The English Language

English today 32

Hot Issues

Life in the 21st century 34

Computer revolution 36

Will we live in space? -38

Our planet Earth 40

Can we live longer? 42

Mass Media

Mass media 44

TV or not TV? 46

Newspapers 48

The British press 50

About Myself

My family 52

My flat 54

My working day 56

My friend 58

My school 60

How I went shopping 62

My plans for the future ; 64

My meals 66

At the doctor's 68

Hobbies and Pastimes

Hobbies 70

My friend's hobby 72

Travelling 74

My last summer holidays 76

My favourite season 78

Countries and Cities

Great Britain 80

Climate and weather in Great Britain 82

London 84

The USA 87

Washington, DC 90

The Russian Federation — 92

Moscow 95

St Petersburg 98

Literature and Arts

Libraries 100

William Shakespeare 102

Anton Chekhov 105

Agatha Christie 107

Ernest Hemingway 109

My favourite book — 111

Tretyakov Gallery 113

Valentin Serov 115

Isaac Levitan 117

Mozart 119

My favourite singer 121

The birth of the "seventh art" 123

David Duchovny 126

Science and Scientists

Albert Einstein 128

Andrei Sakharov 130

Will we live to see the first cloned human? 132

Sports

Olympic Games 134

Sports in Great Britain : 136

Sports in Russia 138

Customs and Traditions

Holidays in Great Britain 140

Holidays in Russia 142

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The English Language

The future of English 145

Some facts about English 146