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 For decades Moscow has had a reputation as a city
of
theatres. The birth plays of the historic "Bolshoy", "Maly" and
"Moscow Art" theatres the city has been and steel is a centre for
the development exploretary modern ideas in the dramatic art and
is famous for it's great number of highlygifted, interesting
directors, actors, playwrigts and artists. |
Every visitor to London knows who Madame
Tussaud is — or was. And almost
every visitor has seen her, an old lady of 81, standing at the entrance
of her own exhibition. She is made of wax, like all the models of
people in this museum. |
I'd like to speak about the film called "Ice Age". The
director of the
film is Chris Wedge. The producers are Christopher Meledandri and Lori
Forte. The budget of the film is $60,000,000.
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I think that the question "What is jazz?” is
a highly subjective one. Ask 100 different people "What is jazz?" and
you're likely to get 100 different answers. But personally I think that
jazz is American classical music. |
It you're staying in London for a few days, you'll have
no difficulty
whatever in finding somewhere to spend an enjoyable evening. You'll find
opera, ballet, comedy, drama, review, musical comedy and variety. |
I will never forget my first visit to the Bolshoy
Theatre.
It was ages ago, but this stands out in my memory quite vividly.
My mother bought two advance tickets for a matinee perfomance
of the ballet "Sleeping Beauty" by Chaikovsky. |
People reflect their lives in art. Real, live art appeals
to the heart
and mind of every person, to their feelings and ideals, it proclaims
life. Art is truthful only when it serves life, only when the artist
hopes to arouse a warm response in the heart of a person. |
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. In the 19th century Tretyakov began
to collect Russian paintings. |
Speaking about art galleries of London we
should first of all
mention the National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery and the
Tate Gallery. I would like to tell you about the National Portrait
Gallery and about the Tate Gallery. |
One can distinguish two branches of human
work: the arts and the
sciences. The sciences require knowledge, observation, identification,
description, experimentation and theoretical explanation.
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When we are ill, we call the doctor, and
he examines us and diagnoses
the illness. When we have a headache, a stomachache, a sore throat, a
cold or a pain in some part of the body, we call the doctor.He takes our
temperature and our pulse. |
The purpose of the Civil War was to
restore the Union of the Individual
states and to preserve the Constitution. However, Congress was
determined to make emancipation (freeing of the slaves) the primary
issue of the war. |
The most popular spirits in Ireland are
Guinness and Whiskey. Ireland
has its own whiskey. The Irish learned to make whiskey from monks. They
came to Ireland from the continent of Europe in the fifth and sixth
centuries. |
Britain has recent by been described as a
"leisure society.” This is
because there are a great variety of leisure pursuits. Young people
generally go out on Friday or Saturday nights to a disco, to a concert
or to a pub. |
English people like animals very much. Pets: dogs,
cats,
horses, ducks, canaries, chickens and other friends of men have a
much better life in Britain, than anywhere else. |
For some people there is nothing as exciting as
traveling, and I’m not
an exception. And I’m happy that I have traveled a lot and I hope that
my first journey wasn’t the last one. |
People use various means of communication
to get from one place to
another. In the old days people had to travel several days, weeks and
months to get to the place they needed. |
When we cook, we boil, roast, fry or stew our food. We
boil eggs, meat,
chicken, fish, milk, water and vegetables. We fry eggs, fish and
vegetables. We stew fish, meat, vegetables or fruit. We roast meat or
chicken. We put salt, sugar, pepper, vinegar and mustard into our food
to make it salted, sweet, sour or simply tasty. |
Many men, many
minds. All people are different and they
prefer spending their free time in different ways. Some of them
go the parks, forests, to the country and enjoy the beauty of
nature. |
Everybody sometimes has a free time.
Somebody prefers only to sleep in
their leisure time, but most of us prefer to do a great number of
interesting things. It may be
reading, various types of sport games, watching TV, listening to music
and so on. |
All food is
made up of nutrients which our bodies use. There are
different kinds of nutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins
and minerals. Different kinds of food contain different nutrients.
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When we are ill, we call a doctor, and he examines us and
diagnoses the
illness. When we have a headache, a stomach ache, a sore throat, a
cold, or a pain in some parts of the body, we call a doctor. |
To know one’s family tree today in Russia is a kind of an
entertainment or fashion. We think it no more than just fun. Family tree
information has become a popular, though expensive, today. But we never
consider this information important for us. Now we hopefully know
something about our parents and grandparents. |
Many British people don't think about
clothes very much. In Britain, as
well as in the USA, men in offices usually wear suits and ties and women
wear dresses or skirts (not trousers). Doctors, lawyers and business
people wear quite formal clothes.
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It is not a secret that our meals
influence our mood. Also it is very
important for our health. Every single person should eat proper kinds of
food – dairy products, meats, fruit and vegetables, fats and sugars,
cereals and grains. Dairy products provide us with calcium, meat provide
our bodies with protein, iron, zinc. |
Never before in the history of the world
have businessmen traveled
as much as they do today. It is not surprising because we are
living in a world of growing international trade and expanding
economic and technical cooperation. |
There are 22
million homes in Britain - big homes and small homes, old
cottages and new buildings, houses and flats. (Americans say "apartment"
but British people say "flat"). Many British people love old houses and
these are often more expensive than modern ones. |
What is a brand? In my opinion, it's not
only a trademark of some
company, but the name of certain product we use every day. For example,
speaking about coffee most of us say Nescafe, but not 'coffee'. |
If you want to buy stamps, postcards, envelopes, to send a
telegram or
money order, to subscribe to newspapers or magazines, you have to go to
the post-office.
At some post-offices there is a special window where you may pay your
rent, telephone, gas and electricity bills.
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American homes
are some of the biggest and best in the world. Many have a
garage for one or two cars, a big modern kitchen, a living room, and a
playroom for the children.
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Dystopia is a recently coined word to
describe negative utopias, and can
be taken literally to mean 'bad place'. In the 20th century dystopian
fiction dominates utopian fiction. There was a generally skeptical or
pessimistic view about science and technology among 20th century
writers. |
"Library is a temple of books”, -- somebody said. And I
fully agree
with these wise words. Every person in our country more than 14 years
old, I’m sure, at least once visited a library. The majority of young
people has subscriptions to the libraries they like. The libraries not
only give us a vast choice of books, but also offer excellent
opportunities of having rest. |
This school-year at our English outside reading lessons
we had read many
interesting stories about Robin Hood. The most interesting story is a
story about Golden Arrow. In the 11th century England was conquered by
the Normans who had come from the North of France. |
I've recently read a book which has made a
very deep impression on me.
It's called Gone with the Wind and it makes really unforgettable
reading. The author of the book is Margaret Mitchell. |
My favourite book is "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest
Hemingway. This
story is one of the well-known works of the writer. The author depicts
the characters of the old man and the boy and their relations very
vividly and skillfully. |
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