Romeo and Juliet is about the unhappy love and death of Romeo and Juliet, the only children of two powerfull houses of Verona – the House of Montague and the House of Capulet. These two houses hated each other. Romeo Montague fell in love with Juliet Capulet. They loved each other very much. Their love and marriage were secret and by an unfortunate coincidence Romeo killed Tybalt who was Juliet´s cousin. Romeo was send to the exile and Juliet was forced to get married. She asked Friar Laure
William Shakespeare He lived and worked in the 16th century, in the period of the Renaissance. It was the time, when people began to believe in their own reason and senses, when great works were admired. The Renaissance humanists played a great role in the development of mankind when they acknowledged man as the centre of universe. England offered a very favourable soil for the Renaissance way of thinking. In this time the Tudor monarchs were ruling the country and it was a period of stability and prosperity.
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911), Austrian composer and conductor, whose works mark the culmination of postromantic development of the symphony and were a major influence on such 20th-century composers as the Austrians Arnold Schoenberg and Alban Berg. Mahler was born July 7, 1860, in Kalischt (modern Kaliště), in what is now the Czech Republic. He studied at the Vienna Conservatory and in 1880 became assistant conductor at Bad Hall, Austria. He subsequently held posts as a conductor of opera in several central European cities. In 1897 he be
William Shakespeare was ordinary man with not big aducation. He is the biggest dramatical. He was born on the 23rd of April and he was baptized on the 26th of April. He was born as a third of eight children of Mary Arden /daughter of a Roman Catholic member of the landed gentry / and John Shakespeare /glove maker in townhall/ in house where is nowadays museum. In his time lived in Stratford about 1500 people and it was a rural town of NW London. He studied only at primary school in Stratford /from 8 to 16/. Afterwards he helped te
In April 1564 a son was born to John and Mary Shakespeare at Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon. His mother was the daughter of Robert Arden, an important farmer in Warwickshire. His father was a rich citizen whose business was making and selling leather gloves. The parents didn’t guess that their son, William, was going to be such an important figure in English poetry and drama, and that his plays would still be acted 400 years later all over the world. While still a teenager of 19, William mar
According to the Greenwich Royal Observatory in England — the official timekeeper of the world — the first populated place that will experience the new millennium will be near the Chatham Islands of New Zealand. The first place on the globe to truly experience the new millennium before anyone else, however, will be near Balleny Island in Antarctica.
Around the world, famous tourist attractions are filling up with reservations for millennium parties and celebrations. People from all parts of the world are looking to travel to s
The British system of government is the oldest parliamentary democracy in Europe. British parliament was formed in the eleventh century and, after the signing of the Magna Charta by King John in the year 1215, it came to power and became the main part in the system of government. In this way, England set up the base of democracy in the whole Europe.
The Monarchy
Britain is a constitutional monarchy: Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state. In practice she reigns, but does not rule. The country is governed, in her nam
Hungarian composer, one of the most original figures in 20th century music. Born March 25, 1881, in Nagyszentmiklós, Hungary (now Sînnicolau, Romania), Bartók studied in Pressburg (now Bratislava, Slovakia) and in Budapest, where he taught piano at the Royal Academy of Music (1907-34) and worked with the Academy of Sciences (1934-40). In 1940 Bartók immigrated to the United States. He did research at Columbia University (1940-41) and taught music in New York City, living in financial stress. He died of leukemia in New York City, Sept
Anglo-american literature Výňatek: Anglo-american literature Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) american journalist, novelist worked as a reporter for the Kansas City Star served with a volunteer ambulance unit in Italy in World War I, was seriously wounded an european correspondent for the Toronto Star, lived in France a correspondent in the Spanish Civil War a foreign correspondent during World War II...
Australia Výňatek: Australia History: The earliest European explorers who knew about this country were the Portuguese, namely Luis Vaes de Torres who sailed between Cape of York and New Giunea in the 16th century. After him Dutch navigators Dirk Hartog, Van Diemen and Abel Tasman who mapped much of the coast, but they don' t try settling this continent. No until 1770 landed near today’s Botany bay southerl...
Australia and New Zealand Výňatek: Australia Geography: Australia is smallest, youngest continent, with the lowest population density. It is often said that Australia lies at the edge of the world, divided from other continents by long distances. Australia is located southeast of Asia. The Indian Ocean is west and the south Pacific (Coral and Tasmania Leas) is east. Tasmania lies 240 km south. Nearest is Indonesia, Papua N...
breakfast a morning snack lunch snack (tea) dinner – is a hot main meal of the day (supper) – is a light cold meal
breakfast - the British like to begin the day with cup of coffe or tea in the bed early in the morning - starts with a glass of orange juice and cereals, cornflakes with milk or cream and sugar or porrige - tradicional British breakfast: - cooked meal of
What does certification mean? Is it equal to the application of Integrated Quality Control? Is certification a guarantee of better product quality? Does certification add to the workload?
The decision to certify should be made step by step. Is the result positive, a plan should indicate the phases in which a certificate can be obtained. Certification is also gowing more important in an European context. About 40 % of the products
Romanticism appeared in the second half of the 18th century as a new movement of art especially in music and literature. The romantic period of the American literature is represented by many great authors as Washington Irving, William C. Bryant, James F. Cooper, Ralph W. Emerson, Mark Twain or Edgar Allan Poe. For my speech I’ve chosen a poet, short and detective story writer, critical essayist and a journalist Edgar Allan Poe. He was born in Boston but he was put into the foster family Allan in Eng
Our Earth is very fragile (= křehká) so we have to be friendly to it. Man thought that the basic components, which we need for our existence are granted (jsou samozřemé), but now we know, that there is real danger that we will loose clear water, air and soil. We has polluted everything that might be polluted and now, when we try to clear it again, it could be too late becasue we have polluted practically the whole planet. We have problems with pollutions of seas, oceans, pollution of ai
Environmental Impacts of Tourism Tourism has many negative effects on our environment. On other side, tourism has the potential to take part in the environmental protection and conversation. Uncontrolled tourism is a threat to many natural areas around the world. The tourism industry overuses water resources for hotels, swimming pools and personal use of water by tourists. This can result in water shortage. Tourism is also a threat to land resources include minerals, forests, fertile soils and wildlife. Tourism can cause th
The political leaders are simply VIP’s every where in the world. They represent theirs parties, even theirs countries and they are involved in important decisions for the future of theirs states. They have a big responsibility. They should be brilliant characters. I mean, well educated, altruistic, realistic and single-minded. Let me introduce you two men, who are bearers of these qualities. One is from Czech republic and the other one is from UK. They are Tony Blair and Václav Klaus,
Film was founded in the end of 19th century. This film was still dumb. On the first entry is the train coming to the railway station. The talking film was discovered about 1920 – 1930. I don’t know it exactly. In the beginning were very popular short grotesque. In this time were very popular comedies - Buster Keaton, he was know like Frigo, Charlie Chaplin, and a couple of comedians Laurel and Hardy. Hollywood became the famous place In USA where films are shot. This place