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 I want to become
a computer programmer. I am interested in computers. It is a
whole new world. Many people
continue careers of their parents or grand parents but it is not
the case with me. My mother is a teacher and my father is a
doctor. But I don't want to be neither a teacher nor a doctor.
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I decided to
be a
journalist. I think it is an interesting and useful profession. I like to
watch
TV, listen to the radio, read newspapers and magazines. I like
everything which connected with mass media. |
There are
many
interesting and noble professions. I want to be a doctor. It is
an interesting profession. I understand
that
it is necessary to study a lot to become a doctor. I also
understand that this profession requires great responsibility
because it deals with the most precious thing that a person has
— with his health. |
My father is
working for an international company as a managing director. I have been
several times at his office. I like it very much to be there.
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After each term
in school we had our holidays. It's fun to have holidays, you
can do whatever you like, you don't have to get up too early, do
your homework or think of troubles which occur very often at
school. |
Hobby is a
favourite occupation of a person in his free time. I have many
friends. They are very different and they have different kinds
of hobbies. |
How close are
you
as a family? We usually
see
each other at least once a month, maybe more often. We have
lunch together on Sunday if we haven't got anything special to
do. We live in Tula, which is about an hour and a half away, but
we always come to Moscow where my mother and father live. It's
not so far. |
One of the
most
difficult problems a young person faces is deciding what to do
about a career. There are
individuals, of course, who from the time they are six years old
"know" that they want to be doctors or pilots or fire fighters,
but the majority of us do not get around to making a decision
about an occupation or career. |
First of all let
me introduce myself. My name is Taras. I'm seventeen years old.
I'm at 11-th grade. There are two more kids in the family
besides - my elder brother Oleg and my younger sister Maria.
Oleg is twenty-one, he attends a University, he will be a
dentist. |
My family is not
very big, just a typical family: Dad, Mom, me, my brother and
sister and our cat. My Mummy is forty-one, she is a teacher of
Spanish at the University. She is a born teacher. She has
teaching abilities. My Dad is forty-two, he is a professional
painter, he works for a design company. My parents both like
their work very much. |
Moscow is one
of
the most fascinating cities in Europe to visit. World famous
sights are all on offer, from the Kremlin and Red Square to fine
art museums and historic treasures of the state and churches, as
well as incomparable religious icons. |
Moscow is replete
with art galleries and museums. Yet there is one gallery that
remains a symbol of Russian art. It is the world-famous
Tretyakov Gallery. |
In 1992 —
shortly
after the Soviet Union broke up — Russia established a
transitional (temporary) government headed by Boris N. Yeltsin.
Yeltsin had been elected president of the R.S.F.S.R.
in 1991. After the break-up of the Soviet Union, Yeltsin
continued to serve as president of Russia. In December 1993,
Russia adopted a new constitution that established a permanent
government. |
The largest
nation in the world is the Russian Federation. It has an area of
17,075,400 square kilometres, almost twice that of the second
largest country Canada. |
In the early
1300's, Prince Yuri of Moscow married the sister of the Golden
Hordes khan (ruler).
Yuri was
appointed the Russian grand prince about 1318. |
January 1 New
Year's Day
January 7
Christmas, Russian Orthodox
March 8
International Women's Day |
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 his "window to the
West" a showcase for his efforts to westernise Russian life.
Western architects played an important role in the city's
construction. |
One of the
world-wide known museums is the Hermitage. The word "Hermitage"
means "a place of solitude". This name was given in the XVIII
century by Catherine П to her private museum housed in a small
building adjacent to the Winter Palace and accessible only to
the chosen few. |
Saint Petersburg
(population nearly 5 million), formerly Leningrad, is Russia's
second largest city. Only Moscow, the capital, has more people.
St. Petersburg is a major Russian port and one of the world's
leading industrial and cultural centres. The city lies in
north-western Russia, at the eastern end of the Gulf of Finland,
an arm of the Baltic Sea. |
Art, architecture
and culture join with virgin wilderness and sun-splashed
beaches, making Russia truly an adventurous travellers
wonderland. |
Russia's
parliament, which is called the Federal Assembly, consists of a
450-member lower house known as the State Duma and a 178-member
upper house called the Federation Council. |
Speaking
about
art galleries of Moscow we must
mention the most famous galleries. The State
Tretyakov gallery is one of the best known picture galleries in
Russia. It takes its name from its founder Pavel Tretyakov, a
Moscow merchant. |
It is not known
when Moscow was first settled. The first recorded reference to
the town is in an early Russian historical chronicle under the
year 1147. At that time, Moscow was a possession of Yuri
Dolgoruky, a Russian prince who ruled the surrounding region.
The town lay on important land and water trade routes, and it
grew and prospered. |
Moscow is the
capital of Russian Federation, the biggest state in the World,
It is a political, economic, commercial and cultural centre of
the country. |
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 transitions separate
them. From north to south, the zones are (1) the tundra, (2) the
forest zone, (3) the steppes, and (4) the semi-desert and
mountainous zone. |
Moscow is
governed by a City Soviet (City Council) of about 500 deputies
elected to five-year terms. Each deputy represents an election
district called a ward. |
At the heart of
the city stands the Kremlin. This old fortress was the centre of
the Soviet Union's government until that nation was dissolved in
1991. Since then, it has been the centre of the Russian
government. Inside its walls, which extend almost 11.2 miles
(2.4 kilometres), are beautiful cathedrals and palaces, as well
as government buildings. |
Red Square lies
just outside the Kremlin walls. This large plaza, about 1/4 mile
(0.4 kilometre) long, took its name in Russian from an old word
meaning both beautiful and red. |
Moscow has about
75 institutes of higher education. Two of them are
universities — Moscow State University and the Russian
University of People's Friendship. |
There are over 40
institutions of higher learning in St. Petersburg. Of St.
Petersburg University, with about 20,000 students, is one of
Russia's largest universities. |
Moscow
has long
been a centre of Russian and world culture. The Bolshoi Theatre
presents operas and ballets. The Bolshoi Ballet has become
internationally known and admired. Dancers from all over the
country are trained at the Bolshoi Theatres school. |
There are two
Washingtons in the USA. First Washington is a state in the
Pacific Northwest of the United States, the state named after
George Washington, the first President of the United States. The
state capital is Olympia, and the largest city is Seattle. The
second Washington is the capital of the United States of
America. |
Washington sprang
out of a marshy wilderness. It's named after George Washington,
the first President of the United States. Washington is situated
on the Potomac River in the District of Columbia. The District
of Columbia is outside the jurisdiction of any state and
subjects only to the control of the Federal Congress. |
The economic and
social complexion of life in the United States mirrors the
nation's extraordinary mobility. A pervasive transportation
network has helped bring together in the vast geographic expanse
of the country a surprisingly homogeneous and close-knit social
and economic environment. |
The
differences
among Americas traditional regions, or culture areas, tend to be
slight and shallow as compared with such areas in most older,
more stable countries. The nature of interregional differences
can be ascribed to the relative newness of American settlement,
a perpetually high degree of mobility, a
superb communications system, and the galloping centralisation
of economy and government. |
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