications — Развитие телекоммуникаций I would like to tell you about telecommunications and their developing. We can not deny the role of telecommunications in our life. The Internet, phones, telegraph, cell phones, radio, television...
13. Books Contemporary life is impossible without reading. The influence of literature on people’s mind is great. Regular reading enriches your knowledge of the world and helps to form your entire personality....
14. About Myself — О себе (6) 1). Let me introduce myself. 2). My full name is Oleg Olegovitch Orlov. 3). I have been named after my father and I am very happy about it. 4). I...
15. Sorochinsky Fair — Сорочинская ярмарка There is an old and very good tradition among the people in the Poltava Region to have a fair in the village of Velyky Sorochintsy. This Sorochinsky fair usually takes...
16. Seasons — Времена года (2) There are four seasons in a year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Every season is beautiful in its own way. When spring comes nature awakens from its long winter sleep....
17. Religion Religion is a system of thought, feeling, and action that is shared by a group and that gives the members an object of devotion; a code of behavior by which...
18. Culture — Учреждения культуры All manner of general and esoteric societies, institutions, museums and foundations can be found in England. One of its more prestigious learned societies is the Royal Society (1660), which awards...
19. The History of the Olympic Games Long ago ancient Greeks often waged wars. Small states suffered and lost much even if they did not take any side and stayed out of wars. The ruler of such...
20. Internet — Интернет There is hardly anyone who has never heard about Internet. A lot of people use Internet every day, among those students and teachers, children and businesspeople, housewives and pensioners. What...
21. My life I’m Lora. I’m ten years old and I’m from Tokmak. I go to the school number 5 and I’ve got lots of friends there. I like English, but I hate...
22. My Future — Мое будущее Every person has his own view of his future life. We usually dream about a close-knit family, a beloved spouse, lovely children, a cosy house, a prestigious and well-paid job....
23. St. Valentine’s Day — День Святого Валентина (1) St. Valentine’s Day has its origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, observed on February 15. Lupercalia celebrated the coming of spring in the Roman calendar (February was observed later...
24. London, Capital of Great Britain — Лондон — столица Великобритании London is the capital of Great Britain, its political, economic, and commercial centre. It is one of the largest cities in the world and the largest city in Europe. Its...
25. My Foreign Language Teacher — Мой учитель иностранного языка Learning of a foreign language is not an easy task. It is a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and efforts. That is why it is...
26. Rights and responsibilities Ever since the beginning of modern society, crime and punishment have been linked together. Depend on the seriousness of the crime, those who break the laws are punished accordingly. The...
27. Seasons and Months — Времена года и месяцы 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....
28. Biorhythms — Биоритмы At the beginning of this century medical scientists made a surprising discovery: that we are built not just of flesh and blood but also of time. They were able to...
29. O’Henry O’Henry’s real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in Greensboro, a little town in North Carolina in 1862. O’Henry is one of the most widely published American authors....
30. My Day off (1) — Мой выходной день (1) When a school-girl I always envied those students who went to school five but not six days a week, as we did. So you may guess, I had the only...
31. Sports in Great Britain The English are great lovers of sport; and they are neither playingnor waching games, they like to talk about them. However, there isimportant thing about sport in Britain which we...
32. Martin Luther King Day — День Мартина Лютера Кинга The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., an African-American clergyman, is considered a great American because of his tireless efforts to win civil rights for all people through nonviolent means. Since...
33. Britain’s Ecological Activity Mankind for a long time believed that, whatever we did, the Earth would remain much the same. Now we know that it is untrue. Nature is under threat. One country’s...
34. My Parents’ Working Day — Рабочий день моих родителей My parents are very busy people. My father is a businessman. He is a chief manager in a very big firm. Every day he has a lot of work to...
35. Voting in Ukraine — Голосование в Украине The political power in Ukraine is divided into three branches: executive, legislative and judicial. The Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian Parliament, is the highest legislative body. The executive power in Ukraine...
36. THE NATO — НАТО THE NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty...
37. My Room We live in three-room flat. Of course, my favourite room in our flat is my own one. I use my room as a study and a bedroom. It is very...
38. The Great Portraitist Thomas Gainsborough Thomas Gainsborough is a famous English portraitist. He was born in 1727 in large family. From the early childhood the boy was attracted to painting. He has got a perfect...
39. Generation Gap — Конфликт поколений Do you know what a generation gap is? Even if you don’t know the particular definition, you are aware of this problem, basing on your own experience. Generation gap is...
40. Overpopulation — Перенаселение The world’s population is an important issue. For hundreds of thousands of years, the human population grew at a low but steadily increasing rate. Then, in less than last 200...