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Countries and nationalities

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Present Simple vs Past Simple

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​ Present Simple и Past Simple. Упражнение № 1 Put the verbs in a correct form. He (to drink) coffee every day She (not to go) to the movies yesterday They (to be) at home now? I (to be) at the restaurant a week ago We (not to study) regularly They (to shake) hands a few minutes ago? I (to be) a good boy He (not to be) very shy a year ago She (to study) at 9 o'clock? He (to walk) in the park an hour ago They (not to be) nice friends We (to be) there on Monday? I often (to water) flowers She (not to talk) to him a few days ago He (to be) an engineer? I (to be) the best student 5 years ago Упражнение № 2. Translate Он не видел ее вчера Она в баре? Они были вместе Мы не смотрим телевизор каждый день Он написал книгу 2 дня назад? Я успешный человек Она не была хорошей девочкой Они покупают музыку? Он хотел новую гитару Комната не большая Там было много стульев? Он любит ее Она не играла на гитаре Они на кухне? Мы были в Калининграде

Much/ many/ few/ little

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Complex object

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Air travel

Economics. Revise Grammar and new terms!

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​ Revise Grammar! Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets: Economics (attempt, attempts) to find laws or principles. The predictions of the models (form, forms) the basis of economic theories. The figure (show, shows) the interrelation between models, theories and reality. Economists (make, makes) assumptions and predictions. (Do, Does) they test predictions? Real facts often (contradict, contradicts) the theory. Leonid Kantarovitch (be, is) a famous Russian economist. Match the terms and their definitions: finance  philosophy public economics  political economy econometrics social security the descipline within economics that attempts to measure and estimate statistically the relationship between two or more economic variables control and management of the money, goods and services of a society condition of a country as to material prosperity of its population (science of) the management of (especially public) money the search for knowled...

Managing people

Russian system of education

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​ In Russia children begin going to school at the age of seven. First they study at the elementary school. It lasts three or four years. At the elementary school children get the elementary education, they learn to read, write and count. From the fifth form the secondary education begins. Children begin learning different subjects, such as Literature, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Computing, Foreign Languages and soon. The nine-year secondary education is compulsory in our country, but after completing the nine-year schooling pupils face the first serious decision in their lives. They have to decide either to continue their studies in the tenth and eleventh forms at a general secondary school, or to transfer to specialised colleges, that is to say, choose a particular career. Colleges give young people a secondary education plus trade training. This means that after finishing a college they are both educated and financially independent, able to go straight to a job. Except general secon...

Work

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​ Work is an integral part of our life. Without work people get bored and insecure. Money is not the only reason why people work. Many professions need to be developed and justified over a period of time. For example, when teachers, doctors, artists, composers don’t work for a long time they start losing their skills. When they do work, they develop their creative abilities and establish themselves in society. To be honest for many people work means only a source of income. People work to fend for themselves and to support their families. They work long hours and endure tight schedules. It is certainly bad. When someone doesn’t like what he is doing, sooner or later he gets stressed or depressed. I don’t think that someone can be successful at work without taking pride in what he does. People who really enjoy their occupation seem to be always happy. They can work all day long spending hours to explore new ideas. To be out of work for a long time makes such people sad and lonesome. The...