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1. Не в деньгах счастье – Money does not bring happiness Almost all nationalities have a proverb “money does not bring happiness”. But unfortunately there are very few people who follow to this wisdom. To my mind it’s bad for a person to have money. If you have a little money you want more and more and all what you live for is to save up […]...
2. Здоровье не купишь – Health is better that wealth The topic health is one of the urgent problems because you can’t buy health whatever money you have. The echo of this worldly wisdom is heard from the healers as well as from those who are for nanotechnology. And there is no place for sentimentality: if you are ill, you will be outstripped by business […]...
3. Mercy George had stolen some money, but the police had caught him and he had been put into prison. Now his trial was about to begin, and he felt sure that he would be found guilty and sent to prison for a long time. Then he discovered that an old friend of his was one of […]...
4. Финансирование музеев: нужно ли оно? – Museum Fundings: do we need them? Since the Internet has become widely available, public interest to museums ans galleries has fallen significantly. However, the UK government continue spending huge sums of money on cultural attractions instead of sublidising more important things. Some experts believe that visual and performing arts have become minority interests by now, and they insist on the opinion […]...
5. The History of Rock and Pop The ’70s Two groups show the different sides of ’70s pop – Abba and The Sex Pistols. Sweden’s Abba worked with the latest Technology. Their songs were popular with people from 8 to 80. They were rich. They made videos. They were in fact, superstar entertainers. And they weren’t alone. There were a lot of other ’70s […]...
6. Британский индивидуализм – British Individualism The British can be particularly and stubbornly conservative about anything which is perceived as a token of Britishness. In these matters, their conservatism can combine with their individualism; they are rather proud of being different. It is: for example, very difficult to imagine that they will ever agree to change from driving on the left-hand […]...
7. The Wanderer of the Winds and Waves The mystery of the “Marie Celeste” is a story of the old days of the sailing fleet. Every trip in those days was an adventure and tragedies were many. It happened in 1872. An American brig was crossing the Atlantic from New York to Portugal and was somewhere near the Azores when Captain Moorhouse saw […]...
8. Christopher Columbus 300-400 years ago a great deal of the world was undiscoveried. But now there seems little more to explore, the wild north was conquered, the jungle was conquered too. And it seems that all the pages of the great book called “The Earth” has been filled in, but exploration still goes on. In the 15th […]...
9. Shakespeare is the most famous British playwright in history People know his name in almost every country in the world. But who exactly was William Shakespeare? That is the question! Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on 23 April, 1564. Families were big in those days. William had seven brothers and sisters. But his parent’s weren’t poor; his father, John Shakespeare, was a successful businessman […]...
10. The United Kingdom and Northern Ireland The United Kingdom and Northern Ireland is situated on the British Isles. The British Isles consist of two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and about five thousand small islands. Their total area is over 244 000 square kilometers. The United Kingdom is made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Their […]...
11. If I had a chance to go to some English – speaking country I would like to go to Australia Australia seems to me and other people to be the upside-down world. The New Year is at midsummer, midwinter is in June. Hot winds blow from the north: cold winds blow from the south. The farther north you go, the hotter it gets. The trees look strange; it will seem odd to you that they […]...
12. At a Loan Company A man went into a loan company and asked how much he would have to pay for six-month loan of twenty-five dollars. “One dollar and fifty cents”, the clerk told him. “That’s fine”, the man said. “I’ll take the loan, but I want to leave my new automobile here with you as security until I […]...
13. The Blind Man and the Great Artist Every day in one of the streets of Vienna you could see a blind man playing the violin. His dog sat near him with a cap in his mouth. People, who were passing them, dropped coins into the cap. One day, when the weather was very cold, the man was playing for a long time, […]...
14. William Shakespeare Shakespeare is the most famous British playwright in history. People know his name in almost every country in the world. But who exactly was William Shakespeare? That is the question! Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on 23 April, 1564. Families were big in those days. William had seven brothers and sisters. But his parent’s weren’t […]...
15. Твір з англіської мови The english Mint Англійський монетний двір проіснував понад тисячу років. Він був заснований англійським королем Аселстейном. Багато відомих імен зв’язано з монетним двором. Наприклад, Ісаак Ньютон обіймав посаду начальника монетного двору 30 років. Англійський монетний двір виконує замовлення з багатьох країн. Не дуже давно англійський монетний двір виконав величезне і важливе завдання. Після дворічного вивчення спеціальна урядова комісія […]...
16. Tourism and its history Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. A tourist is someone who travels at least eighty kilometres (fifty miles) from home for the purpose of recreation, as defined by the World Tourism Organization (a United Nations body). A more comprehensive […]...
17. Constitutional monarchy Britain is a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch – Queen Elisabeth II as a head of state. The British constitution, isn’t set out in a single document. Instead it is made up of a combination of laws and conventions. A thousand years ago the Anglo-Saxon kings consulted the Great Council before taking important decisions. […]...
18. Problems of public transport However crowded the roads are, British car owners usually find a reason not to switch to public transport. The buses are too slow, or the trains are too expensive, or no public services actually take them where they want to go. In many cases, these are just the excuses of people who really want to […]...
19. Clever Poor Man One day a poor man was riding along the road. In the afternoon he was tired and hungry, so he tied his horse to a tree and sat down to have his dinner. A rich man came to that place and began to tie his horse to the same tree. “Do not tie your horse […]...
20. From the history of Great Britain The conquest of England by the Normans began in 1066 with the Battle of Hastings where the English fought against the Normans. The conquest was completed in 1071. Who were the Normans who conquered England? Some 150 years before the conquest of England they came to a part of France, opposite England, a part that […]...
21. Art gallereys of London Speaking about art gallereys of London we should first of all mention The national gallery, The national portret galerey and The tate gallery. I would like to tell you about National portret gallery and about Tate gallery. The national gallery houses one of the richest and most extensive collections of painting in the world. It […]...
22. Daniel Defoe DD was the founder of the realistic novel. He was also a brilliant journa-list and in many ways the father of modern English periodicals. He founded and paved the way for many magazines ( “The Revue”, “The Spectator”). DD was born in London, his father a butcher, was wealthy enough to give his sone a […]...
23. Мечты и счастье – одно ли это и тоже? – Dreams and Happiness – is it the same? Everybody likes dreaming. There is no man is the vorld who doesen’t like to dream. Some people dream of a life success, wealth and money, others wish to be healthy and dream of happines in their familes. And I belong to those people who like dreaning. The more people feel happiness the brighter, lighter and […]...
24. Enrico Caruso The famous Italian singer Enrico Caruso sang in many countries of Europe. He visited Russia, France, Germany, Spain and many other countries. Everywhere he was a great success and his name was well-known all over the world. Caruso knew that he was famous, but he liked to repeat the sentence:” No man is so well […]...
25. Early marriages The main problem of all early marriages is a financial one. Young couple is just depressed by their low income. Lack of proper education, inexperience &;#038; youth do not help the young to receive a large payment for the jobs they do. Some young people decide to get married even without any sources to existing. […]...
26. Британские стереотипы – British Stereotypes The British, like other people tend to be attributed with certain characteristics, which are supposedly typical. These characteristics are called stereotypes. The first and the main stereotype about Britain is that it is considered to be the land of tradition. Actually, that is partly true, because British traditions are carefully kept within the country, but […]...
27. Getting around in britain Britain has almost the same population as France but less than half the space. With 238 people per square kilometre, it is a densely populated country. So it is not surprising that the transport system is fairly comprehensive. With the notable exception of the Highlands of Scotland, almost every square centimetre of the map of […]...
28. Что означает фраза “успех в жизни” – What does the phrase “success in life” mean? The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English says that success is when you achieve what you want or intend. But what does success mean to people? Are people successful because they have happy lives and succesful in their own way? Success means different things to different people. Some people think that this is when they carry […]...
29. Consumer society: problems and solutions Shopping is an important part of our life. But frequently there appears the following question. ‘Do we live to shop or shop to live?”‘ And it is always followed by the issue about money. Is it a pleasure for people to spend enormous sums of money on consumer goods or is i a hard work? […]...
30. The Beatles On 24th October 1962, “Love Me Do”, entered the British Top Thirty. It was the first single by an unknown group from Liverpool called The Beatles. It was the first of a number of big hits that would make John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr the most successful pop group the world […]...
31. Great Britain The United Kingdom and Northern Ireland is situated on the British Isles. The British Isles consist of two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and about five thousand small islands. Their total area is over 244 000 square kilometers. The United Kingdom is made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Their […]...
32. British enthusiasm about cars The British are enthusiastic about mobility. They regard the opportunity to travel far, and frequently as a right. Some commuters spend up to two or three hours each day getting to work in London or some other big city and back home to their suburban or country homes in the evening. Most people do not […]...
33. New Zealand New Zealand is an independent state and a member of the Commonwealth, is situated southeast of Australia. The country consists of three islands: the North island, the South island and Stuart island. New Zealand is a mountainous country. The mountains run from southwest to northeast throughout both the larger islands. The Southern Alps, the highest […]...
34. Theatres in Britain One of the world’s major centres for theatre, Britain has a centuries-old dramatic tradition and about 300 theatres. There are several thousand amateur dramatic societies in Britain. The Royal Shakespeare Company performs in Stratford-upon Avon and at the Barbican Centre in London. A modern reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, close to its original site, is […]...
35. U. K. political system The U. K of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch, Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. The organs of government are : Parliament, the executive and the judiciary. The legislature, Parliament, is the supreme authority. It comprises 2 chambers – the House of Lords and House of […]...
36. Elvis Presley When Elvis Presley died on 16th August, 1977, radio and television programmes all over the world were interrupted to give the news of his death. President Carter was asked to declare a day of national mourning. Carter said, “Elvis Presley changed the face of American popular culture… He was unique and irreplaceable”. Eighty thousand people […]...
37. British Commonwealth The British Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 49 independent states that have been or still are ruled by Britain. Independent states are “full members of the Commonwealth”. Among these states are Barbados, Australia, Kenya, Nigeria, India, Singapore, New Zealand, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Cyprus, etc. Dependent territories (colonies + […]...
38. Children in sport I Hello, and welcome to today’s ‘You &;; Yours’. On today’s program we look at children who are trying to be champions in the world of sport, and the pressures they can be under to win. Now I spoke to Allan Baker, the former British Athletics coach, and he had this to say. AB Well […]...
39. Білет № 17 Відповіді на білети. Англійська мова У крамниці Ви хочете придбати одяг. У розмові з продавцем поясніть, яку річ Ви хочете купити, поінформуйте, який розмір Ви носите, який колір Вам подобається, з’ясуйте, де Ви можете приміряти запропоновану річ. One day I decided to buy a jumper because the weather was rainy and windy. I didn’t have too much money to spend. […]...
40. United Kingdom of Great Britain The official name of Britain is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. But people often make this name shorter – they call this country “the United Kingdom “, or even “the UK “. The United Kingdom is situated to the north-west of Europe. Actually it is separated from Europe by the Channel. […]...