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 "Pygmalion"
is
one of B. Shaw's best comedies and one of my favourite ones. The principal
characters of the play are Eliza Doolitle and Henry Higgins.
Eliza, a girl of eighteen, makes her living by selling flowers
in the streets of London. She comes from the lowest social
strata and speaks with a strong Cockney accent, which is
considered to be the most uncultured English. |
My favourite
literary character is Elisa Doolittle. Elisa is the main
character of Bernard Shaw's famous comedy "Pygmalion". Elisa is
eighteen, she has a strong Cockney accent. She comes from the
lowest social level. She makes money by selling flowers in the
streets of London. |
Usually we see
films either in the cinema or on the TV. But from time to time I
go to the cinema. My favourite film is "War and Peace". The
script of the film was written by Sergey Bondar-chuk and W.
Solowjew. The Leningrad (now Sankt Petersburg) ballet-dancer
Ludmila Saweljiewa played the main part. She played this role
wonderfully. |
It's said that
none of the British writers of our age enjoyed such popularity
all over the world as Agatha Christie did. Her works were
translated into many languages, and scores of films were made
using them as the script. |
My favourite book
is "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe. D. Defoe (1660—1731) was a
great master of realistic detail. The novel "Robinson Crusoe"
was written in 1719. The novel is praise to human labour and the
triumph of man over nature. |
My favourite
actors are Mel Gibson and Whoopi Goldberg. Whoopi Goldberg came
a long way to her present international success. Her mother was
divorced and poor. Whoopi chose a very difficult career for a
black woman. She started as a theatre actress and did very well.
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My father is the
best father in the world. His name is An-drey. His second name
is Vasilievich and family name is Kravenko. He is 43. My dad is
an engineer. He works at an industrial plant. |
My family isn't
large. It consists of four members. But each member of owe
family has his own tastes and interests. For example, my brother
is fond of sports. So early in the morning he goes jogging.
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I am Nikita
Kuznetsov. I am fifteen years old. I want to tell you a few
words about my family. My family is large. I have got a mother,
a father, a sister, a brother, and a grandmother. There are six
of us in the family. |
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 day off — Sunday. On Sunday, I didn't have to hurry
anywhere, that's why, I got up at nine or ten o'clock. I wasn't
an early riser. |
As
a rule, I get
up at half past six. I put on my dressing-gown, go into bathroom
and turn on the bath taps. Good health is better than wealth, so
I do my morning exercises. I get breakfast at seven-thirty and
listen to the news over the radio. |
Birthday is a
very wonderful day. Everybody likes to celebrate it. It is a
good opportunity to spend time with friends, parents, relatives.
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I have many
friends. I like my friends. When we gather, we play computer
games, chat, make lots of noise. I like noise. To my mind,
people should have many friends as possible, because if you have
not friends, you just become very dull and boring person. |
I love music,
I
think people can not live without it. The first thing I do in
the morning I switch on my tape — recorder. We can hear
music
everywhere: in the streets, in the shops, on TV, over the radio,
in the cars, in the parks, everywhere. |
There is a saying
that if you want something to be done well, do it yourself. So,
I am following this wise saying and would like to introduce
myself. |
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. |
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