History: The Vikings first discovered it more than a thousand years ago, but the Europeans came there in the 15th century – in 1497 John Cabot discovered Canada. The name Canada derivers from the Indian word “Kanata”, which means a village or community. It first appears in narrative of Jacque Cartier and is used since 1860. After its discovery the land was first called New France, then British North America. Canada became a British dominion in 1867 (it was a British colony since 1793). Now it is a self-governing member of the British Comm
Situation: Czech republic is situated in the middle of Europe, we can say, that our republic lies in the heart of Europe. Our republic borders with Germany in the west, with Poland in the north, with Slovakia in the east and with Austria in the south. Czech republic consists from three historical parts: Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia.
The surface: Czech republic has various surface, mountains create natural borders with our neighbours: so there are the Giant Mountains with the highest peak Snezka (1602 m), next are the Sumava range, Cz
Situation: Great Britain or The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is situated on the north-west part of Europe. Great Britain occupies many of islands there are between 5 thousands, so the biggest of them is Great Britain and next are for example Irish island with Northern Ireland, isle of Man between Great Britain and Ireland, Shetlands islands, Orkneys and Hebrides or Isle of Wight. Great Britain is separated of continental Europe by English Channel (Channel la Manche) on the south, western coast is dipped by the Irish sea,
English speaking countries are places, states, where people use English as their home language. English is a very spread language. It is one of the most used languages in the world. In many countries, people speak English, e.g. Great Britain, the USA, Australia and New Zealand, Canada, South Africa … I would like to speak about towns, monuments and interesting places in the most famous English speaking countries. At first, I will speak about Great Britain. I have never been there, but my friend was in England during the holidays. She told me
Who is great personality ? He is somebody, who is good at some branch of human activity. It may be sport, art, science, politic or literature. Each nation has own history, each branch has own great personalities, which change flow of our life. They struggled for equal human rights, they invited important medicine, machine, chemical substance or something, what we consider by ordinary thing in our life, but in previous centuries meant progress and in many examples saved human’s life. Each period of time has own heroes, which became a symbol fo
Situation: The USA is situated on the south part of North America and covers more then 9,3 million square kilometers. It is the fourth largest state in the world. USA has population of about 260 million people and borders with two states: Canada on the north and Mexico on the south. East coast is dipped by the Atlantic Ocean and west coast by the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America is federal state with 50 states, 48 are on the continent and Alaska with Hawaii is situated out of continent. There is also one district, District of Columbi
I think, that many people like traveling and I belong to them. But there is one more group of people, who hate traveling and things connecting with it such as packing, booking a ticket and waiting of platform or airport. But I think, that traveling has many advantages. We can find out a plenty of beautiful places and meet many people or friends and we obtain experiences for our life.
People in the Czech Republic had been kept down about traveling. Our boards had been closed for forty years and we had lived behind the iron curtain.
America has more than 250 million inhabitants. In the west, there are Rocky Mountains. Niagara falls and 5 Great Lakes (Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan and Superior) are situated on the south – eastern Canadian border. The Mississippi is the most famous American river. Its name is of Indian origin and means „great water“.
American National Parks are visited by millions people. The first National Park was Yellowstone. Another River, located in the state of Arizone.
Everything what we know about the Celts is from archaeology and from old written sources of Romans, Greeks and other civilizations, which were in some connection with the Celts (business, fighting…). But all these civilizations considered the Celts for barbarians, they saw Celts through their civilizated eyes and sometimes are in their works figments. The Celts didn’t have their own written works till coming of Christianity. But that doesn’t mean, that they couldn’t write. It was their custom to remem
George Orwell was born as Eric Blair in 1903 in the Indian village Motihari. At that time India was a part of the British Empire, and Blair’s father Richard, held a post as an agent in the Opium Department of the Indian Civil Service.
The Blairs led a relatively privileged and fairly pleasant life, in helping to administer the Empire, although they were not very wealthy. They owned no property, had no extensive investments; they were like many middle-class English families of the time, totally dependent on the British Empire for
"Children are true believers, and some of us are lucky enough to make the transition to adulthood without losing the ability to see through young eyes."
Anne Geddes was born and raised in Queensland, Australia. She has always been interested in the strength that a photographic image could hold. In her mid-twenties she began experimenting with the family camera and developing her signature style of simple structure. One of the world's most respected and successful professional photographers, Anne first capture
Reef Located in Pacific Ocean Length 2,012 kilometers (1,250 miles)
The Great Barrier Reef is located in the Coral Sea off the northeast coast of Australia. Though its name suggests that it is a large single reef, it is actually a series of thousands of individual reefs and hundreds of small coral islands formed along the edge of the Queensland continental shelf. The Great Barrier Reef extends along the shelf edge and is the largest organic feature on Earth.
Tasmania is an island located 240 km off the south-east corner of mainland Australia. Next stop south is Antarctica, 2000 km away. · Tasmania is a natural island with geography ranging from temperate rainforest and mountains on the west coast to sandy beaches on the east coast. A land of dramatic coastlines, rugged mountains, tall forests and sparkling highland lakes. · First Tasmanian Aboriginals reached there 40,000 years ago. · Tasmania is the smallest Australian state · The population of Tasmania is 472,000.
Marketing is the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion and distribution of ideas, goods and services to create exchanges that will satisfy individual and organizational objectives. It aslo identifies the marketing variables of product, price, promotion and distribution that are used to provide consumer satisfacton.
The people who are responsible for most of the activities necessary to create the costumers are marketing managers.
Marketing mix comprise these subjects: 1. product 2. price
Actor, screenwriter. Born Benjamin Geza Affleck, on August 15, 1972, in Berkeley, California, to Chris and Tim Affleck. His parents separated soon after he was born and divorced when he was 11. Affleck grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His first acting experience was in The Dark End of the Street (1979), an independent film produced by a friend of the family. At the age of eight, Affleck appeared in a PBS production, The Voyage of the Mimi. That same year, he met his future best friend, Matt Damon, a 10-year-old who lived two blocks away. Th
Anglická výslovnosť je veľmi obtiažna a rozsiahla téma. Tento sprievodca si nekladie za úkol podať vyčerpávajúci prehľad výslovnosti, k tomuto účelu slúžia učebnice, ale ukázať problémové partie, ktoré činia najväčšie problémy.
a) Samohláska [æ] sa nazýva široké e a jej výslovnosť je medzi českým [e] a [a]. Otvorte ústa, ako by ste chceli vysloviť a, ale vyslovíte e.
Prítomným jednoduchým časom vyjadrujeme deje viac alebo menej pravidelné, ktoré sa opakujú. Zásadne s prítomným časom nevyjadrujeme deje práve prebiehajúce ani deje pri ktorých sa nepredpokladá opakovanie v budúcnosti. U prítomného jednodu-chého času sú používané tieto frekvenčné príslovky:
Je ďalším anglickým minulým časom, ktorý je na rozdiel od minulého (priebehového) času závislý na prítomnosti a viac používaný v rôznych situáciách. Tvorí sa z prítomného tvaru pomocného slovesa to have a príčastia trpného daného významového slovesa.
Predprítomný priebehový čas vyjadruje, že dej prebiehá už po nejakú dobu alebo od určitej doby vyjadruje sa pomocou for, since) a pravdepodobne bude trvať ďalej. Nepoužíva sa, teda zo záporom. Tvorí sa z predprítomného času slovesa to be (I have been) a z priebehového prítomného tvaru spôsobového slovesa (sloveso + -ing).