The Czech Republic is situated in central Europe. The CR has area 78 864 km2. The CR is in temperate climatic zone. They are four years seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter. The CR has 10,3 milion population. Our CR has four neighbours, Poland, Austria, Slovakia and Germany. First January 1993 is date, when Czechoslovakia split into two countries – the CR and the Slovak republic. In the CR lives some national minorities. The capital city of CR is Prague. Prague is the largest city in CR. Our country is mountainous. Krkonoše are highest
The Czech Republic lies at the very hearth of Europe, covering an area of 78,864 square kilometres. It borders Slovakia in the east, Poland in the north, Germany in the north and west and Austria in the south. In most of the territory, the broad, flat mountain ranges of the Bohemian Massif and the Carpathian Mountains provide the natural frontier of the country. The highest peak of the Czech Republic, Sněžka (1602), is in the Krkonoše Mountains where the river Elbe
The story is about a son of the businessman, who traveled by ship which was wrecked on the rock. Only he survived. He was himself , but he didn’t know it. He adapted slowly. Second day he started to search of some dwelling. He went through the forest to the cave. When he saw the cave, he started to dream about a nice garden in the front of the cave. He went into the cave. The cave was big, but uncomfortable too. He had to make some implement, because he had to provide
Diana, Princess of Wales, formerly Lady Diana Frances Spencer, was born on 1 July 1961 at Park House near Sandringham, Norfolk. She was the youngest daughter of the then Viscount and Viscountess Althorp, now the late Earl Spencer and the Hon Mrs Shand-Kydd.
Together with her two elder sisters Jane and Sarah, and her younger brother Charles, the Princess was brought up at her father's house on The Queen's Estate at Sandringham and also at Althorp, the family home in the English Midlands. (The latter is a stately house whi
Main differences: - the beginning of school attendance - wearing uniform - parts of school year - marks (1-5; A-E) - in Czech education we have no exams after leaving compulsory education
Czech Republic School attendance in the Czech Republic is compulsory from the age from six to fifteen The school year starts on 1st September and ends on 30th June of the following year. The school year is divided into two terms (September – January, February – June). Primary schools hav
We have to decide which way we would like to go. Which things will be important for us. What are we going to do in our future life. Which school to enter and after it which job would we like to do? But not only these, mostly personal problems, we’ll have to solve also problems about the Earth. Those like global warming, the problems in the third world, new and new illnesses and so on. In our future life we will see more and more things and problems to solve which will come in a few yea
Renaissance (14th and 16th century) => invention of print led to quick spread of ideas, new ways of thinking developed, scholars determined to explore the secrets of physical world and discover new lands Portugal, Spain and Italy are the main trading empires (they trade with Africa and Asia), in order to find new routes to Asia, they sail around Africa (Portuguese) and believing the earth is round, the sail westward (Columbus)
When Europeans arrived… Before the coming of the Europeans were New York divided into two main groups: the Algonquian of the Hudson Valley and Long Island and the Iroquois in the western area.
Melting kettle New York… In 1990 the average population density was 128 people per sq. km (330 per sq. mil). Nearly half the state's population was concentrated in the New York City metropolitan area. Whites made up 74.4% of the state population and blacks 15.9%; more bl
The question of whether to legalize drugs or not is a very controversial and important issue. Drugs affect so many areas of society. "The U.S. population has an extremely high rate of alcohol and drug abuse" (Grolier). Several groups have formed and spoken out regarding their position. "Speaking Out Against Drug Legalization is the first step in helping to deliver the credible, consistent message about the risks and costs of the legalization of drugs to people in terms that make sense to them. The anti-legalization message is eff
There lived, stayed and worked many famous authors in East Bohemia. We would like to tell you about tne most famous ones. Karel Václav Rais lived in Lázně Bělohrad. His well-known books are The Sinked Patriots (Zapadlí vlastenci) and The Father Bezoušek. Fráňa Šrámek was born in a town which is called Sobotka. He wrote novels for example The Moon over the River or The Silver Wind which was even made a film. Many people know the poems from his book of poems The Weir. Karel Poláček was born in Rychnov nad Kněžno
The US economy is biggest in the world. The USA is the richest and the most powerful country in the world. It is developing practically in all fields using widely the advances of science and technology.
Agriculture The USA is responsible for about 20% of the world’s agricultural production. The USA us fortunate in possessing an abundance of rich farmland. In the last 300 years forests have been cleared, the plains ploughed up and some arid semi-desert areas irrigated and brought into culti
Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809 to the family of two actors in the time when there was still a strong feeling that the theatre was sinful and shameful. Poe’s father deserted his wife and children when Edgar was about a year old and he died a few months later. His mother died a year later and he was taken by the family of Richmond, the Allans, who actually never completed the adoption. To be adopted but not really adopted, and to have been born of travelling actors – this made young Edgar barely acceptable to the children he played with.
This book includes six tales.The tales are mostly horors or detective stories.Some of them are very ghostly but interesting and thrilling.The writer is usualy also a storyteller and he writes about his experiences.The experiences are often only in his fantasy and they could never happen. I want to tell you about the story called…
…THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
It’s about the old ugly house which belongs to Usher’s family.They inherit the house from the f
School attendance is compulsory at the age of 6 or 7 till 15. Schools are mainly state schools, but there are also church and private schools. Attendance at state schools is free of charge and provide the same kind of education with the possibility of the enrolling at universities. Handicapped children are educated separately. School fees in private schools range from 5 000 to 12 000 crowns a year.
Pre- school education begins at the age of one year when children may attend crèches until the age of tree. But usually the m
Every child in Britain has to go to school from the age of five to sixteen. The great majority of parents send their childeren to state schools, where education and equipment, incuding textboods are stationery, are entirely free. Berore the age of five, some children go to kindergartens or nursary schools. All start at five in the infant department of a primary school. There schools are usually for boys and girst together, the teachers are generally women. After two years children move into the junior department. Here the work is of cour
Humans have known about the existence of static electricity for thousands of years, but scientists did not make great progress in understanding electricity until the 1700’s.
Early theories
The Ancient Greeks observed, that when amber (amber is a yellowish translucent mineral) is rubbed, it attracts small and light objects. About 600 BC Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus held, that amber had a soul, since it could make other objects move. Three centuries after Thales, another Greek philosopher Theopastr
ARRANGEMENT: 1. Introducing the language 2. Differences in English 3. History of English 4. Future of English 5. English and me 6. My experiences with English 7. Learning foreign languages
INTRODUCING THE LANGUAGE
English is called the world language. There are several points which speak for it. For example that there is the large number of people who speak English all over the world.That is why we can make us understood better. Approximately 350
English as a World Language At the beginning I´d like to say something about the subject of this topic. Especially why is English called the world language. there are several points which speak for it. For example that there are the large number of pople who speak English all over the world. That is why we can make us understood better. But also English has its own dialects and differences. So we can hear many kinds of the same language. The most known differences are between English and American English. The differences can be in gramm
Our planet, named Earth, is the 3rd planet from the Sun in our solar system. This fact makes it suitable for life. There is neither too hot nor too cold. The water is liquid, the air is proper for breathing and the soil is fit for breeding. We are living together on this Green planet, so we are responsible what is here happening. As I said there are four basic things for life: the air, the water, the soil and the Sun. The paradox is that people pollute them, althought all living beings share them.