вторник, 22 октября 2019 г.


If you could send the things you really hate to a room where they would disappear forever, what things would you choose



There are lots of things that irritate people in their life, such as sleeplessness, late trains, traffic jams or other else. I've chosen three things that irritate me the most.

Firstly, I hate when people are always late. I'm a very punctual person and sometimes I don't understand why people don't value their and other' time. For example, my friends are regularly late and I have to wait them for 10-15 minutes. English writer Edward Verrall Lucas had a view on lateness, "I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them."  I hold the same opinion. People should always remember how they feel themselves when they have a meeting but find yourself waiting 15 minutes, a half hour, or even longer. It's always annoying because you feel like you're wasting your valuable time and that the other person is showing that their time is more valuable than yours.

Other thing is glazed frost. I find it really dangerous for people.  All the time in November and March I can't walk without being afraid of slipping and falling down because here is a high likelihood that you hurt yourself or even break something. 

Moreover, I don't like when I am doing some work and my relatives call me by saying “Come to me, please, I need to show you something interesting!” and when I come there, they just ask me to do a stupid work.


среда, 16 октября 2019 г.

 

The link to the article: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/oct/14/lisa-stansfield-how-we-made-all-around-the-world

The article under review is named: "Lisa Stansfield: how we made All Around the World". 
It is written by Dave Simpson and was published  14 Oct 2019. The text consists of two parts: the interview with Lisa Stansfield - the singer and songwriter, and the interview with Ian Devaney, songwriter and producer.
The article is about Lisa Stansfield's early life and her career beginnings. According to the text, her career started when she was at school. She and her friends Ian Devaney and Andy Morris formed a band called "Blue Zone". However, when their first song "People Hold On" was released, they become famous as a band named “Coldcut featuring Lisa Stansfield”, clearly that was the end of "Blue Zone".
It is specially noted that Lisa Stansfield was the first white British woman to reach Number 1 on the R&B chart – the American black music chart.
The author also mentioned that the lyrics of her songs aren’t from a personal experience. Lisa tends to make up stories and she’s good at putting herself in someone else’s shoes.  As a result,  it becomes significant to other people far more than it does to the singers. 
Questions: 
1. What are the most famous Lisa Stansfield's songs ?
2. What awards has Stansfield won ?
3. How many albums did Stansfield release ? 

вторник, 15 октября 2019 г.






Hello, my name's Katya Toropkina. 

I took this photo while travelling to St. Petersburg.  As you can see, there are two poems on the wall. 
For me, this picture is associated with words. Every day we use thousands of words for communication with our family, friends, preparing our works, studying and different other activities. Now I'm studying foreign languages so my future proffesion will depend on the words, its combination, my speech.
I believe words aren't just compounds of  letters and syllables, they're a way for expressing your thoughts.  
I fond of writing, especially lately. There's nothing as beautiful as the skill to express yourself through the words, be heard and give the ideas of thinking to someone else.  

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