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1. Lawn Tennis Lawn tennis is a comparatively modern sport. It is based upon the ancient game of court tennis, which came from Egypt or Persia about 2500 years ago. Major Walter Wingfield thought that people could play court tennis outdoors on lawns, and in December, 1837, he introduced his new game, which he called sphairistike. The sport […]...
2. National sports of Great Britain Many kinds of sport originated from England. The English have a proverb, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”. They do not think that play is more important than work; they think that Jack will do his work better if he plays as well, so he is encouraged to do both. Association […]...
3. Национальная лояльность – National Loyalties When you are talking to people from Britain, it is safest to use “Britain” when talking about where they live and “British” as the adjective to describe their nationality. This way you will be less likely to offend anyone. It is, of course, not wrong to talk about “people in England” if that is what […]...
4. Young problems When you leave school you understand that the time of your independence life and the beginning of a far more serious examination of your abilities and character has come. You also understand that from now you’ll have to do everything yourself, and to “fight” with everybody around you for better life. The first problem that […]...
5. Musicians I will tell you about not a very popular and famous musician. His songs sound wonderful, and be has an interesting way of making his melodies. Ed Alleyne-Johnson is a composer and violinist. Ed leant to play the violin at school. He played in the school orchestra, but he did not really enjoy playing classical […]...
6. Спорт в Великобритании – Sports in Great Britain Спорт играет такую большую роль в жизни британцев, что многие устойчивые обороты вошли в английский язык из мира спорта. Например, “to play the game” означает “соблюдать правила”, “поступать благородно”, “that&;;#8217;s not cricket” означает “не по правилам”, “нечестно”. Британцы гордятся тем, что многие виды спорта зародились в их стране и распространились по всему миру. Национальными британскими […]...
7. 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, […]...
8. POPULAR SPORTS IN RUSSIA Many Russian people like going in for sports. Some of them just want to be healthy and fit. The others go in for sport for fun because they like active pastime. Some people relax at a sport-ground after a busy day. There are winter and summer sports. In winter skiing, skating and hockey are popular. […]...
9. 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 […]...
10. The Olympic Games and national sports of Great Britain The Olympic Games are one of the most spectacular reminders of the debt we owe to the Greeks. The original Olympic Games were held every four years in honour of Zeus, the supreme god of Greek religion. The first record of the games dates from 776 B. C., but it is certain that they existed […]...
11. The Cinema In Britain In England the cinema is usually called “the pictures”. The American name “the movies” is sometimes used. The first performance or “showing” as it is called, begins about two o’clock in the afternoon and the show goes on from then until about half past ten. You can go in at any time and leave at […]...
12. 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 […]...
13. 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 […]...
14. Секрет – Secret Sometimes in your life and in my life we have difficult moments. I want to share with a secret how to escape such as moments. I have utilized my leadership skills in handling any difficult interactions with someone from another culture or background by compromise. I think it is the best way of finding agreement […]...
15. Cмех (день улыбки) – Humour changes the attitude I think it will be reasonable to start this essay with the following question: “Do you know what the World Smile Day is?” This little holiday is well known all over the world thanks to Harvey Ball from Worcester, Massachusetts because he created the smiley face in 1963. And that image became the most recognizable […]...
16. Здоровье – главное богатство – The first health is wealth I think keeping health is very important for everyone. Moreover health is one of the most urgent problems in the world now. Why is that so? There is nothing more important than health. “Health is above wealth” wise people say, because you can’t be good at your studies or work well if you don’t take […]...
17. 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 […]...
18. A Miracle on the Stage David Garrick, the famous English actor of the 18th century, began his stage career very early. At the age of eighteen he was already a member of a company which toured the south of England every summer. One evening in July the company arrived at the little town and staged there a tragedy which was […]...
19. Может ли мир без тебя? – Can the world exist without you? Can the world exist without any person? And what role can a person play in the modern world?” – I have asked myself and have come to the conclusion that the given themes are seldom shown up nowadays, and it is not good. Many people have simply stopped appreciating, noticing and respecting all those people […]...
20. Роль праздников в нашей жизни – The role of holidays in our life Holidays are memorial data in honour of specific historical events. The ones are very old and come from the ancient times, but the others are quite young. The first reason to celebrate them is to remember both our predecessors and the features of the antecedency. That also shows our respect to the people who took […]...
21. Білет № 21 Відповіді на білети. Англійська мова Ваші друзі збираються провести спортивний турнір. обговоріть на зборах, які види спорту будуть представлені на цьому турнирі, чему Ви віддали перевагу саме цим, а не іншим, кого Ви збираєтеся запросити на турнір. My friends are going to hold a sport competition at the end of the school year. We need to discuss what kinds of […]...
22. The Life of Ukrainian youth У наші дні, коли наша незалежна держава – Україна – розвивається, велика увага приділяється молоді. Бажання молоді в майбутньому стати кваліфікованими фахівцями є причиною вступу до вузу. Вища освіта для молоді – це спосіб розвити свої таланти і здібності, свій творчий потенціал. Тому крім навчання вони займаються в різних клубах і організаціях. Майже кожна школа […]...
23. A Careless Tongue There was a young woman who liked to tell stories about her neighbours. Some stories were good, some stories were funny and then young woman told them to make people laugh. As always happens in such cases the other people, who heard the stories, told them to their friends trying to make the stories funnier […]...
24. A sense of adventure In our time, life is not so interesting and exciting as it can be. The world has become a bland and safe place. Each day is like another and we are so tired of such life. People in the past used to risk their life by hunting animals, taking part in expeditions. We need some […]...
25. 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 […]...
26. Trying to Speak English Juan was a Spanish student. He wanted to go to Britain where he could speak English with real English people. His sister’s husband was an Englishman, and they lived in England. When Juan wrote to her, she invited him to stay with her. She met him at the airport in her car and, of course, […]...
27. Мое мнение – My opinion I do not think that it is youthful behaviour or the romanticism peculiar to young people but it is the most barefaced reality. Afghanistan. What do we know about Afghanistan? I think young people do not even bare to think of this question. What we can observe in the news is only the small part […]...
28. Он был просто солдат – He was only the soldier The most terrible war in the world was over many years ago. The new generations have grown up. They can know about those horrible days from books, films or the stories of the eye – witnesses. There are few of them now. But we mustn’t forget about everybody, because they are our memory and pride. […]...
29. Стилистический анализ текста: Angus Wilson “A Bit off the Map” The text under stylistic analysis is taken from the book “A bit off the map” by Angus Wilson. It deals with the aspiration of a young woman to choose a career. This text is written in a style of fiction. The main idea of this text: everyone should make a right choice before he or […]...
30. 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 […]...
31. 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 […]...
32. The Dardenne Brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne began making short video documentaries together in the 1970s, and then shot their first fiction film in 1987, Falsch (False), in which the ghosts of a Jewish family, reunited after World War II in a deserted airport, are forced to deal with their past. The work is atypical for the Dardenne […]...
33. We should all live until we are at least 200 years old Everybody has thought of eternal life during his life at least once. Sometimes we think that it is so interesting and necessary, but unreal to be immortal. In my opinion, there are some points in favour of a long life. At first if we lived at least 200 years, we would see all countries and […]...
34. Нуждаюсь ли я в субкультуре? – Do I need in subculture? In our days young people choose diffirent subcultures. It helps to indentify themselfes. Various subcultures have their own beliefs, value, sestems, fashion and favorite music. I know some subcultures like EMO, Goths, Skinheads, Bikers, Rockers, Punks, Hippies, Mods. They all have pluses and minuses. Firstly, some members of subcultures are very agressive to other people, […]...
35. Mass media Mass media ( that is the press, the radio and television ) play an important role in the life of society. They inform, educate and entertain people. They also influence the way people look at the world and make them change their views. Mass media mould public opinion. Millions of people in their spare time […]...
36. Как достичь счастья и успеха – How to achieve success and happoness Many people believe that being intelligent, wealthy and attractive is the best way to find happiness and success. However, the recent researches have shown that these things aren’t as important as we tend to think. A group of scientists from all around the world have made a list of 10 tips how to be really […]...
37. A person whom I would like to talk with A person whom we choose to talk with characterizes us. Somebody prefer chatting or listening, somebody needs advice or wants to solve world problems. I don”t have an aim to solve any world question. I don”t deal with politics. I don”t try to change something in the economic situation. I am an ordinary person. I […]...
38. Огонь путешествий – Fire of travel There is one kind of people who can’t stand at one place for a long time. Our family belongs to this kind. From time to time fire of travel burns in our souls. And when this fire attains the highest top we set off. There aren’t any things more beautiful than the road – whether […]...
39. My attitude to sport I would like to tell about my attitude to sport. Sport is very important in our life. We meet it since the very first days of the life. When a mother puts her baby’s arms left and right it is the first step to physical training. Then a child goes to a kindergarten and has […]...
40. Город или деревня – что лучше? – What is better – the city or the countryside? There are a lot of different opinions about living in the country. Most citizens even can’t imagine how people live in the country without heating, hot water, television. On the other hand there are many people who live there all their life and can’t imagine living in the city. In my opinion the village is […]...