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Why Am I Proud of My Country?
I live in Russian Federation and I am very proud of my country. First of
all Russian Federation is the biggest country in the world. It occupies
about one seventh of earth surface. Its total area about 17 million square
kilometers.
Lots of famous people were born in Russia: writers, painters, musicians,
scientists sportsmen. Our writers are known all over the world. For example
Pushkin. His 200-year anniversary is celebrated all over the world. Lev
Tolstoy’s “War and Peace”
Became the favorite book for lots of people. In lots of Museums in the
world there are collections of paintings of our painters: Vasnetsov,
Levitan, Perov, Aivazovsky.
We have good traditions in music. Our composers Tchaikovky, Glinka,
Prokofiev are very popular. And our modern rock groups are giving concerts
abroad. E.G. Mumiy Troll is giving concerts in London and New York. Our
famous pop singer Philip Kirkorov has been awarded at big festival.
Our country is very powerful one. Our armies won lots of war. And we won
the greatest war.
Nowdays Russia is in crisis. In economical and political ones. But i
believe that it will finish soon and Russia will rise again.
Books in my life.
A book is one of the greatest wonders of world. Why are so many people
fond of reading? The world of books is full of wonders. Together with the
characters of books you can find yourself in different and countries, have
a lot of adventures. The book is a faithful friend. They form our values
and characters. We try to look like the characters of your favourite
books: to be brave, honest, not to be silly and greedy, to be real friends.
We enjoyed the beauty and wisdom of fairy-tales and fables when we were
babies and Granny read them. They taught us to be kind, clever,
hardworking, to understand other people and help them. They teach us to
understand the beauty of nature, take care of it, to love our motherland.
Books have been with us since childhood. Who hasn’t read «Alice in the
wonderland», «Mowgli»? Who hasn’t travelled with Marry Poppins to her
imaginary world? Who hasn’t imagined himself to be Robinson Crusoe on the
deserted island?
I have read a lot of interesting books, but my favourite book is «The
adventures of Tom Sawyer» by Mark Twain. This well-known book is popular
with the children all over the world.
The main character of the book is Tom Sawyer, who lived in a small town
on the Mississippi River. He was a boy with a wild imagination. He and his
friends often dreamed of different adventures. Tom was naughty, kind and
brave. Besides he was noble. I like this boy because he teaches us to be
true friends.
If you are not fond of reading, take a book to your liking or borrow it
from the library and read it. Books are worth reading. They are our good
friends.
Sports in my life.
I you want to feel fit you’d better go in for one kind of sport or
another. I should admit that everyone must do all he can to be healthy.
Good health is better than the best medicine. «You have a sound mind in a
sound body» as the old Latin saying goes. The English proverb «Sickness in
the body brings sickness to the mind» expresses a similar idea but from
different point of view. All kinds of physical exercises are very useful to
make our bodies strong and to keep ourselves fit and healthy. To tell the
truth I don’t do sports regularly and it is not an essential part of my
daily life. In the morning I don't do any exercises. In summer I go
swimming as there is a beautiful river with pure water where my Granny
lives. In winter, it’s rather long at our place, I should say, I prefer
toboganning (There is nothing like the sight of a winter forest - a real
fairy-tale). I like to ride the bike and toboganning in winter. Mum says
that I’m to old to do it, why not after all? I shouldn’t call myself a
sports fan. Of course , I like to watch sports competitions on TV .
Fortunately , they show different ones - football , basketball . I like
tennis tournaments very much . I think , it’s a very intelligent kind of
sport for clever thinking people . Also I like skiing championships ,
biathlon , swimming . But what I like most is football . The best games are
showed on TV. I like basketball too. I came to know that modern basketball
appeared in 1891 in the USA. The originator, John Naismith was a coach at
the college. He invented the baskets and the rules of the game. Since then
basketball has be become very popular and is spread all over the world. It
is the sport of strong tall men, the sport of giants.
Doing sports a man become strong and healthy. He begins to take care of
his health.
«Good health is better than wealth», you know. It’s true, I should say.
In our school we have a nice gym. Sports and games are popular among
pupils. A lot of children train at special sport schools.
Why do I learn English Language?
The great German poet Goethe once said: «He who know no foreign
language does not know his own one. Learning foreign languages is
specially important nowadays. Some people learn foreign languages because
they need them in their work, others travel abroad, for the third studying
languages is a hobby.
Every year thousands of people from Russia go to different countries
as tourists or to work. They can not go without knowing the language of the
country they are going to. A modern engineer or even a worker can not work
with an imported instrument or a machine if he is not able to read the
instruction how to do it. Ordinary people need language to translation the
instruction or the manual to the washing-machine or a vacuum-cleaner,
medicine or even food-products.
Some people are as a rule polyglots. Historians diplomats need some
languages for their work. If you want to be a classified specialist you
must learn English, the language of international communication.
English is one of the world languages. It is the language of
progressive science and technology, trade and cultural relations, commerce
and business. It is the universal language of international aviation,
shipping and sports. It is also the major language of diplomacy. Hundreds
and hundreds of books, magazines and newspapers are printed in English,
most of the world’s mail and telephone calls are in English. Half of the
world’s scientific literature is written in English. English is spoken by
more than 350 million people. Geographically, it is the most widespread
language on earth, second after Chinese. It is the official language of the
UK, the USA , of Australia and New Zealand, it is used as one of the
official languages in Canada, the South Africa. Millions of people study
and use English as a foreign language. In our country English is very
popular. It is studied at schools, colleges and universities.
Learning English is not an easy thing. It is a long process and takes
a lot of time and patience. But to know English today is absolutely
necessary for every educated person. I want to know English because it’s
interesting for me to know foreign countries, their cultures and tradition.
English will be of great use in my future profession connected with
computers.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital of Russia, its political, economic, commercial and
cultural centre. It was founded 8 centurys ago by Prince Yuri Dolgoruky in
1147. Gradually the city became more and more powerfull. In the 13th
century Moscow was the centre of the struggle of Russian lands for the
liberation from the tartar yoke. In the 16th century under Ivan the
Terrible Moscow became the capital of the new united state. Though Peter
the Great moved the capital to St. Petersburg in 1712; Moscow remained the
heart of Russia. That's why it became the main target of Napoleon's attack.
After the October revolution Moscow became the capital again.
Now Moscow is one of the largest cities in Europe. Its total area is about
nine hundred square kilometres. The population of the city is over 8
million.
Moscow is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. The heart of
Moscow is Red Square. The Kremlin and St. Basil's Cathedral (Vasily
Blazheny) are masterpieces of encient Russian architecture. On the
territory of the Kremlin you can see old cathedrals, the Palace of
Congresses, the Tzar-Cannon and the Tzar-Bell, the biggest cannon and bell
in the world. St. Basil's Cathedral was built in the mid-16th century in
memory of the victory over Kazan.
One of the well-known Kremlin museums is the Armouty Chamber. The famous
golden cap of Monomach, the first Russian imperial crown of Catherin the
second and many other historical items are exhibited there.
There are more than 80 museums in Moscow. The Historical Museum, the
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, the Tretyakov State Picture Gallery are world
famous and the largest.
Moscow is famous for its theatres. The best-known of them are Bolshoi, Maly
and Art theatres.
Moscow is the seat of the Russian Parliament (the Duma) and the centre of
political life of the country.
Famous People of Russia.
Much was done by people to reach the present state of human development.
It is necessary to say that great contribution to the development of the
world science and culture, literature, music and painting was made by the
