In comparison with the passive consumption of TV culture, reading is a highly active hobby. During our life we meet both fiction and nonfiction. When we read for pleasure, we usually pick up a book of fiction, such as novels ( science fiction , westerns, travel books, thrillers, crime fiction, wwwantiskolask psychological and historical novels, adventure tales, love stories ), short stories and tales and poetry. There are various ways to choose a book for reading. Some of us read a book for its subject and setting, others for the author or on p
A concise and simplified definition of linguistics is that linguistics is the scientific study of all forms of language manifestation. It means any form- spoken, writen, or any other one, where language is present. Linwuistics also deals with other related fields of science. It is for example, language and the teaching of foreign languages, language and literature, language and society, language and music, language and psychology, and a few others. These fields of study are grouped under the term „ applied linguistics“. Langua
That all people are equal and deserve an equal opportunity in life. They should all be treated fairly and with the same level of respect. This is one of the most basic principles of American philosophy. That everyone is free to be an individual. Americans don’t believe in conforming to a general ideology or behavior. Individuality and self-expression are encouraged. That competition brings out the best in people and in businesses. Competition is another of the basic principles of
Actor. Born Walter Bruce Willis, on March 19, 1955, in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany. The Willis family moved from a West German military base to the small town of Carneys Point, New Jersey, when Bruce was two years old. He grew up as the oldest of four children in a blue-collar family (his father, David, was a welder). As a teenager, he worked in a DuPont chemical plant. After graduating from high school, Willis attended Montclair (NJ) State College, where he first became interested in acting. He left college and moved to New York City in 1977,
1) a network connecting an affiliated set of clients using standard internet protocols, esp. TCP/IP and HTTP 2) an IP-based network of nodes behind a firewall, or behind several firewalls connected by secure, possibly virtual, networks
An intranet is the natural evolution of traditional network services. In the last few years, the Internet established a new paradigm for access to information. The intranet borrows this paradigm and applies it on a smaller scale: having an intranet is like having your own internal Web site. T
Spring is a beautiful season. Many people think it is the most beautiful season of all. There are flowers in the meadows and in the gardens. Plants, trees and grass are green. birds and beetles start flying around and small animals are born.
In spring the weather gets warmer. In March, however, there isn t much sunshine and it often rains. Sometimes it is snowing also. In April the weather is still changeable. The sky is cloudless and suddenly becomes overcast and icy winds begin blowing. It looks like rain a
First settlements The American continent was discovered first around the year 1000 by Icelandic Vikings. They failed to establish any permanent settlements. Till 1400 native Indians were the only inhabitants. Five hundreds year later a great demand for spices, textiles and also a navigation error brought Christopher Columbus (an Italian mariner under Spanish monarchs) to the Caribbean Sea instead to Asia. The first English colony was founded in Virginia at Jamestown in 1607. In 1620 the ship named Mayflower brought 102 Englishmen, women
There is a Czech proverb and sometimes it is true. First, nobody wants to be naked. This is one big difference between a man and an animal. We wear many various clothes for various occasions. I wear jeans and a sweatshirt, when I go to school but when I go to the theatre I wear dress and a cloak. Nowadays we have a bigger choice than in the past. The fashion is also different, but some elements came back after some time, for example wide trousers or short skirts or high boots with high thick heel. But to be true I am not very concerned about fa
Thirty-eighth president of the United States. Born Leslie Lynch King Jr., on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents, Leslie Lynch King Sr. and Dorothy Ayer Gardner divorced shortly after his birth. Gardner relocated with her son to Grand Rapids, Michigan, and in 1916, married Gerald R. Ford, a paint store owner. The Fords re-named their son Gerald R. Ford Jr. (after his adoptive father). Ford Jr., and his three younger half-brothers, spent the remainder of their childhood in Grand Rapids, where their close-knit Episcopalian family maint
Actor, comedian, producer. Born July 21, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois. Williams spent his childhood years in Chicago and Bloomfield, Michigan; his father was an executive at Ford Motor Company. Upon his father’s early retirement, the family moved to Marin County, California, near San Francisco. Williams dropped out of his political science studies at Claremont Men’s College in Claremont, California, to begin studying drama at the Juilliard School in New York City. Back in the San Francisco area, he began performing as both a mime and a stand-
Actor. Born on December 21, 1948, in Washington D.C., and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, under his grandmother’s strict guidance. His mother, Elizabeth Jackson, joined them when he was 10. An early film enthusiast, Jackson frequently saw films at the local movie theatre and gained exposure to the complicated messages surrounding the black presence on screen. Versions of Band of Angels were edited for the black audience in Chattanooga, omitting a scene in which Sidney Poitier slaps a white woman. Jackson’s early memories remained with him
Playwright and poet. Born in 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England (historians believe Shakespeare was born on April 23, the same day he died in 1616). The son of John Shakespeare, a glover, and Mary Arden, of farming stock. Much uncertainty surrounds Shakespeare's early life. He was the eldest of three sons, and there were four daughters. He was educated at the local grammar school, and married Anne Hathaway, from a local farming family, in 1582. She bore him a daughter, Susanna, in 1583, and twins, Hamnet and Judith, in 158
Actor, director, producer. Born Robert De Niro Jr., on August 17, 1943, in New York City. His parents, both artists, separated when he was two years old; De Niro lived mostly with his mother, who started a typesetting and printing business. While attending high school in New York, De Niro began taking drama classes. He studied acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory as a teenager, dropping out of high school at age 16 to act professionally and continue his studies at the prestigious Actors Studio. He later studied with noted acting teachers Lut
Actress, director, and producer. Born Alicia Christian Foster, on November 19, 1962, in Los Angeles, California. Foster’s father, Lucian, left the family before she was born; her mother, Evelyn, supported herself and her four children by working for a film producer. Advertising executives for Coppertone suntan lotion “discovered” Foster when she tagged along with her older brother Buddy, a child actor, to one of his auditions. At age three, she became the tow-headed, bare-bottomed “Coppertone girl” in a now-famous ad campaign.
Actress; born on August 9, 1957, in New York, N.Y. The daughter of actress Tippi Hedren, Griffith found initial big-screen success with roles in Brian De Palma's Body Double (1984) and Something Wild (1986). She was known for her sexy image and distinct, high-pitched voice. Griffith was nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award for her role as a secretary in New York City trying to move ahead in the business world in Mike Nichols’s Working Girl (1988, co-starring Harrison Ford). Griffith moved in with her mother’s co-star Don Johnson
The Evil and His Vengeance Moby-Dick is the story of the fateful voyage of Pequod, a whaling ship commanded by the compelling, mysterious figure Captain Ahab, magnificent in his strengths and weaknesses. In many respects Melville portrays Ahab as barely human, barely governed by human mores and conventions and nearly entirely subject to his own obsession with Moby-Dick. Ahab is in some ways a machine, unaffected by human appetites and without recognizable emotion. He claims himself a god over the Pequod, but instead he may be a satanic f
Robin Hood in Legend Robin Hood was a constant friend of the poor and oppressed, even though he never led them in an uprising to overthrow the Norman lords in his lifetime. He was generous and giving in times of need and quick to avenge any wrongs done to the peasants. Did he really succor the poor? Or was he only a vicious and desperate man, lining his own pockets? A case can be made for both claims, based on the ballads. He was still an outlaw for all that, so was constantly in danger. His quick wits, daring, and the bold loyalty of hi
ENVIRONMENT (enviromental groups + animals in danger)
In these days we live very quickly and we have no time to protect the nature. But this behaviour has its consequences. A lot of animals and plants suffer because people are busy, lazy and indifferent. We don‘t see the nature‘s devastation, which is conected with our problemless lives and we either don’t want to see it. It is more comfortable not to see how many troubles we cause to the nature. But some people substitute us because they can‘t look at this situatio
Painter. Born January 23, 1832 in Paris, France, to Auguste Édouard Manet, an official at the Ministry of Justice, and Eugénie Désirée Manet. The father, who had expected to study law, vigorously opposed his wish to become a painter. The career of naval officer was decided upon as a compromise, and at the age of 16 Édouard sailed to Rio de Janeiro on a training vessel. Upon his return he failed to pass the entrance examination of the naval academy. His father relented, and in 1850 Manet entered the studio of Thomas Couture, where, in spite