ТОП авторов и книг ИСКАТЬ КНИГУ В БИБЛИОТЕКЕ
The noblemen's sons studying with him made fun of the twenty-year-old giant who, in spite of the jeers and his own poverty, made rapid progress. After five years came the chance of entering the Academy of Sciences
,
as there were not enough noble-born students to fill the quota. His ability and diligence attracted the attention of the professors and as one of three best students he was sent abroad. He spent all the time there studying the works of leading European s
c
ientists in chemistry, metallurgy, mining and mathematics. On his return to Russia in 1745 he was made a professor and was the first Russian scientist to become a member of the Academy of Sciences. For versatility Lomonosov has no equal in Russian science
.
Many of his ideas and discoveries only won recognition in the nineteenth century. He was the first to discover the vegetable origin of coal, for instance, and as a poet and scientist he played a great role in the formation of Russian literary language, e
liminating distortions and unnecessary foreign words. He died in 1765. His living memorial is the Moscow University, which he founded in 1755.
Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) Александр
Пушкин
Alexander Pushkin is one of the most outstanding Russians. He was the greatest Russian poet and writer.
Pushkin
devoted his life to writing poems. The young Alexander's first poems appeared when he was fifteen, and by the time he left school he was regarded as a rival by the literary leaders of that time.
Pushkin was the first poet who touched problems that were important for Russia and its people. Because of that he was sent to exile a few times.
Pushkin wrote a lot of poems and novels. Among his famous ones are: Eugenij Onegin, Ruslan and Lyudmila and others. Children
like to read his fairy tales and watch wonderful cartoons based on them. When I was a child I read all the fairy tales by this talented poet. First my grandmother read them for me, but then when 1 learnt to read, I read his tales myself. Most of
Pushkin's best works are studied at school. There is a statue to Pushkin
in Moscow at Pushkin
Square Young and old people gather by the statue, read poems and just meet friends.
Pushkin is respected not only in Russia, but all over the world. His novels and poe
ms have been translated into many languages and arc enjoyed by foreigners.
Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) Юрий Гагарин
Yuri Gagarin was the first spaceman in the world. Born in 1934, young Gagarin
was a very curious and clever boy. Since childhood Yuri was interested in planes and made toy planes himself.
After the War the Gagarins
moved to another city and Yuri entered a vocational school in a small town near Moscow. He attended an aero club and started flying. After finishing a school for pilots Gagarin
joined the first group of spacemen. On the 12-th of April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin
flew into space and spend more than one hour there. He was the first man in the world who flew into space on board a spaceship. After the successful landing Yuri Gagarin
became a national hero. He died in 1968, but people all over the world still remember the first Russian spaceman.
Evgenij Pluschenko Евгений Плю
щенко
Pluschenko was sent to the ice-rink by his mother at the age of four. His mother liked figure skating and ha
d some friends at the rink. When Evgenij was 11, his ice-rink in Volgograd closed, and the boy left his home and moved alone to St. Petersburg to train. His mother came to Petersburg later, while his father and elder sister stayed in Volgograd.
Pluschenko
is one of the few male skaters to perform great spins and jumps. At the age of 16, Evgenij was the youngest male skater to receive the perfect score of 6.0. Pluschenko's
parents never watch him compete live, even when competitions took place at home. Pluschenko
withdrew from the 2005 World Championship after the short program because of injury. He underwent surgery in Munich, Germany in spring 2005.
On June 18, 2005, Pluschenko
married Maria Yermak. His wife studies sociology at the University of St. Petersburg. They met in 2004 when Pluschenko
, driving in St. Petersburg, noticed her in a convertible and decided to follow her.
At the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, Pluschenko
skated two brilliant programs, and became the Olympic champion. Looking to the future Pluschenko
will be doing some skating tours, including Champions on Ice.
4. Англоговорящие с
траны
Great Britain
(1)
I would like to tell you about Great Britain .
The official name of the country is The United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland. The country H situated in the north-west of Europe and consists of two large islands, Great Britain
and the Isle of Ireland, and about five thousand small islands. There are four regions in the U К : England, Wales, Scotland an
d Northern Ireland. The country is washed by the North Sea in the north, the Irish Sea in the west and the English Channel in the south. The English Channel separates Great Britain from France.
The climate of the country is humid and oceanic because of
the small size, of the country and the surrounding water. The English weather changes very often. It is not very cold in winters and not very hot in summers.
Great Britain has a lot of rivers and lakes. The most important river is the Thames which flows
into the North Sea. The longest river is the Severn. The Lake District in the west is the most beautiful region on the British Isles. Famous British poets wrote their poems about the Lake District because of its beauty. The most famous lake is the Loch N
ess. There is a legend that Nessie, the Loch Ness monster, lives in it.
The United Kingdom has a lot of industrial cities like Manchester and Birmingham and educational cities like Cambridge and Oxford. The two world famous universities, Cambridge Unive
rsity and Oxford University, are situated there.
Every region of Great Britain has its own administrative centre and the symbol.
England is the biggest region in the country. The symbol of England is the Red Rose. London is the capital of England and Great Britain
. London is one of the biggest and most expensive cities in the world situated on the river Thames.
The symbol of Scotland is the thistle. Edinburgh is the administrative centre of the region. Scotland is a mountainous area. Ben Nevis, the highest peak of
Great Britain
, is situated there. The administrative centre of Wales is Cardiff and the symbol of the region is the daffodil. Belfast it the capital of Northern Ireland and the shamrock is its symbol.
The flag of Great Britain is called
the Union Jack, ft has three crosses on the dark blue background. The currency of the country is the pound which consists of a hundred pence.
Great Britain is a constitutional monarchy with the Queen as the Head of the state.
The legislative body of
the country is British Parliament consisting of two houses: The House of Lords and the House of Commons. The head of the government is Prime Minister. The two main political parties of English Parliament are: the Labour Party (which is the leading democr
atic party) and the Tory (the conservative party).
Great Britain
is famous for its great poets and writes such as William Shakespeare, Walter Scott, Arthur Conan Doyle and others. The Beatles rock group was born in England.
English people are famous for their love for gardening. Many of them live in small houses surrounded by beautiful green gardens.
English food does not vary much. The only dish that can be called traditional is fish and chips (fried fish with French fries). English people like goi
ng to pubs where they can have a snack and drink a pint of beer.
Great Britain is wonderful country. I would love to go there one day.
===================================
Great Britain (2)
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland wi
th an area of some 244,000 square miles is situated on the British Isles, which are separated from the European continent by the North Sea, the Strait of Dover and the English Channel. Britain's population is over 57 million. Four out of every five people
live in towns. The UK is a constitutional monarchy: the head of the state is a king or a queen. In practice, the Sovereign reins, but doesn't rule: the UK is governed by the Government Ч
a board of Ministers who are the leading members of the political party in power and who are responsible to Parliament. The territory of Great Britain
is small. At the same time the coun-try has a wide variety of scenery. England is the heart of Britain. It is the richest, the most fertile and most populated in the country.
The north and the west of the England are mountainous, but all the rest territory is a vast plain. In Northwest England there are many beautiful lakes with wooded or grassy shores and grey mountains all around. It is called Lake District. The national sy
m
bol of England is the red rose. Wales is the smallest land of the UK, but has a considerable variety, from the picturesque mountains of the north to the mining and industrial areas of the south. The capital of Wales is Cardiff, an important industrial cen
t
re and port. Most people in Wales live in the coastal plains. The national symbol of Wales is a leek. Scotland is a land of mountains, narrow valleys and plains, famous lakes and no end of large and small islands off the coast.
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,
as there were not enough noble-born students to fill the quota. His ability and diligence attracted the attention of the professors and as one of three best students he was sent abroad. He spent all the time there studying the works of leading European s
c
ientists in chemistry, metallurgy, mining and mathematics. On his return to Russia in 1745 he was made a professor and was the first Russian scientist to become a member of the Academy of Sciences. For versatility Lomonosov has no equal in Russian science
.
Many of his ideas and discoveries only won recognition in the nineteenth century. He was the first to discover the vegetable origin of coal, for instance, and as a poet and scientist he played a great role in the formation of Russian literary language, e
liminating distortions and unnecessary foreign words. He died in 1765. His living memorial is the Moscow University, which he founded in 1755.
Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) Александр
Пушкин
Alexander Pushkin is one of the most outstanding Russians. He was the greatest Russian poet and writer.
Pushkin
devoted his life to writing poems. The young Alexander's first poems appeared when he was fifteen, and by the time he left school he was regarded as a rival by the literary leaders of that time.
Pushkin was the first poet who touched problems that were important for Russia and its people. Because of that he was sent to exile a few times.
Pushkin wrote a lot of poems and novels. Among his famous ones are: Eugenij Onegin, Ruslan and Lyudmila and others. Children
like to read his fairy tales and watch wonderful cartoons based on them. When I was a child I read all the fairy tales by this talented poet. First my grandmother read them for me, but then when 1 learnt to read, I read his tales myself. Most of
Pushkin's best works are studied at school. There is a statue to Pushkin
in Moscow at Pushkin
Square Young and old people gather by the statue, read poems and just meet friends.
Pushkin is respected not only in Russia, but all over the world. His novels and poe
ms have been translated into many languages and arc enjoyed by foreigners.
Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) Юрий Гагарин
Yuri Gagarin was the first spaceman in the world. Born in 1934, young Gagarin
was a very curious and clever boy. Since childhood Yuri was interested in planes and made toy planes himself.
After the War the Gagarins
moved to another city and Yuri entered a vocational school in a small town near Moscow. He attended an aero club and started flying. After finishing a school for pilots Gagarin
joined the first group of spacemen. On the 12-th of April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin
flew into space and spend more than one hour there. He was the first man in the world who flew into space on board a spaceship. After the successful landing Yuri Gagarin
became a national hero. He died in 1968, but people all over the world still remember the first Russian spaceman.
Evgenij Pluschenko Евгений Плю
щенко
Pluschenko was sent to the ice-rink by his mother at the age of four. His mother liked figure skating and ha
d some friends at the rink. When Evgenij was 11, his ice-rink in Volgograd closed, and the boy left his home and moved alone to St. Petersburg to train. His mother came to Petersburg later, while his father and elder sister stayed in Volgograd.
Pluschenko
is one of the few male skaters to perform great spins and jumps. At the age of 16, Evgenij was the youngest male skater to receive the perfect score of 6.0. Pluschenko's
parents never watch him compete live, even when competitions took place at home. Pluschenko
withdrew from the 2005 World Championship after the short program because of injury. He underwent surgery in Munich, Germany in spring 2005.
On June 18, 2005, Pluschenko
married Maria Yermak. His wife studies sociology at the University of St. Petersburg. They met in 2004 when Pluschenko
, driving in St. Petersburg, noticed her in a convertible and decided to follow her.
At the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, Pluschenko
skated two brilliant programs, and became the Olympic champion. Looking to the future Pluschenko
will be doing some skating tours, including Champions on Ice.
4. Англоговорящие с
траны
Great Britain
(1)
I would like to tell you about Great Britain .
The official name of the country is The United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland. The country H situated in the north-west of Europe and consists of two large islands, Great Britain
and the Isle of Ireland, and about five thousand small islands. There are four regions in the U К : England, Wales, Scotland an
d Northern Ireland. The country is washed by the North Sea in the north, the Irish Sea in the west and the English Channel in the south. The English Channel separates Great Britain from France.
The climate of the country is humid and oceanic because of
the small size, of the country and the surrounding water. The English weather changes very often. It is not very cold in winters and not very hot in summers.
Great Britain has a lot of rivers and lakes. The most important river is the Thames which flows
into the North Sea. The longest river is the Severn. The Lake District in the west is the most beautiful region on the British Isles. Famous British poets wrote their poems about the Lake District because of its beauty. The most famous lake is the Loch N
ess. There is a legend that Nessie, the Loch Ness monster, lives in it.
The United Kingdom has a lot of industrial cities like Manchester and Birmingham and educational cities like Cambridge and Oxford. The two world famous universities, Cambridge Unive
rsity and Oxford University, are situated there.
Every region of Great Britain has its own administrative centre and the symbol.
England is the biggest region in the country. The symbol of England is the Red Rose. London is the capital of England and Great Britain
. London is one of the biggest and most expensive cities in the world situated on the river Thames.
The symbol of Scotland is the thistle. Edinburgh is the administrative centre of the region. Scotland is a mountainous area. Ben Nevis, the highest peak of
Great Britain
, is situated there. The administrative centre of Wales is Cardiff and the symbol of the region is the daffodil. Belfast it the capital of Northern Ireland and the shamrock is its symbol.
The flag of Great Britain is called
the Union Jack, ft has three crosses on the dark blue background. The currency of the country is the pound which consists of a hundred pence.
Great Britain is a constitutional monarchy with the Queen as the Head of the state.
The legislative body of
the country is British Parliament consisting of two houses: The House of Lords and the House of Commons. The head of the government is Prime Minister. The two main political parties of English Parliament are: the Labour Party (which is the leading democr
atic party) and the Tory (the conservative party).
Great Britain
is famous for its great poets and writes such as William Shakespeare, Walter Scott, Arthur Conan Doyle and others. The Beatles rock group was born in England.
English people are famous for their love for gardening. Many of them live in small houses surrounded by beautiful green gardens.
English food does not vary much. The only dish that can be called traditional is fish and chips (fried fish with French fries). English people like goi
ng to pubs where they can have a snack and drink a pint of beer.
Great Britain is wonderful country. I would love to go there one day.
===================================
Great Britain (2)
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland wi
th an area of some 244,000 square miles is situated on the British Isles, which are separated from the European continent by the North Sea, the Strait of Dover and the English Channel. Britain's population is over 57 million. Four out of every five people
live in towns. The UK is a constitutional monarchy: the head of the state is a king or a queen. In practice, the Sovereign reins, but doesn't rule: the UK is governed by the Government Ч
a board of Ministers who are the leading members of the political party in power and who are responsible to Parliament. The territory of Great Britain
is small. At the same time the coun-try has a wide variety of scenery. England is the heart of Britain. It is the richest, the most fertile and most populated in the country.
The north and the west of the England are mountainous, but all the rest territory is a vast plain. In Northwest England there are many beautiful lakes with wooded or grassy shores and grey mountains all around. It is called Lake District. The national sy
m
bol of England is the red rose. Wales is the smallest land of the UK, but has a considerable variety, from the picturesque mountains of the north to the mining and industrial areas of the south. The capital of Wales is Cardiff, an important industrial cen
t
re and port. Most people in Wales live in the coastal plains. The national symbol of Wales is a leek. Scotland is a land of mountains, narrow valleys and plains, famous lakes and no end of large and small islands off the coast.
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