среда, 24 февраля 2016 г.

Still a Mystery

Mysteries make us fell fascinated. Every person wants to believe in miracles. That's why books, films and videos about UFOs, Bigfoot, monsters, mysterous places are so popular.

And do you think that legends about UFO are real? Some people have no doubts. The annual UFO festival in Roswell, New Mexico attracts thousands of visitors each year. Eye-witness accounts describe UFO as unlike anything that has ever been seen on Earth. That is why there are lots of little grey aliens staring down from billboards and road signs with huge insect eyes, UFO diners, UFO souvinir shops and even UFO motels.

Have you ever heard about cryptids? They are hidden animals. For example such legendary beast as yetis, lake monsters, giant snakes and chupacabras. Sounds very scarry... Doesn't it?

And I must also mention some mysterious places for example: there are some more places  that have some extremely weird phenomena. There is one of the most fascinating natural wonders of the world. Tree of life, an ancient mesquite tree, has survived in the desert for 400 years, miles from any other forms of vegetation, and with no apparent source of water. Isn't it amazing?

In concludion I would like to tell you that you may believe it or not but our world is full of mysteries and wonders.

суббота, 20 февраля 2016 г.

Online Practice

What are the characteristic features of our modern community? The fist thing that comes to my mind is that IT-technologies "rule" our lives and minds. In other words we live online, for example nowadays you can work online, you can buy different things online and you can even study online! ONLINE, ONLINE, ONLINE!!!!! If you are not online, you are not with us. Do you think that I am not right?! Even my granny spends several hours online every day.)

As for me I also spend my time online, I am studying hard and I want to improve my language skills, so for me online practice is the best way to achieve my goals. So, one of my favourite online platforms is IXL. This is a language platform, where you can find lots of different exersices to broaden your vocabular, grammar and so on.
First of all I believe that online platforms are very usefull because they give you freedom, I mean you can do exersices when and  where you like.
Secondly you can know your results instantly! And concentrate on your weak points, to my mind it is really amazing, when you have immediatle feedback. Usually I am very nervous about my academic results, and when I work with online platforms I am not stressed waiting for my results. It is such a relief!)) More over this is very comfortable for teachers, as they don't have to check our tests and can have more time for preparing to our classes.

On the other hand I can't but mention some drawbacks of practising online... Yes, unfortunately there are some. If you study a foreign language, you must practise your knowledge in communication with REAL PEOPLE. I mean that in communication you do not use only words, you also need to pay attention to intonation, emotions and even face expression. Otherwise the communication won't be successful. Online communications can't provide you with the whole range of emotions.
And if you spend too much time online you may lose your feeling of reality. Just imagine what will happen if your internet connection fails.

In concludion I believe that every person should find the proper balance of reality and online world.
In this case online practising may do you good!




среда, 10 февраля 2016 г.

The Introduction of the Noun

The Noun.
As you know, every day and everywhere we surrounded by different nouns, but have you ever asked the question “what is it?”. So the noun can be a person, a place, a thing and an idea. Students usually forget about ideas)))

Different grammar books provide us with the following definition: a noun  is a word that functions as the name of some specific thing or set of things, such as living creatures, objects, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas. As for me the definition given by khanacademy.org is more to my liking! As it contains the most essential ideas: any noun is a person, a place, a thing and an idea.

For example :
These are Juign and Wilya. (two persons)
They are in Hong Kong. (a place)
This is their best selfie. (a thing)
They plan great future. (an idea)

понедельник, 1 февраля 2016 г.

Doing the Right Things

Today I am going to tell you about our modern community and the ways we can make it better! All people are stressed, we are always in a hurry and have no time to pay attention to the poor and the elderly, the homeless and the unemployed, the blind and the disabled, but if we start helping the elderly, donating the charities and looking for strain animals our world will be a much better place.

The city can be an unfriendly place at the best of times. Imagine then, how it might feel for the elderly or the homeless. So, to find it out two reporters went undercover, one as an eighty-year-old and another as a homeless person. the results were eye-opening!

People, who used to be very friendly with them, couldn't wait to get rid of them. The world has dramatically embarrassed and lonely. And one day it could be you.

Sometimes teaching homeless street children can be life changing experience and you can also learn that no matter how bad conditions are there is always hope for the future.

And to make our world better we must not forget about our Mother Nature. Deforestation is one of the worst problems today. Deforestation occurs when people cut down whole forests of trees. Deforestation is a major threat to the delicte ecosystem of our planet it destroys the homes of animals and plant species.

People, open your eyes! Don't concentrate only on your problems. Every day try to change our world to the better!