Olha Khalus
пʼятниця, 24 квітня 2015 р.
Feedback for 1st year student
In my
opinion, the course of the Vocabulary of Modern English is highly effective for students of our department.
Besides, I’m sure that the second year of studying is an appropriate time for
this subject, because the course makes a useful contribution in contribution in enriching
our vocabulary, but it acquires not only knowledge,
it gives us the experience as well.
To start
with, you’ll take advantage of working in class
as it shows how to work in groups and overcome your personal fears connecting
with our perforating skills, maybe discover some effective
ways of remarkable achievements in
learning new words. As for me, if you have a sense of
responsibility and settle down regular
preparing for the classes, you’ll enjoy the fruits of
this hard work at the end of the course anyway. Believe me, that flicking through the words and hoping that you are so brainy will lead you to a
spectacular failure.
Of course,
it doesn’t mean that you have to burn the midnight oil
while cramming, but you should be quite determined and considered
in order to pass exams with flying results. You
should take to this course at the beginning of
the term and keep in mind that if you want to have top
marks, you have to set high standards for
yourself and try to make a
breakthrough. Otherwise, you are running the
risk of falling behind with this subject. What’s more, doing the course of the
Vocabulary of English you’ll keep up with
technical methods of learning. Frankly, I was skeptical about it, I mean doing
tasks in the Internet and social networks, but now I understand that it produces great results as I can manage with different
online tools and develop my writing skills.
However,
the most difficult moments are, of course, during brainstorming
topics and words for an exam. I
had a tendency to lose
my patience, be tense and think that
everything will go badly wrong. It seems to me
that setting exams always gives such impression of
uncertainty, so keep calm and take it easy.
To sum up,
the course of the Vocabulary of Modern English will give
you a practice of studying language, the rich vocabulary that will be full
of numerous phrases and collocations, and you’ll remember it thanks to
entertaining with group mates while preparing the
variety of creative tasks. Just be optimistic
and persistent and the great success is guaranteed.
A sound mind in a sound body
It is said
that “Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth,
faithfulness the best relationship.”I suppose each of us is in favor of this
state. Although, being a student, it demands real efforts to keep your body
healthy and it is a real concern for us. It’s a common knowledge than studying,
doing scientific work and attending different courses take a lot of time, that’s
why we almost don’t have time to take care about our health. Taking all these
factors into consideration, there are a lot of problems.
To start
with, students have a lot of problems with nourishment. We are what we eat, so
let’s have second thoughts and analyze how much
we should change. Almost every day we eat different junk
food and ready meals in cafes. Sometimes
during the day we can’t go without it, when
there are too many classes and you are dying of hunger.
Then, having returned home there is another problem. We usually overeat having dinner with saturated
fats and cholesterol. As a result, we are
running the risk of suffering different serious illnesses. The most widespread consequences
are overweight and obesity,
food poisoning and different eating disorders such as ulcer
or gastritis. It’s my firm conviction that speaking about our health we don’t face different choices, but only test our determination and persistence
of following a substantial meal program. The solution
is to eat healthy food that means nourishing meals,
organic food, products high
in vitamins that will keep your metabolism
in harmony. Try to spend some time on cooking home-prepared
meal and it will produce visible results anyway.
Another significant
issue is a sedentary lifestyle. There isn’t enough
time that students can devote just to their body. It’s going without saying
that any sports activities are the best way to burn
calories up and to have a slim body. So, we
should weigh up the options and take up exercises at least 30-40 minutes every day. Create
your own fitness program and stick to it. Working out demands discipline
and endurance, but it’ll make a good progress for our body.
середа, 22 квітня 2015 р.
Protecting natural habitat
“Modern
technology owes ecology an apology” said M. Eddison.
Modern-day
Ukraine isn’t an exception. We should remember that if we continue neglecting
the duty of protecting the environment it will lead to dire
consequences and environmental catastrophe.
That’s why the daunting task for all Ukrainian
society has to be the preserving of healthy environment. We
must get down to improving green policies by finding groundbreaking solutions to make our country
healthier till 2030.
To start
with, we should analyze the existing environment
and clearly understand its problems. In my opinion, the most important issue,
which could become considerable difficulty for us to be changed, is saving energy. The consumption
of energy is too high in Ukraine. Most of all, it’s because of great part of
heavy industry, which is actually one of the basic economical branches of
Ukrainian industry. It produces steel, paper, plastic and aluminum, which are
the most widespread materials, and use a lot of energy. What is more, heavy energy
using as a fuel coal, produces harmful CO2 emissions.
As a result there is an air pollution,
that has influence on destruction of the ozone layer,
and the coal basin is gradually decreasing as well, and it’s likely that it’ll run dry soon. Moreover, a great amount of energy needs
for supplying office-buildings, homes and constructions of light industry and
others.
I
take the view that we
have to introduce such methods of conserving energy
as minimizing the usage of non-renewable resources and switch
to the alternative energy resources. For this point, we should imitate
the experience of West European
countries where eco-friendly ways of producing
energy have been investigating and studying for a couple of years.
Ukraine has
rich natural resources and good natural
conditions that allow us to save them and make our natural
habitat healthier. For instance, we can build offshore
wind farms at seas, then we may maximize
using of nuclear energy, provisionally
modernizing the appliance of nuclear station in
order to avoid explosion such as it was in
Chernobyl or try to use solar energy, for
example, in spring and summer.
One more
solution we can find on landfill, I mean it in a
figurative sense. Today it’s possible to recycle waste
and use it again in different purposes. By doing in such way, we can get good
results as there would be less toxic substances,
which are emitted into the air and soil, and pollute them too.
Also, we have to use non-carbons technologies to reduce our carbon footprint , cut down over polluting
or try to pump it deep underground and stop carbon dioxide emission.
Speaking
about vehicle emission, hybrid
cars could be a good alternative, but it’s too expensive. Why not try to
use such environmentally-friendly kind of
transports as bicycle for everyday occasions at least?
Another
good point is eco-home. Honestly think, it’s
hardly to believe, but there are some models of eco-villages in the world. We
can easily take the basic principles of their lifestyle. Nevertheless, it’s
only a rough idea and it demands a lot of
efforts and money, of course.
It’s my
firm conviction, if we don’t start defending our resources and nature, there
will be nothing to use in future. All in all, people have to be ready to change
their way of life, take care of the Earth and it will take care of us and future
generations.
Connections
After
passing all exams, I decided to take my time and recharge my batteries after
hard studying. I made up a decision to lazy around und undergo the charming
atmosphere of my town. As it turned out
it wasn’t just a walk for me. This story took place in the park in my native
town. Not far away from me there were a girl and a boy. Let me name them Sophie
and Andrew. Sophie was a pretty girl with long sleek
auburn hair, round face with freckles and
lovely complexion. As for me she bore a striking resemblance to famous actress Rachel
Weisz. Andrew also looked as handsome and portly gentleman
with dark hair and broad shoulders. Their things were going badly wrong.
They were continuing
this argue, accusing each other in behaving indifferent, hurting each other feelings. It appeared to me that it
was their last conversation, but it fell out that their conversation went on another
way.
This conversation
helped me to understand that if you hold somebody dear, you shouldn’t split up right away. The thing is that we have to pluck up the courage, be patient and help each
other as we all make mistakes. What’s more important that we have to appreciate
such people in our life.
понеділок, 2 лютого 2015 р.
His Story
In
modern-day Ukraine peace is the most urgent phenomenon. The all-out war that is going on now hasn’t broken out suddenly. From the early beginning of its
independence there are a lot of difficulties which as we can see today were the
recipe for disaster and caused
chaos in our country. Is it possible to avert
war when you stand up for your liberty
and sovereignty?
Looking
back in the past, Mahatma Gandhi is the historic figure that is interesting for
me because, it may sounds strange, but his battle
was peaceful. M. Gandhi was a great human that gain new knowledge, kind of
teaching called gandhism.
M. Gandhi
got higher education in Britain in 1891 and then
came back home to serve his country being not a
soldier, but a politician armed with good word and hoped to make useful contributions in the development of India.
The most important thing that he had, his life, he devoted to the most
difficult thing I mean fight for freedom and independence of his country. He
wanted British Empire took his nation seriously
using peace talks in order to ensure that India was strong enough to build its
own democracy and live in peace. He said that an
eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. That’s why he offered resistance in a peacekeeping
way, trying to avoid the horror of war. He had a
great support from Indians as his lifestyle wasn’t as one of typical
politician. Indians described Gandhi as the father of the nation and he lived
like they. For instance, he lived modestly, ate simple vegetarian food and wore
the traditional Indian clothes and therefore, he was aware of the main concerns
of the nation.
Gandhi had
a brilliant success applying the practice of
non-violence to defeat and overturn unjust laws that existed in South Africa.
“Non-violence and truth are inseparable and
presuppose one another”.
Non-violence
was his main weapon against the British rule and he did his best to find effective ways with the assistance of which people
would reach a compromise in diverse situations,
but not declaring a war. I
take the view that this
man is a symbol of peace, because his way of
discovering the truth is a fundamental step to a
lot of historical events that have made change
in our society. It is said that the Dr. Martin Luther King concept, the Polish
trade union ”Solidarity”, the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and soviet
dissidents are encompass some branches of
non-violence philosophy considerably.
Moreover,
Euromaidan also began as a peaceful protest as Ukrainians want to have a say in deciding our country’s future. It’s my firm conviction ideas of M. Gandhi can make good progress in each conflict, but it’ll cost a
lot of efforts, as “non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, can not
come by an appeal to the brain” (M. Gandhi).
On move!
Dear
Victoria,
I’m writing
this letter to tell you about my new life in America. There are a lot of
changes since I’ve visited you.
To start
with, I was afraid of immigration, because it
was known about animosity towards economic migrants and prejudice
against their culture. Besides, I was worried about health inspection,
especially when I heard about walk at Ellis Island where doctors examine you
and decide can you or not enter the country. Fortunately, it was OK. To be
honest, after health and legal inspection I was vibrant
and ready for something new and thrilling.
Actually, almost everything what had happened to my family has made a change.
Lowest East
Side is the place where we’ve settled, namely we
live in tenement apartment building which has five floors and contains eighteen
families as average. Our apartment has three
rooms such us kitchen, bedroom and a big room. Speaking about facilities, there is cold water and gas lightening, but there wasn’t any stove, so
it was the first thing we’ve bought. I remember you were telling about burekas
with meat that your mum cooks and now our families taste them too. Try to add
some cheese-it’s delicious!
My father got down to
earning some money and today we have a small store. It brings not a large
income, but the steady one. I also do my bit as
an assistant here. Frankly speaking, it’s difficult to
get accustomed to combining a job and studying, so it happens that I burn the midnight oil and cram
in order to pass my exams and don’t fall behind with knowledge.
Needless
to say, that the first
few months were like a huge cultural shock,
although there is our big ethnic minority and we
still undergo its support. On the other hand, I
recognized the need for integration and
therefore I usually go to the Nicklodeon with my families, where we enjoy
listening to American music and watch movies with Charlie Chaplin. We get much out of such evenings as they help us to get away from all duties and get the hang of American culture as well.
All in all,
everything sorts itself out, although sometimes I feel nostalgia
for my native country and friends. I hope my new
life in America will be interesting and stunning
in any case. What about you? I hope to read good news from you soon. Say hello
to your family!
Love,
Molly
Kiraly
Підписатися на:
Дописи (Atom)