graffity

There is a baeutiful graffity painted on the corner of my house! I haven't got it's picture... It was the first one I've seen! There is only one world 'SMILE' in Russian. It has been painted about 7 years ago, and now it is not so colorful as it used to be! It was an awsome action to draw such a graffity on the gray wall of ordinary house. Every day lots of people pass this wall look at it and smile) it improves people's mood. Such graffities MUST exist!

p.s. I'll surely take a picture of it and post it here in couple of days!

and what do you think

Guys, how do you personally feel about of graffiti? The main thing that matters to me is special graffiti exhibition! I really believe that we appreciate this art because of it has an element of surprise and embodies freedom! And when the graffiti are put in a gallery we lose all these features of pure graffiti.

Ksu's point. Graffiti: crime or art?

POSITIVE

• Graffiti is a great method to express your feeling and emotions
• It's a good way to make some places more bright and attractive
• It can help to hide some ugly places in your town

NEGATIVE

• Some graffiti may contain bad words
• It can be dangerous for graffiters
• Sometimes graffiti prapagandize racism
  

This graffiti are really wonderful, i think! The vampire is mischievous and full of energy! The excellent mood for these last weeks of studying;)

I adore graffiti, because you don`t need search for art, it eventually finds you, and strikes deeply.

I really believe, that graffiti are art! More over, they are art in crime) it’s not a secret that after your painting on someone’s wall or car, there won’t be many thanks to you. But the point is what you draw and haw you draw. A writer must really believe that he is making art, not vandalism. He should feel responsibility for the culture he promotes.

Is it graffiti?

I had a look at the graffiti you have posted in the blog and decided to find out a little bit more about different kinds of graffiti. I actually looked for and found a quite simple answer which I'm inviting you to get too by following the link below:

Graffiti Defined

Have you seen graffiti in Novosibirsk? What category do you think they fall into?

Graffiti - art in crime

I`ll try to persuade that graffiti are art in crime and it`s not so bad

Points for:
1) graffiti is pure selfexpression and art
2) means of communication: a talk without words
3)it has the scence of breaking laws
4)you need huge courage to paint it and then laeve it

Olya’s list of points: ''Is graffiti an art or a crime?''

Positive points	Negative points
form of vandalism and a menace people find it ugly and offensive graffiti creates a sense of anarchy and chaos graffiti is a dangerous pastime graffiti disrupts travel	Art galleries have exhibited work by famous graffiti artists graffiti is as valid as any other art form graffiti has been show case for creative talents some graffiti art is better than some official public art

Description of Olya’s favorite graffiti:

After I had watched the images of graffiti I choose one which I like most of all. This graffiti is called “All seeing eye will eventually get us”. It impressed me greatly by it’s frighten view and a little bit strange selection of colours. The eye is appearing among the dark sky and people are blinded by it’s bright light. I consider that this graffiti is meaningful and contains much moral reproach at people. Moreover, it has strong religious ulterior motive, typifying a figure of God who can see everything and judge any person. This graffiti sets me thinking about human behavior, that we should thoroughly look after ourselves analyzing actions and attitudes.

A Graffiti

There are a large number of different pictures of graffiti, but I have chosen this one. The graffiti was borrowed from one Internet-site, in which I have found the information, that the picture was painted on one of walls of London. To my mind, this picture does not give any particular information about the author. One can see in the picture the nice yellow creature, that is keeping its postbox. May be the creature is waiting for the next letter or something else, we can't say exactly, but the graffity is a sigh of the unknown author, the author wanted to leave the mark after himself, and he did it.

Yana:Graffiti:Is it art or crime?

Positive points:

• A way of self-expression
• A good pastime
• A way to decorate grey neighborhood
• Job

Negative points:

• Dangerous
• Lead to other crimes
• Expensive to deal with
• Spoils landscapes (city streets, buildings, Underground)

I've choosen this graffiti because SpongeBob SquarePans is one of my favourite character from Nickelodeon cartoons. Also I like the way in wich this graffiti were drown. It's very bright and colorful. Sponge Bob and the fish are smiling, and as soon as I saw this picture I wanted to smile too. I thunk that the author of this graffiti wanted to share his or her positive emotions which he or she had got from this creature!Sponge Bob is a bright example of true optimist! He always keeps smiling in any situation, and may be the author wanted to say that we should be as positive as Bob! In my oppinion if you see such a picture in gloomy day, it will rise your mood without any doubt!

Graffiti

People think that graffiti is a crime and graffitists just bring the harm to the streets and spoil buildings by the pictures which mean nothing. People don’t take graffiti as a serious art.So graffiti became a night street art because during long time graffitists were forbidden to express their ideas painting on the walls at the day light. This graffiti movement resists this prohibition and fights for their legitimate desire to paint.

Graffiti

Hello--

a) Post your graffiti descriptions in the blog and read a couple of other students' descriptions and comment on them. Deadline: Monday Dec 15.

b) Read the article (Graffiti-1 file) and 9 comments about graffiti (Graffiti-2 file) and the article Writing on the Wall I sent you in email on Dec 10. Study the opinions expressed in them and decide which of them can be used in the discussion of the question whether graffiti should be considered as art or a crime. Then see whether some of the points you have singled out repeat - it's possible because you will work with 2 articles - or whether any of them can be combined because they add to each other. When finished, list your points in a blog entry which should be posted in the blog Monday Dec. 15.

All in all, you are posting your graffiti description and a list of points to consider in an essay discussing whether graffiti is art or a crime. Your graffiti description can be used as an opening hook.

Then read several posts by your peers and respond to them.

Graffiti

Unfortunately I couldn't explore the link we were given but I wanted to find a picture. So I looked through some sites about graffiti and find a few pictures that are seems to me beautiful. I think that some of graffiti are real peaces of Art. They are created with effort. And I think that beatiful, good-painted pictures should be legal because for me it is better to look at the wall looking such as photo shows than at an empty boring wall. http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9G_bDoXgEJJhmMBozKjzbkF/SIG=128qu128p/EXP=1229181335/**http%3A//www.flickr.com/photos/24293932@N00/325809237/

Actually I wanted to findone site where pictures of floor graffiti are located. These are pictures of illusions for example an abyss drawn on the street looking so realistic that you can feel danger and fear if you are close to it. But I didn't find it.

British National Corpus

Follow the link below to have a look at the British National Corpus, which gives you access to an enormous body of information about the usage of English words and their combinations

http://sara.natcorp.ox.ac.uk

Once there, click on the following link at the bottom of the page

http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/tools/

and then choose the menu option Home, which will take you to the site's Home page, which contains a search box you can enter a word or expression in to receive a list of examples of this word or expression in context. Each entry is preceded by a code which indicates the original source in which the given phrase or sentence was used.

It'd be great if you had a look at it and left your comments about it in this thread.

How Does American Culture Have Influence on Me?

Nowadays The United States of America plays a great role on the world arena, it has influence on not only political, economical, but and cultural live of other countries. The USA is the biggest producer of different media and entertainment sources such as music, movies, TV-programs, books, etc.
There are a large number of different American comedies (such as ‘American Pie’) and boosters on European cinemas, but most of them are very stupid and do not bring any useful information, or one can watch on the screen only cruelty and violence, which damage human’s nervous system and bring harmful effect on children’s acculturation. There is no doubt, that some films are really good (‘Pretty Woman’, ‘Pearl Harbor’), but their number is very small.
Let’s come back several centuries ago, and we see that the United States has very young historic and cultural heritage. Especially, American culture was based on cultural features of other countries- conquerors, some features penetrated through the American culture from English, French, Spanish ones. Some customs and cultural streams were borrowed and became the origin of the particular in the American life. Especially, one can say that the musical stream Jazz is such peculiarity. To my mind the Jazz is one of the greatest musical art form in the world, which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions. It was absolute new music form of art. There were a large number of key figures in developing the "big" jazz band included bandleaders and arrangers Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson, and others. The period from 1920 to 1933 was famous as "Jazz Age" in America. Certainly, it brought new stream of music, songs, but ‘Jazz Age’ also was famous for alcoholic drinks, iniquity and immoral behavior of people.
It is very difficult to give valid mark to any culture, but sometimes I think people can’t find the right features of American one, because the last one does not have a great base which has formed during the long centuries.

How does Europea culture influence on me?

It's true to say that nowadays Europen culture has a great influence on young generation, because European pop-music, films, cartoons and computer games are wide spread in our country. Different people have different attitude to it. Some people think that it has only negative features and vice-versa.
I don't think that it brings only bad thinks. I'm fond of European films and I like European pop-music. One of my favourite European pop-singer is Madonna. I think that she is a good example of the person who can be named as a self-made person. Also Madonna is a very hardworking and purposeful. In my oppinion it's not bad to have such real-world example!
Moreover, there are a lot of good historical films, which was produced in Europe. One of them is "Brave heart". I like to watch it and it helps me to relax. A lso it's very interesting to watch European films in English. It's useful for my level of English.
But at the same time some European films and games are rathe violent. And children may start to think that such behaviour is normal. But the same we can say about Russian films and games.
I think that the main problem is that today we prefer west culture and we forget about our own/

How does west culture influence us?

In my opinion western culture and especially America's influence us very much. It is difficult to say exactly if influence good or bad. In Russia many people consider that the West brings more bad things than good and that because there are a lot of foreign films, songs, singers and actors, Russians, especially youth, prefer these goods and forget about same things created in our country. Yes, Hollywood's films are very popular now all around the world, they interesting that's why people watch them. I like some of them as well. And of course I should mention food. Fast food is famous nowadays and it is delicious but not healthy. People in most cases think firstly about taste not about profit. I think that west culture renders good influence because it makes variety to Russian's life.

How does American culture influence on me?

The most obvious point of influence for me expresses in watching Hollywood films. I fond of watching all kinds of films and that’s why I’ve watched a great number of them. In my opinion, characteristic features of American movies are: fascinating plot, participation of many celebrities, closeness to human values and therefore understanding them by people of almost all ages. Watching movies helps me to relax, have fun and simply spend time pleasantly. The second thing is American modern music. I love to listen to many singers and bands because I find them original and talented. Moreover while I listen to songs I try to translate and understand their meaning that improve my English. And the third point is American food- so called fast food. Many people consider it like junk food but it really helps me in situations when I don’t have enough time to cook thereby eating such kind of food saves my time. But in spite of definite harm I find it delicious.

Lyrics

ПАРОДИЯ НА ПЛОХОЙ ДЕТЕКТИВ

Опасаясь контрразведки, избегая жизни светской,
Под английским псевдонимом "мистер Джон Ланкастер Пек",
Вечно в кожаных перчатках - чтоб не делать отпечатков,-
Жил в гостинице "Советской" несоветский человек.

Джон Ланкастер в одиночку, преимущественно ночью,
Чем-то щелкал, в чем был спрятан инфракрасный объектив, -
А потом в нормальном свете представало в черном цвете
То, что ценим мы и любим, чем гордится коллектив.

Клуб на улице Нагорной стал общественной уборной,
Наш родной Центральный рынок стал похож на грязный склад.
Искаженный микропленкой, ГУМ стал маленькой избенкой,
И уж вспомнить неприлично, чем предстал театр МХАТ.

Но работать без подручных - может, грустно, может - скучно.
Враг подумал, враг был дока, - написал фиктивный чек.
И где-то в дебрях ресторана гражданина Епифана
Сбил с пути и с панталыку несоветский человек.

Епифан казался жадным, хитрым, умным, плотоядным,
Меры в женщинах и в пиве он не знал и не хотел.
В общем, так: подручный Джона был находкой для шпиона.
Так случиться может с каждым, если пьян и мягкотел.

- Вот и первое заданье: в три пятнадцать, возле бани,
Может, раньше, может, позже - остановится такси.
Надо сесть, связать шофера, разыграть простого вора,
А потом про этот случай раструбят по Би-Би-Си.

И еще. Оденьтесь свеже, и на выставке в Манеже
К вам приблизится мужчина с чемоданом. Скажет он:
-Не хотите ли черешни?- Вы ответите: - Конечно. -
Он вам даст батон с взрывчаткой - принесете мне батон.

А за это, друг мой пьяный,- говорил он Епифану,-
Будут деньги, дом в Чикаго, много женщин и машин...-
Враг не ведал, дурачина, - тот, кому все поручил он,
Был чекист, майор разведки и прекрасный семьянин.

Да, до этих штучек мастер этот самый Джон Ланкастер.
Но жестоко просчитался пресловутый мистер Пек.
Обезврежен он, и даже он пострижен и посажен.
А в гостинице "Советской" поселился мирный грек.a



(Владимир Высоцкий)


These lirics were used by AL during our Saturday's classes. I was impressed,
so I decided to find the lyrics on the Internet. I hope, you also will enjoy!

For and Against

Using computers

advantagers:
- information of all types can be in one place, so it is viry convinient to keep information on the computer;
- faster and, again, more convinient to lool for information using computer's Internet
- good way to work with photograths, texts, documents, etc
- you can connect with people when you need to do it, send a message, for example
- you can create many different things using computer, for example, to write (type) a novel, to draw a picture, to work up a photo and many different things

disadvantagers:
- health problems especially problems with eyes
- in these time people, especially youth waste a lot of time playing computer games or chatting
- computer occupies a lot of space on the table
- technical problems which always accompany a computer are really irritative
- it costs a lot. If you want to have a copmuter that wouldn.t be broken in a week you have to pay a big sum of money

I think that adding some examples to my essay would be a good thing)

Ksu ex3p55

One language spoken worldwide would lead to better international relations. (For and against)

FOR

• it will be easier to communicate with people from foreign countries, to understand the culture of another country better.
• language spoken worldwide will be a common property of mankind, it will make differnt nations closer.
• a number of misunderstandings between different contries will decrease.

AGAINST

• if some language of some particular country becomes a worldwidespoken, people from this country will not learn foreign languages.
• if some language becomes a worldwide spoken, it will lose its uniquiness.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of our ever-increasing use of computer?(For and against) or (Advantages or disadvantages)

ADVANTAGES

• computer provides a great source of information
• with the help of computer communication with people from another cities or even countries has become easier.
• with the help of computers you can do some things faster, for example- writing and sending letters.
• one computer contains functions of several technologies such as mini system, TV-set.

DISADVANTAGES

• some people become depended on computer and internet, and it takes the place of their real life.
• spending long time in front of a computer can be cause of different illnesses.
• there are a lot of violent computer games nowadays, and children spend a lot of time playing them.
  

Olya’s points:

Advantages and disadvantages of our ever-increasing use of computer technology:

For	Against
Computer technologies make our life easy; allow us to spend less time of doing some work. Thanks to the usage of Internet we can receive any sort of information. We can communicate to each other using the great variety of sites.	People stop progressing, spending their time in the Internet without aims. Human mental activity is descending Computer has become to substitute for many human activities, such as reading, going in for sport and etc.

“Too much money is spent on sport when it could be used to help the poor”

Advantages	Disadvantages
People will be healthier if they pay more attention to sport activities. Sportsmen of our country can have the opportunity to practice more and therefore to show the great achievements. A lot of sport centers are been building now that allow us to spend more time going in for sport.	There are a great number of poor who can’t afford them to go to swimming pools and different sport centers. Poor people oblige to think about more necessary things, such as food. Old and poor people have a lot of other troubles and in view of their age they don’t need to be so active.

I want to add some information.

Do you believe that equality for women means that women should also do such thing as military service? My opinion:

Advantages:
· Women claim one’s rights to equality. Now they are independent & strong
· Military service is a good life’s school for women
· Women acquire skills in camping, shooting, signaling and etc
· They didn’t disgrace themselves in a terrible situation

Disadvantages:
· as a rule they are single
· usually this women aren’t feminine





What are the advantages & disadvantages of our ever-increasing use of computer technology? My opinion:

Advantages:
· computer technology help us to be people with ours ear to the ground
· computer technology make easier our life
· it is helps us to find a useful information


Disadvantages:
· it is bed for our eyesight
· it is takes up our free time

Yana's list of points.

1) “One language spoken worldwide would lead to better international relations”. (for and against)

Arguments for:
• The relationship between different nations becomes closer.
• Great art and cultural heritages belong to the whole world.
• Rising number of national conflicts is because of lack of understanding.
• There are many ecological problems which should be solved by people all over the world.
Arguments against:
• Every language is a unique cultural heritage of a nation. It means that a national language can disappear and a nation can be deprived its singularity.
• A language is a result of a long period of time which has been developed by several generations. We should hold this fact in remembrance and respect the labour of ancestors .
• International market connections can be disappeared. It means that a country will need some products, and it will lead to an economic crisis.
• Many people such as diplomats and interpreters can lose their job.
2) “The motion picture industry is threatening to destroy culture and tradition”. (opinion)
• A great number of violence and destructions shows the drawback of society. This is the reason of rising cruelty especially of young people.
• There are no films which can show exemplary behavior without cruelty and damage and teach moral principles. Instead of this we can see nasty jokes which teach how to have fun under the other people.
• Such films forms wrong views about the culture and traditions of the country.

I'm trying to figure out what examples to use to illustrate my points

Some more my pictures of Baikal's majestic nature.

Anfisa

This is a picture of my lively cat Anfisa. She was everybody's favorite in my family. We had to put her to sleep last year because she had an uncurable turmor. But before that we enjoyed 15 years of wonderful life together. She was a naughty one and liked to play all sorts of tricks. For example, she could jump on you from a hiding place when you did not see. We believe she could "talk," because not a day went by without some story she shared with us when we returned home from work or some other place. I could say, "Anfisa, мясо" and she would rush into the kitchen and sit at the fridge door and say something. I miss her a lot.

moreover!!!! i have no idea haw to delete this stuff below!!!! T____T

the thing is that my computer hates me. and i can`t stand it too!!!!! >_<
i`ve written such a wonderful thing and posted such a wonderful picture, that this crazy thin decided not do work in the right way. i`m killed.

It is marvellous cat! =))) I finded this photography in Internet.

I love cats with all my heart=))) I feed stray cats, but can't shelter animals, because I have got a dog, a cat and a tortoise .

If you're interested in chemistry you can find an interesting information in Periodic Tables of the Elements in Over One Hundred Languages. This is an on-line dictionary where you can find, first of all, a copy of Mendeleev's Periodic Table of the Elements and, secondly, a very usefull and interesting information about these elements. For example, I've just found there some facts about my favourite chemical elements. They are mercury and silver (Hydrargyrum and Argentum). I've found about their description, quality, with what other chemical elements they can interact, about their history, where they can be used now and many other things. Besides, this on-line dictionary not just English. You can find information written in many different languages

Yana's RhymeZone Multifunctional Dictionary

Among a great number of dictionaries, it is difficult to choose the best daily dictionary which must satisfy all your linguistic needs. I thing I have found such dictionary. It is RhymeZone Multifunctional Dictionary. It has many options; if you enter a word, you may find rhymes, synonyms, antonyms, definitions, related words. For example, you are fond of writing poems, so let’s find the rhyme with “happy”. Then you can choose an appropriate word (sappy, crappie, unhappy…).
Another option is to find the word from Shakespeare’s works or search for quotations. It is necessary when you write an essay, because you have to prove your statements by the words of famous scientists or writers. Also RhymeZone dictionary can be the resource of information from Old Testaments, U.S. Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. There are many important documents which can be useful for writing a paper. The last feather of the dictionary is generated quizzes where you can check your knowledge or become well-educated in some categories such as verbs, nouns, adjectives, state capitals, Greek gods and goddesses and other categories.
If you want to get more details about this dictionary, please, visit www.rhymezone.com/ you won’t feel disappointment. :)

Baikal is one of the most valuable treasures of our nature, isn't it?

I would like to show you my own photo of Baikal's environment.

Ksu's on-line dictionary

There are a lot of different kinds of dictionaries nowadays: printed dictionaries, on-line dictionaries, electronic dictionaties and many others. At present internet is very widespresd, that's why almost every one, who use it, has access to on-line dictionaries. So when I entered to http://yourdictionary.com, I found there a great amount of different and wonderfull dictionaries. It was really difficult for me to choose and describe it, because they are all wonderful and unique. It was amazing to find out that such kind of dictionaries as Energy Dictionaries can exist. But when I found Film Dictionaries all my apprehension disappeared, because I'm interesting in all kinds of movies. Its name is IMBD Film Glossary. This glossary is connecting with http://www.imdb.com. It is very simple in usage. When you come to the main page, you'll see the alphabet, each letter is made is a link, click on it, and you'll get the whole list of terms, wich begins from this letter. Also authors give a list of synonims below the main term. If the description of the term contains another term, it also is made as a link, and if you click on it you will find an explonation.
If you are a real devotee of film industry, this dictionary is a great source of information about it!
More detail you can find on http://us.imdb.com/Glossary/

This ia a kitsune, a creature from Japanese folklore. The word 'kitsune' means a fox, and in Japanese myphology it is a spirit fox who can change her form and look like a human.

If you want to know more about kitsune you can go there:

http://academia.issendai.com/fox-japanese.shtml

Olya's favourite pictures

 

Aren't they beautiful?
Nature is one of the main human richness! And everyone must take care about it and appreciate it!

Olya's favourite dictionary -the Cook's Illustrated Dictionary.

   So I’ve decided to enter the Cook's Thesaurus, because I have been interested in cooking different unusual dishes since my childhood. For me it’s not simply a necessity but also a very creative process. When I had read the main page I understood that it’s a cooking encyclopedia that has a great amount of articles which are dedicated to almost all sorts of ingredients and kitchen tools. Much to my astonishment, each entry includes pictures, useful descriptions, synonyms, pronunciations, and suggested substitutions. Moreover there is a note about an “Ingredient of the Month” in the first page. In addition, I easily have found a lot of information about food due to a link “Categories “which contains many points such as “vegetables”, “flavorings”, “dairy”, “vegetarian”, “grain products", “accompaniments” and etceteras. I’ve read an article about vegetables where I’ve found that, for example, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and beans, are all fruits, but we usually refer to them as vegetables. It was rather a surprising thing for me!
I am sure that this encyclopedia can help everyone to know more about what we eat and simply find interesting information!
You can follow by this link:
http://www.foodsubs.com/

Online dictionaries assignment

We've started discussing the dictionaries that can be helpful in studying English.

I'd like you to have a look at some at http://yourdictionary.com When there go to Other Dictionaries and scroll down. You'll soon see links to Roget's thesaurus (good idea to have a look at it!)

If you scroll even further down, you will see links to dictionaries of
quotations, among other things.

Next, there are specialized dictionaries in many dif categories: from Art
and agriculture to Education, Etymology and Film, to name just a few.

Choose the one that seems more interesting or the one you've never even
thought about existing and surf it. Then write an entry in the blog
describing it.

Your Favourite Pictures

I'm posting this picture on Irene's behalf. We tried in class to download it but it didn't work. Maybe, this time it'll work.

Also, I'm inviting you to post your pictures in this thread with your comments.

Margo's film

Academic Writing-762: Add links to your posts: "I've just been there and found an information about one interesting moovie. It is named 'The Village'. It tells about the village isolated from all other world with forest. There are strange dangerous creatures in this forest, and citizens have an agreement with them. People from the village do not go to the forest, and these creatures do not go to the village. But once... Well, I advice you to watch it."

Olya's favourite film

“The Last Samurai” is one of the most favorite films of mine. First I saw this film nearly 4 years ago and I was absolutely amazed by it! So when I had to decide between enormous variants of films only one and find out about it some interesting information, I‘ve certainly chosen this one. I have found that Tom Cruise- who played the main role in this film- only just escaped potentially fatal injuries after a sword was swung within one inch of his neck. He and his colleague Hiroyuki Sanada were acting out a sword fight scene when the incident happened.
Then I was surprised to learn that Tom Cruise spent almost 2 years in preparation for the film, including swordplay instruction, and Japanese language lessons.
And the last thing which I found interesting and uncommon is that the title of the film does not refer to Nathan Algren as the Last Samurai. The word 'Samurai' here is in its plural form and is actually referring to Katsumoto's clan as a whole.
If information which I’ve written here awake your interest you may follow by these links:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325710/trivia

http://lastsamurai.warnerbros.com/html_index.php"

Yana's favorite film

Academic Writing-762: Add links to your posts: "Hi, guys. Do you remember the film which is called “Ghostbusters”? I am sure you have seen it.
It is fascinating comedy with elements of fiction. Three odd-ball scientists were booted out of New York University. They decided to start the own business in catching ghost. And they called themselves “Ghostbusters”. At first, clients were few, but then New York’s downtown sky scraper became the focal point of spirit activity linked to the ancient god Gozer, “Ghostbusters” got the real job which may be overcome only by the team. And New York’s future depended on the results of their work.
Looking through the site I found out much interesting information such as private life of the main actors, their achievements (all of them won Oscar, Grammy, etc.), a lot of details about the film, for example, What was the pink slime made of? What was the song that started playing after the containment unit bursts, and continued until Dana/Zuul's apartment wall exploded? and many other things. The most captivating thing for me was Fun Stuff, because I can read fun quotes and imagine some episodes from the film. If you want to enjoy “Ghostbusters” again or if I arouse your interest, click here :) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087332/
October 13, 2008 9:24 AM"

Ksu film

Academic Writing-762: Add links to your posts: "Ksu said...
The name of the film, wich I saw last,is 'The Departed'. It impressed me very much. At first sight, the plot of this movie can seem very simply and ordinary, and you can think :'Okay, another film about police, mafia, good and bad guys.' Obviously this fillm about all this things, but the plot is rather unusual. This film is about two young men, who had just graduated from Massachusetts State Police Academy. One man, Billy Costigan, from crook family, wanted to work in police for doing redeem the family. Another one,Colin Sullivan, went to the police as Frank Costello's informator. Likewise Billy Costigan was brought in Costello s band as police informator. They did not know about each other.But one day both sides understood that they had a 'rat' in their departmens. Since this time they tried to find each other. This film is really imazing, and the end of the film is unpredictable. This movie is worth of see. A great number of famous actors take part in it, namely Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, Jack Nicholson. And the main thing is that the director of this film is Martin Scorsese. Who is famous by working at 'Aviator', 'Gangs of New-York'. More about this film you can learn from htt://thedeparted.warnerbros.com
October 13, 2008 4:57 AM"

My Favourite Things

Here are some photos of places and things I like.

Romeo+Juliet's review

I want to describe one of my favourite films – Romeo + Juliet. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117509 It was released in 1996. It starred Leonardo Di Caprio and Claire Danes. In my opinion their acting is on a really high level. The film is based on the famous Shakespeare’s play which I really like and I have read it many times.

The plot of the film is a little bit different from the book, but it doesn’t lose anything as I think. It’s a very romantic story about the teenagers’ sincere love. However, the final is so sad and tragic. It made me burst into tears. The main characters’ feelings touched me very much when I saw it firstly. It’s such a pity that they didn’t have an opportunity to live long happy life. They had a lot of difficulties on their way to happiness. Their families were enemies and they didn’t want to become reconciled. Their families’ stubbornness and wish to be the most influential family in Verona cost a really high price: their children’s deaths. On the one hand, it’s glad that there can be smth which is more valuable than money for such a kind of people.

I was thinking about the present time, so I realized that such pure feelings couldn’t live nowadays.

Nikitra's favourite film

There are many films that I like... But I think I can say, that all of them are a liitle bit similar...hm... inside. they are all very strange, they all make my mind swich off! When you try to understand everything that is happening on the screen, you make your brain work very hard... And you can ubderstand everything only in the end of the film! after that you just sit quiet and stare on the credits running in front of you...
The most braincrashing films are "The Butterfly Effect", "A Beautiful Mind", "The Internal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind"... and maybe "Vanilla Sky"! But I want to tell you about the first one from my list!
Well, The Butterfly Effect.... as you know this very effect means that "Small variations of the inition condition of a dynamical system may produce large variations in the long term behavior of the system..." (What is butterfly effect.) In easier words the butterfly's wings may cause the tornado on the other side of the world. And in this film the main character can return into his memories and change them. And every little correction changes the future... Then he entangles everything and every next corrected future is worse than previous... to know what happens next watch this film by yourself!:) THE FILM

P.S. Don't try to watch the second part of this film!!! imagine if you will be offered to look on the painting "Mona Lisa 2"! I think it's not very good idea...

Nastya`s IMDb`s map)

"For people who used to be ten years old - and people who are going to be ten years old." Hayao Miyazaki.


My favourit anime is "Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi " aka "Spirited away" by Hayao Miyazaki-sama. He is a delightful person, who i admire and really respect! http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0594503/bio

"Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi " is a vonderful, mestireous and really heart-touching story. The film won many awards as a best animated feature and for a best song/music (by Joe Hisaishi http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386749/)

there is some interestin stuff about the anime here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245429/trivia
i really like this: "The flexible light thing that jumps around and leads to the house is a reference to Pixar's mascot, Luxo Jr. Miyazaki is a big fan of Pixar and wanted to show his admiration."
the thing is, that tere was a jumping street lamp in the anime, which showed the road for the main heroine) it was wery pretty!! ^_^


Enjoe official site:)
http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/miyazaki/more_miyazaki.html

"Lin: What's going on here?
Kamajii: Don't you see? It's called... Love."- my adorable scene;)
 
P.S. if you really want to inreach tour Japanese, watch it, and you`ll recieve a dose of positive emotions! It worth it!

Ann's favourite dictionary

Nowadays there is quite a big variety of English dictionaries to use. They differ from each other very much. So everyone can choose what he/she likes.
My favourite one is Macmillan English dictionary. www.macmillandictionaries.com It includes both paperback and CD-ROM editions. As for me, it is really convenient. When I don’t have a lot of time on doing my homework or I’m very tired, I use its CD-ROM edition because its usage isn’t time-consuming. Of course, it has all the features of every dictionary (pronunciation, explanation, examples of the word’s usage). However, this dictionary is overfilled with a lot of different information. It mentions a list of words which are frequently used together. Also it has a lot of metaphors, idioms and etc with their explanations.
In my opinion Macmillan English dictionary has only advantages in its usage.

My favourite film
My favourite film is The Matrix Revolutions. The film was written and directed by Larry Wachowski and Andy Wachowski . The Matrix Revolutions is the third and final film in The Matrix trilogy . By the way, this film contains more interesting action scene and least of all Philosophy than other film in The Matrix trilogy . It would be a platitude to say that Neo ( my favourite Hero) is the bravest hero. He occupices an outstanding place in The Matrix trilogy . And a TV addict cannot imaging The Matrix without Morpheus, Oracle, Trinity! In this film Neo fall for Trinity. It is fantastic, I think. In other film the impact of her beaty seemed lost on Neo. When I went to the cinema I hoped that they would be together. But in the end of my favourite film Trinity was killed and Neo died a heroic death. People in the cinema were crying. And cursed copy of Smith! Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss and ect acted in The Matrix trilogy. We admire the great word of Matrix, each of us finding special lines for ourselves. It’s unforgettable film!!! http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/matrix_revolutions/ -official site of Matrix Revolution

My dictionary (Margo E)

If your activity is connected somehow with different languages, it is necessary to have a dictionary of language that you need. Especially, if you study a language. Some words about my own dictionary. It is usual not very big Russian—English/English—Russian dictionary. I wish I had a better one but now I haven’t a chance this my wish come true. Of course, my present little dictionary has good sides. I already said it’s not big that’s why it is so convinient to take this dictionary with me if I need to use it. I always carry a lot of note- books in my bag and if I need a dictionary I can find a place in a bag for it. What is more it is double, I mean, it consists of an English—Russian part and a Russian—English part, and I can compare several meanings of a word. For example, I found a word in a text. Let it be the word ‘ultimate’. I look for it in an English—Russian part, read it’s meanings then I find these meanings in the other part and compare them. It can be usefull if you want to fill the meaning of a word. Also there are phonetical transcription of each word. It’s irreplaceable for my phonitic lessons. I want a new bigger dictionary but I suppose I keep my present dictionary as well.

My favorite dictionary

My favourite dictionary is the Oxford dictionary of the English language. This dictionary teaches us to understand English words and explain meaning of words in the English language . At first, I found it hard to understand. But now, it’s easy for me. My favourite dictionary consists of information about Grammar, word formations, word usages and about etymology. Also, it contains interesting examples and short definitions. For example, Sanction noun (plural sanctions) 1- permission or authorization. 2- Action taken against a nation that is considered to have broken an international law etc., Sanctions against that country include refusing to trade with it. Sanction verb (sanctions, sanctioning, sanctioned) permit or authorize. From Latin sancire= make holy.
With this dictionary you can achieve success in English language. From time to time, when I have free time I read this interesting book for me. I’m sure, that you will have unforgettable time, when you read it!!! That is sure pretty! It’s a useful book, isn’t it?

How to edit your posts

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Solonko Irina's Dictionary

People, who are learning foreign languages, use different sources to learn much more new words and their meanings. The most popular, convenient, and available way of learning new words is looking the word up in the dictionary. Although one can speak of a purpose of any dictionary, it must be realized that every dictionary is compiled with a particular set of users in mind. There are a lot of kinds of different dictionaries, such as an electronic dictionary, which contains several languages, not a very large number of linguistic units, phrasal verbs, and statements, an on-line dictionary on the Internet, where one may find the meaning of the word and its pronunciation, and a book format dictionary. There is no doubt, that each of these dictionaries has its advantages and disadvantages, but I prefer the last one – a dictionary as a book. My choice is a Dictionary of Contemporary English is published by Longman. This dictionary is easy in usage, and it also contains a lot of illustrative materials, which help to learn the information in visual form. Authors of the dictionary give in the article several meanings of a word with simble examples. It makes the usage not only available; it helps to find definitions between synonyms and other linguistic units. There are also some the most famous abbreviations and etymological characteristics of words, famous geographical names with transcriptions, and a few maps are given in the dictionary. One more thing, which attracts me in the dictionary, is the CD-ROM version of the book edition. I can use an electronic version instead of book one, but it’s not always very convenient, especially if I don’t have an opportunity to use notebook. The only thing, which does not attracts me in the Longman dictionary, is its large size. The book is rather heavy and big, so I cannot take it anywhere. I think the Longman Dictionary Of Contemporary English is one of the best dictionaries, although there are a large number others, which are worse neither in usage nor in contents of linguistic units.

Ksushas description of dictionary.

English has become very popular nowadays, that is why there are a lot of different sorts of dictionaries these days. In my oppinion the most effective and useful dictionary is English-English dicnionary, because of it I prefer Macmillan dictionary. Firstly I met with this dictionary when I was at the first course, and I really liked it. Macmillan has a lot of resources, and it is very easy to use.
Each word has its clear and simple explanation. Only the most common words are used in it. Also if a word has five or more meanings, there is a special table near this word, where all its meanings enumerate. This special table is called menus. It helps to find necessary meaning faster.
Some words have collocation boxes. These boxes shows with what words this one is used more frequently.
Basides word usage is demonstrated with the help of simple examples.
Also each word has a transcription. It helps to read words in correct way.
Likewise this dictionary is divide into several section, namely Numbers, Phrasel Verbs, Academic writing, Metaphor, Computer words, Pragmatics, Spoken discource, British and American English and some others. These sections provide a modern information about up-dated English.
Similary Macmillan is full of different illustrations, which explain word meaning and show differenece between synonyms.
Although every print Macmillan contains CD. This CD is an electron variant of the dicnionary. CD contains the same options as print variant, but it gives you an opportunity to listen words pronunciation and to add your translation or information to the words.
The way I find a necessary word is rathe simple. Firstly I find a necessary word, then I look through the context, in wich this word is used, after it in menus I find necessary meaning. Next I read an explonation, look this usage, which is elustrated in example. As example let"s take word "flight". It has several meanings:

1. journey in air/space
2. (bird) movement in air
   
3. moving through air and etc.

As you see each meaning has its own number. For example I need the third meaning. I look at number 3. There I see an explanation "the act or process of moving through the air, or the ability to move through the air." Then auyhors give an example of usage "What was the diretion of flight when the plane crashed?"
As I mention earlier this dictionary has several sections. And this feature I like most of all, exactly sectio, which is devoted to numbers. This section gives an information how to say and write numbers in English, how to say phone numbers, dates in correct way. Also it is provide an information about the difference in the usage of numbers in British and American English.
You can find out more information about Macmillan dictionary in www.macmillandictionary.com

My dictionary

It is very important for us as linguists to have a useful and efficient dictionary. In this case, Longman Dictionary has everything to satisfy even the most captious person.
There are a lot of things which you can research, when you open the dictionary at first. This isn’t a simple handbook which includes only words and their definitions, but also encyclopedic information like geographical names with pictures and historical data, different holidays, articles about famous people (for example, Michael Jordan, Vanessa Mae, Joseph Addison), international organizations and so on.
As for the article, it contains various meaning of a word, British and American pronunciation, spelling, variants of a word. Cultural Notes give additional information about things that native speakers associate with the word. Also you can see quotations from well-known poems, novels, plays. If you need more information you can see an arrow and the words see also, it is a reference which tell you about related articles. Idioms and Phrases are marked in black print. Usage shows you various applications and indicates the correct choice of the word. Italic letters point grammatical categories whether a word is countable, uncountable, transitive, etc.
As for me Longman Dictionary is also good for supplementary information about Great Britain and America: political and educational system, national festivals, holidays, famous writers and musicians, film stars and many other things.
So, I think you won’t regret if this book is your daily helper.
Della Summers said that Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture “gets to the heart of the language”.

Surfing the dictionaries

Your assignment for the next class is connected with you studying one of the online dictionaries located at http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages/germanic.html#english.

This is what you should do:

1. Go to the site the link to which you can see above.

2. Choose a specific dictionary (choose it based on your current needs, i.e. some dictionary that you think you might use in your daily activities or based on something that made you interested).

3. Study a number of entries in the dictionary of your choice to see if it provides the information that satisfies you: for example,if it's easy to search, if it provides pronunciation, grammatical information, examples of words in context, something else.

4. Write a journal entry in which you need to include the following information:

a) dictionary address

b) dictionary type

c) description of a typical entry

d) your assessment of how useful the dictionary is for the purposes you would like to use it

e) (optional) recommendation for your peers about whether to use it or not

You should complete this assignment by Wd. and bring it typed to class.

Let me know if you have any further questions and/or need help with this task.

The other assignment for Wd is for ONE of you to prepare a presentation of your favorite dictionary (information similar to that above should be provided). In addition, you should make up an exercise to accompany your presentation the purpose of which is to show some distinguishing feature(s) of the dictionary you are presenting. Here are some ideas for exercises (it's just a suggestion in case you run out of ideas:)):

a) a fill-in exercise

b) a circle-a-word exercise

c) a crossword puzzle

d) a substitution exercise

e) a matching exercise

f) a set of open-ended questions

The purpose of any of these is for you to demonstrate a distinguishing feature of your dictionary.

Suggestions

Post your suggestions about things to discuss in this thread.

An Instruction of Usage Microwave Oven for Adults

The microwave oven is now an essential part of most kitchens. It is an excellent device to use. But it is useless, if you are not acquainted with an instruction how to use a microwave oven. It has 3 options. The first option is to heat up food. You should put your food into the oven and fix the time. Three short signals will inform you about the end of the heating. The second option is to defrost something. There are two steps: to point a weight and a kind of products like meat, fish, poultry or bread. But you can use the option “Promptly defrost”. The food will be defrosted for 3 or 4 minutes. And the last option is microwave cooking which is recounted in the Microwave Cooking Book. You should remember Safety Precautions:
• Follow the instruction manual for recommended operating procedures and safety precautions.
• Don't operate a microwave oven if the door doesn't close or damaged.
• Never operate a microwave oven if you have reason to believe it will continue to operate with the door open.
• Don’t repair an oven yourself.
• Don't stand directly against a microwave oven (and don't allow children to do this) for long periods of time while it is operating.
• Refer to the instruction manual for your oven. Some microwave ovens should not be operated when empty.

An Instruction of Usage Microwave Oven for Children

The microwave oven is useful device in every kitchen. You can use a microwave oven in 3 ways: to make food hot and to cook meals. It is very simple; you just put food into the oven, close the door, point the time and wait for some minutes. As for cooking meals this procedure is the same. But you must follow the next warning, because if you can’t work with the oven there are may be some damage, destructive consequences: a breakdown or injuries.
• a microwave oven mustn’t work if the door doesn't close or damaged
• never put any subjects or animals into the oven
• Don't stand near a microwave oven for long periods of time

The Language Courses

№1 For students
Hello, guys!
Do you want to have unforgettable holidays? We have a special offer for you. Our private language school organizes a trip to London for a language course. It’ll be in one of the most famous and best universities in the world – Cambridge. During it you can improve your English. And we don’t care how well you know it! That’s the coolest that you’ll see the most beautiful sights of London. There will be students from different cities and even countries. It’ll be very interesting to make friends with them. You can communicate with them on every topic and spend the best time in the evenings in the atmosphere of a great fun. We’re sure you’ll enjoy the whole trip. We’re waiting for YOU!

№2 For their parents
Our private language school organizes a language course in London. It will take place in one of the most prestigious universities – Cambridge. Your child will be able to improve his/her knowledge of the English language communicating with the native speakers. And it is one of the most effective ways to learn the language. Every day there will be many excursions in the famous and fascinating places of London. Your child will get a great opportunity to see a lot of London’s sights. As the group of students will consist of students from different cities and countries, your child will be able to meet many interesting people, communicate with them and find out a lot of new information. So we hope that you will become interested in our offer.

by Ksenya

Winter Vocation in Aspen.

For Adults.

Our company is glad that you visit our site. We want to offer you and your family our service in organization unforgettable holidays in Aspen. Our company will help you to choose the most suitable and the most comfortable hotel for you. Also we have a close connection with all Aspen’s boarding- houses and sanatoria. It gives you a great opportunity to have a rest and to improve your health. This system of sanatoria includes two outside and two inside swimming pools, four modern sport complexes, five dental clinics, seven massage parlours and many other health promotion establishments .All these establishments cooperate with high skilled and proficient specialists. During your state in sanatorium, cultural excursion will be organized. Also you will have a chance to visit a concert hall, which is situated near sanatoria, and to attend an exhibition of modern art. If you are interested in our service, call us, and our secretary will consult you at greater length. Thanks for your visit.


For Teenagers.

You have been waiting for winter holiday for a long time and it came at last. Do you want it to be unforgettable? You name it, we’d got it! We will help you to carry out your dreams! Our flexible system of payment will allow you safe your money. If you are a party animal our suggestion is exactly for you! Our firm has close connection with the system of modern bars and pubs. Only in this month we offer a great bonus. If you take with you five friends you will have a 50% discount. Do not miss your chance! Hurry up!

by Olya

Speech for pregnant woman about harm of smoking:
Dear ladies!!! Please be very attentive to your health, otherwise smoking can seriously affect both your own, and your baby's health!!! When you smoke, a lot of chemicals enter your body. Then they get into your bloodstream, and stop your baby from getting as much oxygen. This will affect your baby's growth rate and cause its heart rate to rise.
If you smoke during pregnancy, your baby is more likely to be born untimely, have poor lung function, have smaller organs, and what’s more terrible is a possibility to die! I don’t think that you would like to see your baby dead! I am sorry for such unpleasant words, but it’s true!
Also, when you smoke you chances of having an abortion are very high, you have a greater chance to have morning sickness, and you put your own health at risk, increasing the risk of conditions such as cancer and heart disease!
The sooner you stop smoking, the better - and it's never too late!!! Even stopping in the last few weeks of your pregnancy can still benefit you and your child!

Speech for teenagers about harm of smoking:

Hi, guys!

I know that it’s too boring to you listen to my speech about smoking, but you must know some cases which probably set thinking about it.

First of all, smoking does a lot of harm to people’s health and kills an enormous number of them every year. Smoking causes bronchial troubles, heart disease and lung cancer. In fact, many of cancer deaths are caused by smoking. But nicotine is not the only bad thing in cigarettes, there are over a lot of chemicals in one cigarette that are very harmful.

Secondly, heart disease is now the number-one killer in our country! Majority of smokers want to quit but can’t. So if you’ve never tried smoking, you’d better not to do it at all!!! Many people think they can easily give up smoking whenever they decide on. That’s hardy possible. There is also psychological dependence on smoking.

In your everyday life you often communicate with smokers and whether you want it or not, you have to breath in the smell of tobacco around us. It is known that smoking is more dangerous for so-called passive smokers because it does a lot of harm to their health although they are unwilling to do it. Do you want to harm your friends or family? I suppose, that not.

And what’s more, smoking in your teens could harm brain development and hearing. Also it’s harder for you to focus in class!

So please think thoroughly about all pros and cons and try to understand that smoking is the worst modern human habit! It’s not fashionable to smoke! It’s much more fashionable to be healthy and energetic!!!

№ 1
Hi, pals!
Yesterday I read the “Godfather” Yesterday. It is about cool guys and steepness. The Don makes him living by selling “Olio Di Oliva” (olive oils). Things are going smoothly! Constantly he helps a destitute. And a destitute remembers it. He has got four sons and a daughter- Sonny, Freddy, Hagen, Michel and Connie. Hagen is a barrister and the Don’s councilor. Michel is the real guy! He is respected in the criminal word. Connie is the beautiful girl, but Connie’s husband is the pompous idiot…
Every one marveled this clan. The clan enjoys its popularity. One day, drug dealers will offer a deal to the clan… There will be broken bones and blood.
You mustn’t live in the past, you should read this book!!!

№ 2
Oh, hello!
My dearest friend, I read one of thrilling books yesterday. This book teaches us to live in the criminal word. The character of the Don shows the respected and talented man. Love story of his son and the beautiful lady shows sincere feelings. Oh, their love is delightful! He is handsome and he is pleasant to deal with. She is the charming and understanding lady. If it is interesting for you, I can give you this book.
It will be unforgettable reading!!!!

Ania’s Writing Process
Personally I think that the writing process is very difficult. First of all, I think about the composition’s topic. I try to collect all the possible and suitable thoughts and make them in order. I often find this stage very difficult because it depends on the topic very much. Then I start writing. As for me, it is very enjoyable to express my own thoughts in the ways which I like. I try to choose the most suitable variant for each sentence. At last I check my composition. The last stage is often done twice because I sometimes tend to be a very inattentive person and make a lot of silly mistakes.

Going to a summer camp (by Margo)

teenagers/young adults
A summer camp is a good chance to meet new people with same interests as yours. It is good way of resting. Besides, while you live in a summer camp, you will find out if separate life is for you or not. There will be just coevals around you and no bothering people. Adventures, new meetings and a lot of impression are waiting for you.

their parents
A summer camp is a good way for children to know how to be indepentent. They will spend their summer with use and pleasure. In a camp they can learn many important and necessary things. A camp could be a good training for them. Children will learn how to cooperate with each other. Specialists will work with them and teach things which all people should know. And of cource, a camp is a safe and ecologically clean place.

Audience considerations

In class we discussed the features of writing you need to consider to make your writing focused (narrowing it down to make it manageable) and meeting your audience knowledge of the discussed subject.

In order to feel the features of writing, taking into consideration its purpose and audience you are invited to write two letters on the same topic but for different audience. You should consider how the content and language of your writing will change depending on who the intended audience of your writing is.

You can choose the topic for your letters from the following list:

1. Going to a summer camp: teenagers/young adults (1) and their parents (2).

2. Dangers of smoking: teenagers (1) and middle-aged people (in the developed countries these are people in their 50s and 60s; in Russia in their 40s and 50s).

3. Explain how to use some piece of equipment (cell phone, computer, your choice) to a teenager (1) and a person in his/her 50s who is afraid of using technology.

4. Explain why you like a certain piece of music/a book/ smth of your choice to a peer who does not like this kind of music/books/your choice (1) and your parent who disapproves of your tastes.

Post your letters in the blog and comment on how persuasive smb else's letters are: ask yourself will I be persuaded/the others for whom this information is indended?

Ksenya's writing process

Writing a composition is not easy for me. All my composition’s work I divide into three parts. The first part is to collect all thoughts and make a draft of them. The second part is to determine the main and the most important thoughts and put them in order. The last part is a process of writing. The first and the most difficult step for me is to write an introduction. In this part of essay I try to show the main idea of my work and to mention all my ideas. In the body I develop each idea and try to explain why do I think so, and what does these ideas mean. The conclusion expresses my attitude to the theme and collect main theses of my composition. All these things I make in a draft variant. Then I reread all my composition, and if it is correct, in my opinion, I rewrite it. But if it is not right, I change it’s part, make corrections and write another draft. I repeat all this procedure, until I have the best variant.

Irina's Introduction

I have an opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Irina, and I’m a student of foreign languages department of NSU. My department I not large, but all students are very friendly and kind. The students try to develop their language skills speaking, watching films in English or reading books in the original. All students, especially my group, always spend a lot of time together, and during this time we create bright, amazing, and interesting things. Each member of the group is a very extraordinary and amusing person, every time anybody brings fascinating ideas. L like each person of my group, and I’d like to stop as many moments of our university life as I can, so I often take pictures of my group matters. Taking pictures is my hobby, one of the way f spending my leisure time. In my opinion, making photos is a very tremendous and riveting process. When I take somebody’s picture, I really get a lot of positive emotions! All you need for an impressive photo is a good camera, an object of photography, and a bit of imagination. I like making photos of my group matters, because I can see them in any time and enjoy past moments of our life. Sometimes I suppose that haven’t had enough knowledge and skills to make a professional photo yet, but my own pictures are rather individual, and they shows my point of view to the world. There is no doubt, that I need to develop skills of taking pictures, because each of us should develop himself during his or her life. I know that there are a lot of different courses of taking photo and photo design, where I can learn much more about this process, find out interesting tricks of great masters of photography. There are a lot of people among my acquainteds, who are fond of professional photos, they take part in different festivals of amateur and professional photography. These people exhibit their works in some galleries, and now some of my acquainteds are rather famous persons in Novosibirsk. I admire their works, sometimes I get an interesting photo as a present, that is an example, which I should fellow to. I like this kind of art, so I get aesthetic satisfaction, which is a basis of the Beautiful Life.