Lately computers have filled our life. Now they are almost in each family. Wehave got used to them and we do not imagine our leisure without this miracle machine.With the help of computers the Internet has entered into our life. It became anintegral part of a life of each person. Now people cannot live a day withoutchecking of mail and visiting their favourite sites. The Internet is not only the assistant in daily work,iifwe spend a lot of time on the Internet we`ll have some problems. We lose atouch with the real world, get in a full dependence on a computer. I think, that it is important to learnto distinguish a side between a real life and a life on the Internett is also the other world in which there are mail boxes, libraries, photo galleries, games, shops.
Topic6. Art in our life Искусство в нашей жизни
Art plays an important role in my life. It aids the people`s understanding of their culture. No doubt tastes should be developed through images of high artistic culture, whereas works of popular culture as a rule meet consumer`s tastes.
In my opinion the habit of looking at good pictures is in itself a means by which taste can be formed. Art allows people to talk about emotionally meaningful experiences. Every artist tries to develop his own style of painting to differ from other ones. There are many styles of painting in art: a portrait, a still life, a landscape, a seascape and etc. An artist has the skill to combine form and colour into harmonious entity and to represent a brilliant colour scheme. The artist`s pictures may be dull, crude, chaotic and colourless daub of paint. But in spite of it they are an exquisite piece of painting. I`d like to add that an artist can become famous overnight and die forgotten and penniless.
Topic7. English-speaking countries. Английский-говорящих стран
English-speaking countries Great Britain, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are English speaking countries. They are situated in different parts of the world and differ in many ways. The nature of these countries, their weather and climate and way of life of their people differ. Each coutry has it’s own history customs, traditions, its own national holidays. But they all have a common language. English, the language of the people who left England to make their names in new countries. The United Kindom of Great Britain and North Ireland consist of 4 parts: England, Scotland, Wales, Northen Ireland. The British Isles are group of islands lying off the noth-west coast of the continent of Europe. There are no high mountains, no very long river, no great forest in U.K. The population of the U.K. is almost fifty-six million. Great Britain is a capitalists country. The USA is situated in the central part of the North American continent. The population of the USA is more then 236 million people. The USA is a highly develoed industrial country. In the USA there are two main political parties, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Canada has area of nearly 10 million square kilometres. It’s westen coast is washed by the Pacific Ocean and its eastern coast by the Atlantic Ocean. The population of Canada is over 26 million people. Canada is a capitalist federal state and a member of the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth of Australia territories are the continent of Australia, the island of Tasmania and number of smaller islands. Australia has an area of nearly eight million square kilometers.
Topic8. English is an international language
English is now the international language. Analyze and discuss the opportunities and threats this presents for non-English speaking countries. Currently, more and more people use English language in their daily lives, even people who come from non-English speaking backgrounds. English is considered to be an international language. The contention as to whether taking English as an international language will be helpful or harmful for non-English speaking countries has long been discussed. Past research has been conducted in a lot of fields on this issue. Some researchers hold the opinion that using English as an international language will not only benefit the English speaking countries, but also benefit the non-English speaking countries. In other words, it would benefit human society in many fields. However, some other researchers believe that using English as an international language will produce more problems for the world, especially for the non-English speaking countries. English is a part of globalization, which is a current trend in human society. Although the non-English countries may envisage some threats, in the case of globalization, the opportunities in the long term outweigh the threats presently. This paper will investigate the opportunities and challenges for non-English speaking countries in the trend of using English as a global language. This essay will focus particularly on culture, education and linguistics. All of these are faced with both opportunities and threats for the non-English speaking countries.