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                 Topic N1 ("Choosing a Career")

     Choosing a career is like any other activity; it is best  to

work to a plan. Too many people start looking for a specific  job

before thinking out their occupational aims. It is a good idea to

begin  by  attempting  to  define  in  clear  terms  what    your

requirements are from a career. This involves taking a  realistic

view of your strengths and weaknesses. You may think for example,

that you would like a job which involves organizing  people,  but

liking such a job is not a sufficient justification if experience

you already may have suggests that this is not your strong point.

On the other hand, you should remember that training willl  equip

you to do new things. A further point to consider is how far  you

will be willing to do for a time things which  you  do  not  like

knowing that they  are  necessary  to  achive  your  longer  term

objectives. Having thought carefully about the sort of person you

are, try to work out a realistic set pf occupational  requirment.

In particular, you can answer to important questions. First: what

sort of life do you want to lead? For example,  do  you  want  to

live in the country or in the town?  Is  leisure  time  of  great

importance to you? Is the size of your salary important?  Do  you

want to put down roots or travel videly?  Second:  what  sort  of

work do you want to do? For example, do you like working alone or

with others? Does teaching people appeal to you? Do you  want  to

be an organizer of other people's  activities?  Do  you  want  to

develop new ideas and initiate changes.

     As for me, I have made up my mind to be an engineer.  As  my

parents are an engineeres they have made a great influence on  my

choice and I can say that this profession  runs  the  family.  My

choice of this occupation didn't come as a sudden flash. I  think

that nowdays this profession is of great need and  importance  to

our country. It is my aim to be a  qualified  specialist  and  to

serve the interests of my country. To be a well prepared engineer

I  should  have  some  important  qualities:   great   capability

persistance, knowledge of  science  and, of course,  knowledge of

foreign languages. In  spite of  these arguments we musn't forget

about everybody's vacation. I think that my  facilities  combined

with the knowledge would be quiet enough to succeed in my work.

                    Topic N2 ("At the Doctors")

     It is winter now. It is often cold. I can't say that  I  can

stand colds. So, sometime ago I suddenly fell ill.  I  mounted  a

high temperature. I had a running nose  and  a sore  throat. Also

I had a splitting headache and a cough. My whole body  ached.  My

mother fixed me a hot lemonade but that didn't help me much.  She

wanted to give me some aspirin tablets too, but there weren't any

in our house. My mother told me to stay in bed, then  she  called

for a doctor. The doctor came, remove his coat  and  put  on  his

white gown. The doctor  asked  me  to  strip  to  the  waist.  He

examined my lungs, felt my pulse  and  blood  pressure,  took  my

temperature. Then he examined my throat and said that  it  was  a

little inflamed. He said that is was a light case of the flu  and

told me  to  stay  in  bed  and  to  have  a  rest.  He  wrote  a

prescription for a gargle and cough medicine.  Also  he  gave  me

some sulfa pills, a slip for  X-Ray  and  blood  examination.  He

prescribed cups and mustard plasters. The prescription, which the

doctor left, was made up at the chemist's.  I  followed  all  the

doctor's instructions and very soon I felt  much  better.  In  10

days I fully recovered and resumed my studies.

Topic N3 ("At the Theatre")

     I will never forget my first visit to the  Bolshoy  Theatre.

It was ages ago, but this stands out in my memory quiet  vividly.

My mother bought beforehand two tickets for a matinee  perfomance

of the ballet "Sleeping Beauty" by Chaikovsky.  We  came  to  the

theatre long before the perfomance began. A sign at the  entrance

of the theatre said that "house full". Many people were  standing

at the entrace of the theatre asking if we had an  extra  ticket.

We left our coats in the cloak-room and bought a program from the

usher to see what the cast was. I remember we were  glad  to  see

that Ulanova was dancing the main part. When  we  came  into  the

hall the orchestra were tuning in their instruments. We found our

seats which were in the stalls and went exploring the theatre. My

mother showed me the boxes, the pitm the dress-circle, the tieres

and balconies. At 12 sharp th lights  went  down.  The  conductor

appeared and the overtune began. After the overtune  the  curtain

went up. I was in raptures at what I saw on  the  stage.  I  have

never seen anything more wonderful. The scenery and  the  dancing

were superb. The ballet seemed to me a fairy-tale. When the  last

curtain fell, the house burst out into applause. I  applauded  so

much, that my hands ached. The cries of encore sounded  all  over

the  theatre. The  dancers  got  many  curtain  calls  and   were

presented with many flowers. The perfomance was a  great  success

with the public. It was one of my brightest memories.

                     Topic N4 ("Entertaiment")

I am fond of good books and good music, and when I have some time

to spare, I like to go to the theatre or  a  concert.  There  are

more than a dozen very good orchestras in  Britain  and  some  of

them are world famous. Orchestras  in  Britain  have  no  concert

halls  of  their  own,  but  play  in  halls  rented  from  local

authorities or private companies. There are 2 big  concert  halls

in London. The Old Royal Albert Hall and the New  Royal  Festival

Hall, which is one of the most modern concert halls in the world.

Theatrical perfomances are given by theatre companies. There  are

about 200 professional theatres in Britain. Like orchestras,  the

theatre companies usually play in rented theatres, but there  are

several theatres which have their own homes. The  center  of  the

actrical life is London. London is also the main center of  opera

and ballet. I am not particulaly fond of the cinema. Rather  then

take trouble of going out to see a film, I would stay at home and

watch television. I seemed to share this attitude with  the  most

other people in Britain.  In  Britain  the  choice  of  films  is

limited to young  people.  Films  are  placed  in  one  of  three

categories in Britain. "U" - suitable for everybody, "A"  -  more

suitable for adults, "X" - suitable only  for  adults.  A  person

under 16 years of age may see an "A" filem only in company of  an

adult. Only person over 16 years of age may see "X" films. Those,

who prefer to stay at home may spend their  free  time,  watching

TV, listening to the radio. They have many TV and radio  programs

to choose from.

     As for me, I am a  great  cinema-goer.  I  like  the  cinema

tremendously. I see all the best films  that  are  on.  I  prefer

features films, though I enjoy documentaries almost  as  much  to

say nothing of animated cartoons  films,  news-reels  or  popular

science films. I usually go to the cinema for the morning or  day

shows. If I want  to  go  to  an  evening  show  I  book  tickets

beforehand. I like to come to hte  cinema  a  couple  of  minutes

before the movie starts. If there is a long time to  wait  I  can

always look at the portraits of film stars hanging on  the  walls

of the foyer, or listen to a little concert that is usually given

for the spectators. It is a good idea, that those  who  are  late

are not allowed to enter the hall until the news-reel is over.  I

hate being disturbed when a film is on. If I like  a  movie  very

much I go to see it a second time and besides I see many  of  the

movies televised. I often read the  paper  "Film  Week"  to  know

which films have been released and which ones are being  shot.  I

know all the famous script writers, producers and cameramen.

                  Topic N5 ("Books and Reading")

     Books can fit almost every need, temper, or interest.  Books

can be read when you are in the mood; they don't have to be taken

in periodic doses. Books are more personal  and  more  impersonal

than professors. Books have an inner confidence which individuals

seldom show; they rarely have to be on the defensive.  Books  can

afford to be bold, and courageou,  and  explanatory;  they  don't

have to be so careful of  boards  of  trustees,  colleagues,  and

community opinion. Books are  infinitly  diverse;  they  run  the

gamut of human activity. Books can express every point  of  view;

if you want a different point of view, you can read  a  different

book. Reading is probably the most important skill you will  need

for success in your  studies.  You  will  have  to  read  lengthy

assignments in different subjects with varying degrees of  detail

and difficulty. If you you read inaccuratly,  you  will  fail  to

understand some of the information and ideas  you  read.  If  you

read slowly, you will have to spent too much  time  reading  your

assignments so that your other work may suffer.

      Poor reading may be a problem for you,  but  it  is  not  a

hopeless one. Like other  skills  your  abilty  to  read  English

rapidly and accuratly will depend upon a careful instruction  and

purposeful practice. You must continue to practise on your own to

improve your reading skill.

     Reading speed is determined in part by how many  words  your

eyes can see at a single glance. Here is a  comparison  of  three

different readers and how many stops their eyes make.

Slow Reader:

     Being ³ able ³ to read ³ by phrases ³ instead of ³ by single ³

     words ³ results ³ from ³ practice.

Average Reader:

     Being able ³ to read ³ by phrases ³ instead of ³ by single

     words ³ results ³ from practice.

Fast Reader:

     Being able to read by phrases ³ instead of by single words ³

     results from practice.

Notice that the slow reader's  eyes  must  stop  fourteen  times,

focusing on each word alone before they move on to the next.  The

eyes of the average reader stop six or seven times  because  they

are able to see about two words at a single glance. The  eyes  of

the fast reader stop only three times. They focus at  the  center

of a phrase and see three or four words, then move rapidly to the

next phrase. This ability to see words  on  either  side  of  the

point at which your eyes focus is called peripheral vision. As  a

foreign student of English, you may feel, that it  is  impossible

to recognize so many words at a single glance.  It  is  difficult

for many native speakers, but it can be done - and must  be  done

if you are to read as rapidly as you  should.  You  can  increase

your peripheral vision by eye exercises.

                 Topic N6 ("My Favourite Writer")

     I'm fond of reading. My favourite writer is William Somerset

Maugham and i would like to tell  about  his  biography.

William Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 and spent his childhood

in Paris in the family  of a British  diplomat. Having  lost  his

parents at an early age, he went to  live  in  England  with  his

uncle, who was a clergyman. He was educated at King's  school  in

Canterbury studied painting in Paris, went to Heidelbury University

in Germany and spent  six years at St.Thomas  Hospital in England

studying to be a doctor. He was an unsatisfactory medical student

for his heart wasn't in  medicin. He wanted, he had always wanted

to be a writer and in the evening after his tea, he wrote and read.

     In 1897 he  wrote a novel called "Liza of Lambeth", sent  it

to a publisher and  it  was  accepted.  It  was  something  of  a

success. So William  Somerset  Maugham  decided  to  abandon  his

medical profession and he did it with relif. The next  ten  years

were very hard on him. He learned the  terrible  difficulties  of

making a living by writing. But he survived. He became  a  famous

writer. He never regretted the five years he  had  spent  at  the

hospital. They taught him pretty well all  he  knew  about  human

nature.

     The novel "The moon and sixpence" (1919)  is  based  on  the

life of the artist Paul Gauguin was an immediate success. Maugham

went to Tahiti and lived in Gauguin's hut while writing the book.

His fame as a short story writer began with "The Trembling  of  a

leaf". Since then he wrote many collections of books, essays  and

criticism. Many  of  his  books  and  stories  came  out  of  his

extensive travels in the East. His  autobiographical  books  "The

summing up" and "A writer's Notebook"  are  remarkable  for  both

style and sincerity. His books have been reprinted many times.

     In 1927 William Somerset Maugham settled  in  the  South  of

France and lived there until his death in 1965.

               Topic N7 ("The Book I've Just Read")

William Somerset Maugham's short stories  are  most  fascinating.

Not long ago I read one of his short stories,  it  is  the  story

about a man who is very rich, very  powerful,  very  intellegent,

very successful in his career and yet he  is  most  unhappy.  His

name is Lord Mountdrago (the story  says:  he  was  an  able  and

distinguished man who was appointed Secretary of Foreign  Affairs

when he was still under  forty.  He  was  considered  the  ablest

politican in the Conservative Party and for a long time  directed

the foreign policy of his country).  One  day  he  comes  to  Dr.

Audlin who  is  a  psychotherapist  and  whose  reputation  as  a

psychotherapist is very good. Dr. Audlin seems to be able to help

almost everybody (the story says: he could relif certain pains by

the touch of his cool, soft hands and by talking to his  patients

often  induce  sleep  in  those  who    were    suffering    from

sleeplessness. He spoke  slowly.  His  voice  had  no  particular

color, but it was musical, soft and  lulling.  Dr.  Audlin  found

that by speaking to people in that low monotonous voice  of  his,

by looking at them with his pale, quiet eyes, by  stroking  their

foreheads with his long firm hands he could sometimes  do  things

that seemed miraculous). Lord Mountdrago has  a  strange  dreams.

They get on his nerves. And he is afraid that he will go  mad  or

commit suicide if it goes on like that every night. He says  that

his  decision  can  affect the welfare of the  country.  When Dr.

Audlin askes to describe one of his dreams, he begins: "the first

i had was about a month ago. I dreamt that i was at  a  party  at

Connemara House. It was an official party. The King and the Queen

were to be there and many prominent people too. Suddenly i saw  a

little man there called  Owen  Griffiths,  who  is  a  member  of

parlament from the Labour Party and to tell you the truth, I  was

surprised to see him there. The Connemaras were at the top  of  a

marble staircase receiving their  gusets...  Suddenly  I  noticed

that the King and the Queen had  come,  turned  my  back  on  the

Connemaras i understood that i had got my trouses on.  You  can't

understand what i felt at that monent, an agony of shame. I awoke

in a cold sweat and understood what it was only a dream".

     Dr. Audlin can't diagnose  the case  and soon he learns that

Lord Mountrago has ruined his opponent in the House  of  Commons.

Whose name is Owen Griffiths. He did cruely and mercilessly.  His

conscience has protested that injury he caused to Griffiths.  The

story has a tragic end. Lord Mountdrago is unable to get  rid  of

his terrible dreams. He commits suicide. His antagonist  suddenly

dies too. The newspaper wrote that his death was supposed  to  be

due  to  natural  reason  but  we  know  that  his   death    was

supernaturally conditioned by Lord Mountdrago's  tragic  end.  In

conclusion we come to after having read that supernational forces

effect our lives. No matter how sensitive or insensitive we might

be to them. Thus the moral of the story is that doing good is the

only certainly happy action of a man's life.

        Topic N8 ("The Weather and Climate Fluctuations")

'Funny weather we are having' is a statment  of  the  obvious  we

have used for generations as a greeting. When the deep cold lasts

long and heavy snow and blizzards give us the shivers we  replace

"funny" with something stronger, such as  "terrible",  "ghastly".

At times like these people ask what is happening to the  weather.

So we go to the experts, who tells us, in language appropriate to

the subject, what happened yesterday, what  is  happening  today,

and what might happen in the next few years. Weather and  climate

specialists all over the world have ammassed a  vast  quanity  of

information. They can describe what is happening around us.  With

satellites they can forecast more accurately what might happen in

the immediate future. Their research has produced evidence of why

past climatic changes took place.

     There have been many climate fluctuations  ovver  th  10,000

years since Britain was last covered with an ice sheet.  Advances

and retreats of ice in the northern hemisphere  during  the  past

500,000 years can be accounted for by changes in the warmth  from

the Sun.

     This was caused by  alterations  in  the  Earth's  orbit  at

periods of 96,000, 40,000 and 20,000 years.

     Although that  theory  is  widley  accepted  as  a  possible

explanations for ice ages, it has not been proved. More  than  50

theories have been put forward, but only  a  few  have  not  been

completely dismissed.

     Not long ago a new  theory  was  published  in  the  science

journal "Nature". According to  Dr.  Garry  Hunt,  of  University

College, intense radiations  from  the  nuclear  explosion  of  a

nearby supernova - a star - could cause the destruction  of  part

or all of the ozone layer and in this way trigger an ice age.

     As for me, i like  Autumn  best  of  all.  The  days  become

shorter and the nights longer. It isn't so hot in  the  day-time.

The trees are covered with yellow and red leaves. At the  end  of

summer apples, pears, plums and other fruit become ripe.  In  the

South there are many oranges, peaches and tangerines.  Autumn  is

plesant when it does not rain. General Autumn is a  rainy  season

of the year. When it rains the  weather  is  nasty.  The  sky  is

covered with heavy clouds. It drizzles. It is muddy and wet.

     Topic N9 ("The Ecological Crisis: A Myth or Reality")

At the present time the Earth accomodates  more  then  5  billion

people. Half of which are undernourished. A total  of  4  million

deaths  occureach  year  fro  starvation.  Mankind  has   finally

realised the threat of an increasing population and has faced the

fact that something must be done. The food-supply  increase  lags

considerably behind the immense  growth  of  population.  Besides

conditions for life grow steadily worse due to numerous facets of

environmental pollution. And worst of all, today's man constently

contributes to his own deadly crisis. We have got too many  cars,

too many factories, too  much  sewage  and  carbon  dioxide,  too

little water and food deficiency - all that can be  easily  taced

to too many people. That is why many western scientists say  that

our world is going through an ecological crisis which  will  mean

the gradual destruction of the human race. Our scientists are not

that pessimistic, although they do  think  that  man's  increased

tampering with the world around him is posing a growing threat to

the biosphere. It is not too late  to  forestall  what  could  be

drastic and irreversible changes in the  environment  and  ensure

that the world will be a healthy place for the present and future

generations to live in.

                Topic N10 ("Holidays, Travel and Tourism")

For most people there is no problem  in  deciding  how  they  are

going to spend the money they  earn - it  all  goes  on  housing,

food, clothess, transport and, if they  are  lucky,  leisure  and

some holidays. Many of us have  spent  our  lives  without  doing

anything out of the ordinary and now  I  have  got  a  marvellous

opportunity of doing something exciting and I will. If I  win the

prize of 20,000 dollars, I will spend it in the world round trip.

     To travel round the world has long been my  dream  and  with

this sum of money behind me this dream is likely to be  realized.

I am going to take a trip round the world. I am going to do a lot

of sight seeing. I am goung to put up  at  expensive  hotels  and

spend much money on entertaiment and other exciting things.

          My travel experience would begin in New York, known  as

one of the  world's  most  modern  cities  because  of  its  high

buildings and its dynamic spirit. From New York I would cross the

Atlantic Ocean to England. In London I would explore the  British

Museum and visit the shops and pubs along King's Road in Chelsea.

My next stop would be Amsterdam, an attractive  city  because  of

its steep narrow houses and canals lined with trees. Flying on to

Coppenhagen I would  eat  Danish  open-faced  sandwiches  and  be

entertainde at night clubs in Tivoli Gardens. Having seen  enough

cities by this time I would head South to  the  Italian  Riviera.

Portofino,  a  handsome  fishing  village  resembling  an   opera

setting, is one of the most charming vacations sports in  Europe.

Of course, a serious traveller  could  not  leave  Italy  without

visiting Florence, Venice, Naples and Rome, for all these  cities

are living museums. Continuing South, I would trace the beginning

of Western civilization. I would make stops in Athens and  Cario.

Certainly a chance to see the  pyramids  should  not  be  missed.

Next, I would fly east to visit the shimmering island of  Ceylon.

Here, the traveller finds many precious gems for  sale,  but  the

brightest jewel of all is Ceylon itself. Leaving  this  island  I

would travel to Bangkok, an Oriental city of many  charms.  Then,

like mane other travellers, I would be drawn to  Hong  Kong,  the

shopper's paradise.

     Leaving Asia, I would load my over  stuffed  suitcase  on  a

plane bound for Acapulco. In this Mexican resort, I  would  swim,

sunbathes and eat spicy foods.

     At this time it would be necessary  to  count  my  remaining

travellers checks.

     If a tour of Latin America were still possible, I would want

to stop in Peru, Argentina, Brazil. But by  that  time  mu  funds

would probably have run low. So, where would my round  the  would

trip end? For me there is only one answer:  Moscow,  the  city  I

will never tire of calling home.

                      Topic N11 ("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 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 a profit of 529 million pounds. Which  is  more  than  10

million a week.

     It all started 105 years ago when a young  Polish  immigrant

Michael Marks had a stall in Leeds market. He  didn't  have  many

things to sell: some cotton, a little wool, lots of buttons and a

few shoelaces. Above his stall he  put  the  now  famous  notice:

"Don't ask how much - it's a penny." Ten years later he  met  Tom

Spencer and together they started Penny stalls in many  towns  in

the North of England. Today there are  564  brances  of  Marks  &

Spencer all over the world: in AmericaCanadaSpainFrance,

Belguim and Hungary.

     The store bases its business on 3  principals:  good  value,

good quality and good service. Also, it changes with  the  times;

once it was all jumpers and knickers. Now it is  food,  furniture

and flowers as well. Top fashion designers advice  on  styles  of

clothes. Perhaps, the most important key to its  success  is  its

happy well-trained staff. Conditions of work are excellent. There

are company doctos, dentists,  hairdressers,  etc.  And  all  the

staff can have lunch for under 40 pence.

     Suprisingly tastes in food and  clothes  are  international.

What sells well in Paris, sells just as  well  in  Newcastle  and

Moscow. Their best selling clothes are: for women -  jumpers  and

knickers (M & S is famous for its knickers); for  men  -  shirts,

socks,  pyjamas,  dressing  gowns  and  suits;  for  children   -

underwear  and  socks.  Best  sellers  in  food  include:   fresh

chickens,  vegetables  and  sandwiches,   "Chicken    Kiev"    is

internationally the most  popular  convience  food.  Shopping  in

Britain is also famous for its Freshfood. Freshfood is a chain of

food stores and very  successful  supermarkets  which  has  grown

tremendously in the twenty years since it was founded, and now it

has branches in the High Streets of all the towns of any size  in

Britain. In the beginning the stores sold only foodstuffs, but in

recent years  they  have  diversified  enormously  and  now  sell

clothes, books, records, electrical and domestic  equipment.  The

success of the chain has been due to  an  enterprising  managment

and to attractive layout and display in the stores. It  has  been

discovered that impulse buying accounts for almost 35 per cent of

the total turn over of  the  stores.  The  stores  are  organized

completly for self-service and customers are encouraged to wander

around the spaciously laid out stands.  Special  free  gifts  and

reduced prices are used to tempt customers into  the  stores  and

they can't stand the temptation.

                 Topic N1 ("Choosing a Career")      Choosing a career is like any other activity; it is best  to work to a plan. Too many people start looking for a specific  job before thinking out their occupational aims. It is a good ide

 

 

 

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