Russian people. The names of Russian scientists and writers, poets,
composers and painters are world-famous-Pushkin, Lermontov, Chehov,
Levitan. This chain can be endless. It is almost impossible to name a
branch of science in the development of which the Russian scientists
haven’t played the greatest role. Lomonosov, the founder of the Moscow
University was an outstanding innovator both in the humanities and
sciences. Mendeleev’s greatest discovery was the Periodic System of
Elements. Popov invented radio. Sechenov and Pavlov were the world’s
greatest physiologists. Russia is rightly called the mother of aviation and
cosmounatics. Names of Tsiolkovsky, Korolov and Gagarin are symbols of new
space era.
People in many countries admire paintings, portraits and landscapes
Surikov, Levitan, Repin works of our Russian writes and poets are
translated into many languages.
I want to tell about one of the greatest Russians. Pyotr Ilyich
Tchaikovsky, an outstanding Russian composer, was born in Votkinsk in 1840.
He was fond of music since his early childhood. His mother sang him
beautiful songs and taught him to play the piano. He graduated from the
Petersburg Conservatoire only in 1866 because of his poor living
conditions. He was the best pupil of Anton Rubinstein. Wen the Moscow
Conservatoire was founded Pyotr Ilyich became a professor there.
He created wonderful music: 10 operas, 3 ballets, 6 symphonies, 7 large
symphonic poems and many other musical pieces.
«Eugene Onegin», a new type of opera, was a great success all over the
world «His Swan Lake», «The Nutckracker», «The Sleeping Beauty are musical
masterpieces. In his music he used folk melodies for the musical
descriptions of Russian nature and life. His compositions are full of
realist.
Seasons & Wheather
Englishmen say «There is no bad weather, there are bad clothes», It means
that they like all the seasons, all kinds of weather. Every season is good
in its own way. Each person likes this or that season. It depends on his
character, mood. They say that Pushkin liked autumn very much. This season
is full of colours, bright and tasty. The sky is blue, but sometimes grey
clouds appear. The sun shines but it begins to hide behind the clouds. Its
rays are not so warm. Autumn is full of vegetables and fruit, mushrooms
and berries. There is nothing like Indian summer in autumn. As for me, I
like to walk on the carpet of bright leaves listen to the last songs of
birds flying to warm countries, look at the nature. It is like a fairy-
tale. It fades away and nothing can be done. Soon drizzling rains will
begin and everything will be dull and sad. But still I like autumn.
Winter in Razvilka is long and severe with dark nights, bitter wings
and hard frosts. Even sometimes you can see a quiet winter frosty day. It
is snowing. Fluffy soft snowflakes are falling to the ground making a
beautiful thick carpet. The icecles glitter in the sun the snow sparkles
like diamond. Going outdoors in such weather is pleasant. Many people go to
the forests and enjoy toboganing and skiing, playing snowballs and making
a snowman.
As for spring, people in Razvilka dream about it during long winter
days. It comes late but suddenly. I don’t like it because my town becomes
grey. But spring is the beginning of new life. Nature awakens from its long
winter sleep. The trees begin to bud and soon tiny green leaves will
appear. Young green grass appear, fruit trees begin to blossom. Everything
looks magic covered with green carpet. Nature looks full of promise.
I like summer because we have holiday and enjoy resting after school
year.
In my opinion every season is beautiful and attractive.
TRAVELLING.
People are fond of traveling. They spend their holidays traveling. They
travel to see other countries and continents, to learn a lot about
people’s traditions, to enjoy picturesque places. It is interesting for
them to discover new things, different ways of life, to meet different
people, to try different food.
Those who live in the country like to find themselves in large cities
with their shops, cinemas, crowds of people. City-dwellers usually like a
quiet holiday by the sea or in the mountains with nothing to do but walking
and bathing, lazying in the sun. Most travelers and holiday makers take a
camera with them and take pictures of everything that interests them -
beautiful views of waterfalls, forests, unusual plants and animals. These
photos will remind them of the happy time of holiday.
These are many ways of traveling - by train, by plain, by ship, on foot.
Everyone chooses his favourite one. My favourite way is traveling by plain.
And not because it is very comfortable. It is exciting. I also like
traveling by train. I’ve traveled this way a lot. When you are in the train
you can see the beauty of nature.
I envy the tourists because I think that they study geography traveling
and visiting different parts of the world. They can tell you many things
which you didn’t know before.
They are interesting people from whom you can learn much new for
yourself. Any kind of travel helps you to understand many things that you
can never see or learn at home. Though you may read about them in books and
newspapers.
As for me I’d like to have a coach tour to some foreign country. Coach
tours are planned and I’ll have a chance to do a lot of sightseeings and
have a good rest at the same time.
Hobbies.
Hobby is what a person likes to do in his spare time. Hobbies
differ like tastes. If you have chosen a hobby according to your character
and taste you are lucky because your life becomes more interesting. The
most popular hobby is doing things. It includes a wide variety of
activities from gardening to traveling, from chess to volleyball. Both
grown-ups and children are fond of playing different computer games. This
hobby is becoming more and more popular. Making things include drawing,
painting, handicrafts. Many people collect something - coins, stamps,
compact discs, toys, books. Some collections have some value. Rich people
often collect paintings, rare things and other art objects. Often such
private collections are given to museums, libraries.
As for me, I like to listen to music. I have a CD Man. I like different
music, it should be good. I collect discs of my favourite groups and
singers. I carefully study the information printed on discbooklets. I try
to find everything about my favourite singers. Also I like to watch music
programmes on TV. I want to keep up with the news in the world of music.
Of course, I like to spend my spare time with my friends. We talk about
all sorts of things ( politics, teachers, girls). We discuss films, books,
TV programmes. In fine weather we like to be in the open air. We find a
nice place somewhere in the forest. We make a fire, bake potatoes and have
a lot of fun. When the weather is bad, my friends come to my place. We
have a good time together.
Environmental protection.
The poisoning of the world's and,air, and water is the fastest-spreading
disease of civilisation. It probably produces fewer headlines than wars,
earthquakes and floods, but it is potentially one of history's greatest
dangers to human life on earth. If present trends continue for the next
several decades, our planet will become uninhabitable. Overpopulation,
pollution and energy consumption have created such planet-wide problems as
massive deforestation, ozone depletion, acid rains and the global warming
that is believed to be coused by the greenhouse effect.
The seas are in danger. They are filled with poison: industrial and nuclear
waste, chemical fertilisers and pesticides. The Mediterranean is already
nearly dead; the North Sea is following. The Aral Sea is on the brink of
extinction. If nothing is done about it, one day nothing will be able to
live in the seas.
Every ten minutes one kind of enimal, plant or insect dies out for ever. If
nothing is done about it, one million species that are alive today will
have become extinct twenty years from now. Air population is a very serious
problem. In Cairo just breathing the air is life threatening- equivalent to
smoking two packs of cigarettes a day. The same holds true for Mexico City
and 600 cities of the former Soviet Union.
Industrial enterprises emit tons of harmful substunces. These emissions
have disastrous consequences for our planet. They are the main reason for
the greenhouse effect and acid rains.
An even greater environmental threat are nuclear power stations. We all
know how tragic the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster are.
People are beginning to realise that environmenta problems are not somebody
else's. They join and support various international organosation and green
parties. If governments wake up to what is happening- perhaps we'll be able
to avoid the disaster that threatens the natural world and all of us with
it.
My visiting card.
My name is ANdrey Brysiev. I'm 14 years old. I likve in settlement of
Razvilka. It is situated near Moscow, capital of Russia.I go to school in
Razvilka. I go to the 9th form "Д". I have a rather big family - Father,
Mother, sister and granddad and me.
My Father and mother work nearby my house, in Gas Institute. My father is
Head of Laboratory. My mother is scientific worker. My is retired. He was a
