English Stories

Meals in The USA

They have bread or toasts for breakfast. They put peanut butter or jam on the bread. They also drink coffee with milk, tea or hot chocolate. Someone prefers a bowl of milk with cereals. Of course, it depends on the families, but they can also have a fruit juice or eat yoghurt. At the middle of a day there is time for lunch. At lunch they eat more than at breakfast. There is often an appetizer, a main course and a dessert. They can choose a light salad with grated carrots and apples. For the main course there…

Environmental Protection

Our planet is the only place where a human being might live. Unfortunately, scientists haven’t yet discovered other planets, to where a person may move and live the rest of life. That’s why we have to take care of the Earth and look after our nature and surroundings as well as possible. A human being is able not only to create but also to destroy. Especially our earth suffers badly from pernicious actions of man. This applies to both people’s neglectful attitude to the nature – dropping of cigarette ends, rubbish…

My Working Day

I have to work hard in order to achieve success. As I am a student, I have to visit classes, go to the library, a laboratory, and spend a lot of time preparing for the seminars. In order to complete all the tasks I have to plan everything beforehand. My working day starts at 6 o’clock in the morning. I wash, clean my teeth, dress my sportswear and go to a sports ground. Jogging in the morning wakes me up, brings me energy and good mood. After my morning exercises I go home take a cold and hot shower and have…

Holidays in Great Britain

British people like any other nation like holidays. It is a time to rest and spend with relatives and friend. One of the most popular holidays in Britain is St. Valentine’s Day. Every February 14th, boys and girls, husbands and wives, friends and even colleagues tell each other about their love and thank each other for the support and understanding. People send Valentine cards. They are not signed, instead people write "Your Valentine". The first Valentine of all was a Christian bishop. Before his death he…

Supermarkets and shops

In Britain people buy food in supermarkets, small shops and markets. Supermarkets sell fruit, vegetables and all kinds of food and TVs, books and other things too. Some are open all night. Small shops sell food and other things too. For example, people can buy pens there. Some shops are open every day. Others are not open on Sundays. Shops usually open at 9.00am. They usually close at 5.30 or 6.00pm. Some shops close at 9.00 or 10.00pm and some supermarkets are open 24 hours. Markets do not open after 5.30pm…

Television, Computers, Books

As far as books and computers are concerned, I can say in my firm confidence that computers will never replace books. First because they fulfil different functions. It’s true that both books and computers contain information. But one computer is worth the whole library. So perhaps, computers will replace reference books because it’s quicker and easier to find the necessary information in the computer than in reference books. But I’m sure computers can’t be compared to fiction. Historical novels, adventure books…

Nature

Our Earth is so beautiful. There, are a lot of blue rivers and lakes on the Earth. Its oceans are full of wonders. There are high mountains covered with snow and wonderful fields and forests full of different plants and animals. The sun shines high up in the blue sky. At night we can see the moon and millions of stars. One season comes after another and brings changes in weather and nature. There are so many wonderful places to visit and interesting things to see. Nature gives people its riches to live and…

The media in the US: radio and television

The problem of describing American radio and television lies in the simple fact: there’s so much of it, so many different types and so much variety. At the end of the 20th century there were over 9.000 individual radio stations operating in the United States. By this time their number has grown dramatically. There are public and educational radio stations. They are owned and operated primarily by colleges and universities, by local schools and boards of education, and by various religious groups. At the same…