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1. Нью-Йорк New York is the largest city in the USA and the biggest seaport. It is the business centre of the United States. New York is situated in the mouth of the Hudson river. In comparison with such ancient historical cities as, say, Rome, London, Moscow or Paris, New York is quite young. It was founded […]...
2. St. Petersburg — Санкт-Петербург, английский топик санкт петербург Saint Petersburg is the second largest city in Russia and one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great as the window to Europe. Thousands of workmen were brought from all parts of Russia to build a new city on the swampy land at the mouth […]...
3. New York New York is one of the largest cities in the world. Its population is over 11 million people. New York is an industrial and cultural centre of the country. Most business is centred in Manhattan Island. The whole area is very small, that’s why the sky-scrapers were invented in New York and, especially, in Wall […]...
4. New-York. Skyscraper City New York is the largest city in the Western hemisphere and the third largest in the world. Its population is about fourteen million. It is situated on the Atlantic coast at the mouth of the Hudson River. From the Observation Gallery on the top of the 381-metre high Empire State Building you can see that […]...
5. Washington — Вашингтон Washington is the capital city of the United States. It is located on the north bank of the Potomac River. George Washington, the first President of the USA, after whom the city was named, selected an area for the capital. A hundred square miles were taken from states of Maryland and Virginia. It was called […]...
6. Places of Interest in Washington. Достопримечательности Вашингтона Washington is the capital of the USA. The city is named after George Washington, the first president of the USA. It is located on the north bank of the Potomac River. George Washington, the first President of the USA, after whom the city was named, selected an area for the capital. A hundred square miles […]...
7. Тема «Музеи Германии» + лексика Museen in Deutschland Deutschland ist durch seine hohe Kultur bekannt. Es gibt hier viele kleine und große Museen: für Kunst, Geschichte, Technik oder andere Kulturen. Die populärsten und am meisten besuchten Museen in Deutschland sind: in Berlin — das Pergamonmuseum, Nationalgalerie, Bode-Museum. In München befindet sich Deutsches Museum. In Düsseldorf ist das Aquazoo-Museum sehr schön. […]...
8. Топики по английскому языку достопримечательности, London — Лондон When we think of Paris, Rome, Madrid, Lisbon and other European capitals, we think of them as «cities». When we think of the whole of modern London, the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, that great area covering several hundred square kilometres, we do not think of it as a city, not even […]...
9. Lviv. Львов Lviv, the capital of Western Ukraine, is a large industrial and commercial centre of Ukraine. Its narrow old streets and its historic centre make it one of the best places in the country. Lviv was founded as a fort in the mid-13th century by Danylo Halytsky and was named after his son Lev, which means […]...
10. Санкт Петербург Топик — Topic St. Petersburg Санкт Петербург — второй крупнейший город России с населением в 4,6 миллиона человек. Он расположен на реке Нева в верней части Финского залива Балтийского моря. Другими названиями города были Петроград и Ленинград. Город был основан царем Петром 1 в 1703. С того времени и до 1918 года он был столицей Российской империи. Санкт Петербург — […]...
11. Биография Henry Kissinger Henry Alfred Kissinger is a German-born American diplomat and statesman. He served as National Security Advisor and later Secretary of State in the Nixon administration, continuing in the latter position after Gerald Ford became President in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal. An admirer of Realpolitik, Kissinger played a dominant role in United States foreign […]...
12. Покупки, english topics shopping When we want to buy something, we go to a shop. There are many kinds of shops in every town or city, but most of them have a food supermarket, a department store, men’s and women’s clothing stores, grocery, a bakery and a butchery. I like to do my shopping at big department stores and […]...
13. Топики по английскому языку города, Cites of the USA — Города США Large and famous American cites are: Washington, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. Washington is the capital of the USA. It is situated on the Potomac River in the District of Columbia. G. Washington chose the place. The city was founded in 1791 and named after the first president. Now Washington […]...
14. Биография Mark Twain, биография марка твена Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, novelist, writer and lecturer. At his peak, he was probably the most popular American celebrity of his time. William Faulkner wrote that Twain was «the first truly American writer, and all of us since are his heirs». […]...
15. History of Manhattan. История Манхэттена The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle Manhattan. To protect themselves from attacks, they built a sturdy wooden wall. Although it is now long gone, this wall gave its name to a street in Lower Manhattan and the street, in turn, became synonymous with American capitalism. The street, of course, is Wall Street. The […]...
16. Graffiti. Граффити New Yorkers used to see the graffiti on the walls of poor neighbourhoods and subway trains as something menacing and an example of urban decay. The scrawled names and slogans were seen as unsightly and aggressive, the work of vandals seeking to express their identities or even make a political point. Up to the 1970s, […]...
17. Биография Jay-Z Jay-Z is a rap/hip hop performer and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Early career. Originally from the Marcy Projects in the Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn, Carter’s father abandoned the family when he was a young child and he was consequently raised by […]...
18. Топики по английскому искусство, Art In Moscow Speaking about art gallereys of Moscow we must mention the most famous gallereys. The State Tretyakov gallery is one of the best known picture gallereys in Russia. It takes it’s name from it’s founder Pavel Tretyakov, a Moscow mercant. In the 19’th century Tretyakov began to collect russian paintings. He visitet all the exibitions and […]...
19. Биография Malcolm X Malcolm X was a spokesman for the Nation of Islam. Malcolm X was the founder of both the Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. During his life, Malcolm went from being a street-wise Boston hoodlum to one of the most prominent black nationalist leaders born in the United States. As a militant […]...
20. Биография Фифти Цент на английском языке, 50 Cent 50 Cent born Curtis Jackson on July 6, 1975 in Queens, New York), is a popular African American rapper. Biography. Once almost unknown outside his hometown of southside Jamaica, Queens, 50 Cent is currently one of the most well-known and commercially successful rappers of the decade. Because the success of an artist in gangsta rap […]...
21. Cities and Towns of the USA. Большие и маленькие города США There are very many large cities in the USA. Washington, the capital of the United States of America, is situated on the Potomac River. In comparison with such ancient historical cities as, for example, Rome, London, Moscow or Paris, Washington is quite young. The capital owes much to the first President of the USA — […]...
22. Origin of Ship’s Starboard and Port The origin of the word Starboard Dates back to the early practice of steering a ship by means of an oar held in the water over the right side. This side was called the Steer board side Which, over time, was transformed to the starboard side. For a long time, the other side of a […]...
23. Shopping I would like to tell you about shopping in the United Kingdom. Marks & Spencer is Britain’s favourite store. Tourists love it too. It attracts a great variety of customers from house wives to millionaires. Princess Diana, Dustin Hoffman and the British Prime-minister are just a few of its famous customers. Once it made a […]...
24. Shopping In Britain. Шопинг в Британии I would like to tell you about shopping in the United Kingdom. Marks & Spencer is Britain’s favourite store. Tourists love it too. It attracts a great variaty of customers from house wives to millionaires. Princess Diana, Dustin Hoffman and the British Prime-minister are just a few of its famous customers. Last year it made […]...
25. Биография Winston Churchill The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, FRS, PC was a British statesman, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. At various times a soldier, journalist, author and politician, Churchill is generally regarded as one of the most important leaders in British and world history. […]...
26. Артикли с именами собственными / Use of Articles with Proper Names Общие правила Имена существительные собственные употребляются без артикля. Являясь названиями предметов, единственных в своем роде, или личными именами, они сами по себе выделяют определенное лицо или предмет, не нуждаясь в артикле Moscow Москва Europe Европа Peter Петр John Smith Джон Смит Географические названия, представляющие собой сочетание существительного Нарицательного С предшествующим определяющим слово, употребляются с определенным […]...
27. Эрмитаж Топик — Topic The Hermitage Эрмитаж — это всемирно известный музей искусства и культуры, находящийся в Санкт Петербурге. Это один из крупнейших и старейших музеев, основанный в 1765 Екатериной Великой и открытый для публики с 1852. Слово «Эрмитаж» означает «место уединения». Коллекция Эрмитажа включает более трех миллионов произведений искусства и артефактов мировой культуры. Среди них картины, графические работы, скульптуры и […]...
28. Sights of the USA. Достопримечательности США One should start sightseeing in America from Washington. There are many beautiful parks and gardens in Washington. It is interesting to see the famous cherry trees, the gift from Japan. They were brought to America in 1912. The NASA museum is devoted to the USA achievements in the exploration of space. Capitol Hill is the […]...
29. Odesa. Одесса Odesa is the Black Sea gateway to Ukraine. It is the country’s largest commercial Black Sea port and a large industrial city. Odesa is a crossroads of cultures, languages and trade. Pushkin lived here in exile during the 1820s, and also it was home to writer and film director Alexander Dovzhenko. The site of Odesa […]...
30. Биография Jimi Hendrix, биография Джимми Хендрикса James Marshall Hendrix was an American musician, songwriter and virtuoso guitarist, widely regarded as the best electric guitarist in the history of popular music. Mostly self-taught on the instrument, the left-handed Hendrix used a right-handed guitar that was restrung and played right side up. As a guitarist, he built upon the innovations of blues stylists […]...
31. Биография Элвиса Пресли на английском языке, Elvis Presley Elvis Aron Presley, also known as The King of Rock and Roll or The King, was an American singer and actor. Early in his career he was referred to as The Hillbilly Cat. Later, his friends referred to him as «E». Rolling Stone magazine said «Elvis Presley is rock ‘n’ roll» and called his body […]...
32. Биография Эдди Мерфи на английском языке, Eddie Murphy Edward «Eddie» Regan Murphy is an American comedian, singer and actor. Murphy began his comedy career at the young age of 19, as a performer on NBC’s Saturday Night Live television show after graduating from Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School. His characters include a parody of Buckwheat from the Little Rascals and of Fred Rogers. Former […]...
33. Art and music compulsory subjects? Рисование и музыка — обязательные предметы? I totally agree with the statement that all students should be required to study art and music in secondary schools. It comes as a direct interpretation of the apothegm «All work and no fun, makes Jack a dull boy». The education of art and music is necessary to provide for that spice in life. The […]...
34. Токио Топик — Topic Tokyo Токио — столица Японии и самый крупный город страны с населением около 8,3 миллиона жителей. Токио является одной из 47 префектур Японии. Он расположен в восточной части основного острова Хонсю и включает острова Изу и Огасавара. Именно в Токио заседает японское правительство и проживает императорская семья. В Токио преобладает влажный субтропический климат с жарким летом […]...
35. Британские музеи Топик — Topic British museums В Великобритании огромное количество музеев, во многих из которых вход бесплатный. Один из самых известных — Британский музей в Лондоне, который был основан в 1753 году. Это музей человеческой истории и культуры. Его коллекции — одни из крупнейших в мире и представляют разные континенты. Во-первых, это огромная библиотека с 6 или 7 миллионами книг, которая […]...
36. Geographical Position of the USA. Географическое положение США The USA occupies the central part of the North American continent. It borders on Canada in the north and Mexico in the south. It is washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the east, by the Pacific Ocean in the west and by the Gulf of Mexico in the south. The present territory of the USA […]...
37. Биография Доктора Сеусса на английском языке, Dr. Seuss, биография английского писателя Dr. Seuss is the pen name of Theodor Seuss Geisel. He was a famous American writer and cartoonist best known for his children’s books. Life and Work. Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1925, where he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, the Casque & Gauntlet Society, and […]...
38. Shopping топик по английскому, Shopping — Покупки In my early childhood going shopping was a holiday for me, especially when my Granny took me with her. I knew for sure, I would get a sweet or a bar of chocolate or an ice-cream, all the things I enjoyed greatly. Recently, shopping is no fun any longer, but my daily duty. And as […]...
39. The advantages about living in my city. Преимущества жизни в городе It is almost always the case that a person who has been living in a rural area for a while confronts certain conveniences and inconveniences of living in a city. One convenience is the number and diversity of stores and shops available in a short distance in a city. A big inconvenience is the traffic […]...
40. Биография Bob Dylan Bob Dylan is a highly influential American songwriter, musician, and poet. Much of Dylan’s best known work is from the 1960s, when he became a documentarian and reluctant figurehead of American unrest. Many involved in the civil rights movement found an anthem in his song «Blowin’ In The Wind». Millions of young people embraced «The […]...