Marie Curie, an Outstanding Woman Do you know who was Marie Curie? Hi! Diana's here and today I'd like to share with you who Marie Curie was. Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the first person — man or woman — to win the award twice. With her husband
Read about Serhiy Pavlovych Korolyov, a rocket engineer and spacecraft designer Academician Serhiy Pavlovych Korolyov, the famous scientist and designer of space-rocket systems, was born on the 12th of January 1907 in the city of Zhytomyr in the family of a teacher. In 1916 Serhiy's parents divorced and a year later his mother remarried. In 1917
Do you know what an ukulele is? Hi, I'm Diana. Last month I started to attend extra music classes and took up playing this musical instrument. Some people can think that it is easy to play the ukulele but to a person who never played any musical instrument it is very difficult. Would you like
Some Interesting Facts about Tobacco Pipes Hi, I'm Diana. Some days ago I read the post about Albert Einstein and found out that he smoked a tobacco pipe. I got interested how long people smoked pipes. So I surfed the Internet and would like to share with you some interesting facts about pipes. Albert Einstein
Outstanding Scientist Ivan Pavlov Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was an eminent Russian physiologist and psychologist who devised the concept of the conditioned reflex. He conducted a legendary experiment in which he trained a hungry dog to drool at the sound of a bell, which had previously been related to the presentation of food to the animal.
Have practice in speaking Imagine you are in explorer and have the opportunity to make a big journey. Which continent would you visit? Where would you go? What would you hope to see? Hi, I'm Diana. If I have the opportunity to make a big journey as an explorer I would visit Australia. Would you
Have Practice in Writing Do you agree with the following statement? Television has destroyed communication among friends and family. Use specific reasons and examples to support your idea. TV plays a very important part in our life. In some places it is the main source of information. It’s the window on the world which gives
Writing an Autobiography Hi, I'm Diana and here are some of my ideas for writing an autobiography. I was born on the 7th of June in Kaniv. I was a clever, knowledge-loving and chatty child. My childhood dream was to visit London. My earliest memory is how we met my mum with my newborn brother
What do you know about youth cultures? Hi, I'm Diana and I'd like to share some brief information about youth cultures with you. The term “culture” can be defined as language, dress, beliefs, manners and tastes in food or music of a particular group. The concept of youth culture appeared in America in the 1950s
Would you join any of these teenage groups? There are different teenage groups which can form by hobbies and likes, entertainment (music, movies), favourite hang-outs, looks and clothes. Read the descriptions of different teenage groups High Flyers Looks and fancy clothes are very important for them, and they sometimes spend hours in the bathroom just
