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We are the winners! Great Victory - 74 Some Churches of

"FROZEN" : Welcome to the premiere! Nobody is forgotten! Nothing is forgotten!

Great Patriotic War memorial in Sysert

Friendship

Editor-in-chief : Elena V. Vatoropina 624021, , Sverdlovsk region, Deputy Editor : Larisa V. Cherkasova Sysert, Novyi District, 25 Designers : Elena V. Vatoropina, Nikita Emelyanov, Web: школа1-сысерть.рф Kristina Podkorytova http://friendship1.ksdk.ru/ Photographers : Maria A. Udintseva, Bruce Bertrand, Е-mail: [email protected] Larisa N. Ivanova, Polina Abrosimova, Vera V. Izyurova Correspondents : Alexander Bogomolov, Bruce Bertrand, Vasilina Starkova, Alexandra Mavletdinova, Olesya Kolyasnikova, Maria Kucheryavaya, Kirill Khvoshch

Magazine for young learners who love English and want to know it

Earth is our home ..………….…...... 4 Youth Festival of Musical Creativity ………….….…...... 4

Famous Russians .………………………………...... 5 Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin .…..……………………..…..…. 5

School life ………………………………………....….. 6

Great Victory - 74 …………………..…...………….. 7

Our talents ………….………………………….……… 8 "FROZEN" : Welcome to the premiere! ………...... 8 We are the winners! …………………………………………... 9

Reading is a ticket to everywhere! ………….…. 10 The flower of stone ....………………...…..………….…….... 10

My native land ………………………….…………….. 11 Sysert Porcelain Factory: traditions and modernity 11

Our guests ……………………………………...……… 12 Some Churches of Moscow ……..…………….………...…. 12 Our school museum ………………………………………...… 14

Enjoy English! ….…...…………………………...….. 15 "Chuggington" : English is fun! ………………..…………. 15 British Bulldog - 2019 ………………………………………... 15

Discussion club …………………………....……...... 16 Computers: pros and cons ……………..………….…....…. 16 To be successful means …………………………………...…. 16 How to spend free time ………………………………..…….. 17

Teacher’s comments ……………………………..... 18 School magazine as a means of developing students' cognitive interest in learning English ……………………. 18

Our achievements …………………………...……... 19

3 Friendship № 12 April - May 2019 Earth is our home Famous Russians XVII International Youth Festival of Musical Creativity "Earth, our common home" was held on April 27 in Sysert House of Culture. Young artists from the Czech Republic, and took part in the festival.

More than 700 people took part in the XVII Inter- national Youth Festival of Musical Creativity "Earth is our common home". These were teams from Azerbaijan, Egypt, Ka- zakhstan, China, Mongo- The Czech choir "Carmina" lia, Tunisia, Uzbekistan opened the concert program. and the Czech Republic. Thirty charming girls and two Youth collectives from young men under the leadership different regions of Rus- of the choirmaster performed sia, Buryatia, Bashkor- several compositions. The tostan and Crimea came Azerbaijani folk group to Yekaterinburg. From "Alov" ("Flame") sang a April 25 to April 30 they beautiful song "Oh, that is not all competed in four cate- evening" and showed an gories: vocal, choreogra- phy, instrumental art and incendiary and gentle dance. folklore. The winners re- Young Azerbaijani musicians ceived the grand prix of played the national string the festival - 50 thousand instruments - canon and tare. rubles and a statuette in Two instrumental compositions the form of a blowing an- were presented by young gel made of Ural stone. musicians from China. The artists of "Charm of rhythm" The XVII International sang a song "Moscow Nights". Youth Festival of Musical The participants of the festival Creativity was held by the Sverdlovsk State Chil- were dressed in their traditional dren's Philharmonic with national costumes. All the stage the support of the Gov- shone brightly with all the ernment of the Sverd- colors of the rainbow. lovsk Region, the Ministry The audience were cheerfully of Culture of the Sverd- applauding to each lovsk Region, the Ministry performance. When the concert of International and For- was over, everybody was full of eign Economic Relations positive emotions and energy. of the Sverdlovsk Region, the Ural-Siberian Asso- The show ended with the ciation of UNESCO Cen- performance of the Ovation ters and Clubs. song theatre from Sysert. Yulia Vorotnikova Photos https://vk.com/for_to4ka Photos by the author 4 Friendship № 12 April - May 2019 Earth is our home Famous Russians April 12 is the UN-declared International Day of Human Space Flight. On that day in 1961 legendary Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made mankind's first ever voyage into space aboard the Vostok-1 spacecraft. Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin 3 (Vostok 1) spacecraft with (9 March 1934 – 27 March Gagarin aboard was launched 1968) was a Soviet pilot and from Baikonur Cosmodrom. cosmonaut. Gagarin became an The five first-stage engines international celebrity and was fired until the first separation awarded many medals and titles, event, when the four side boost- orbit the Eath. His call sign including Hero of the Soviet Un- ers fell away leaving on the core was Kedr. ion, his nation's highest honour. engine. The core stage then The radio communication be- Vostok 1 was his only space- separated while the rocket was tween the launch control room flight, but he served as the in a suborbital trajectory, and and Gagarin included the fol- backup crew to the Soyuz the upper stage carried it to or- lowing dialogue at the moment 1 mission, which ended in a fatal bit. Once the upper stage fin- of rocket launch: crash. Gagarin later served as ished firing, it separated from Korolev: "Preliminary stage the deputy training director of the spacecraft. The spacecraft … intermediate..... main..... lift the Cosmonaut Training Centre orbited for 108 minutes before off! We wish you a good flight. outside Moscow, which was returning to Earth, landing in Everything is all right." subsequently named after him. . As planned, during Gagarin: "Поехали!" Gagarin died in 1968 when the descent Gagarin ejected from Gagarin's informal poyekhali! MiG-15 training jet he was pi- the capsule and parachuted to became a historical phrase in loting crashed. the ground. Gagarin thus be- the Eastern Bloc, used to refer to On 12 April 1961, 6:07 am came both the first human to the beginning of the Space UTC, the Vostok 3KA- travel into space, and the first to Age in human history.

The statue of Yuri Gagarin in the statue of Captain James Cook. It Greenwich, London, is a zinc statue was later moved to the Royal Ob- depicting the cosmonaut wearing a servatory, Greenwich, at a site over- spacesuit and standing on top of a looking the Prime Meridian line, and globe. The figure was originally un- was unveiled at the new location on veiled on 14 July 2011 at a tempo- 7 March 2013. There had been an rary location in the Mall, close unsuccessful proposal to move it to Admiralty Arch and facing to Manchester.

5 Friendship № 12 April - May 2019 School life

6 Friendship № 12 April - May 2019 School life Great Victory - 74

One of the most remarkable public events in Russia is Victory Day. It is traditionally celebrated on the 9th of May. The holiday marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the in World War II in 1945. It became the end of the Great Patriotic War for the USSR, which lost more than 25 million citizens in the four years of fighting and starvation.

Every year all cit- ies across the coun- try have lots of pa- rades and celebra- tions. Many people have lost close rela- tives and friends in this terrible war. Al- most every family in Russia has a person who didn’t return from the battlefield. On this day we are grateful to our saviors, to those who sacrificed their lives for us.

There are some traditions that we follow. We give flowers to veterans and lay wreaths at war memorial sites. At home, we gather around a festive table to honor survivors and honor those who passed away. Photos by Vera V. Izyurova, Elena V. Vatoropina, Maria A. Udintseva, Natalia S. Sedinkina

School Concert «Music of Victory»

7 Friendship № 12 April - May 2019 Our talents "FROZEN" : WELCOME TO THE PREMIERE! The day of the premiere. We finally made our film! More than 100 people came to the presentation to see it, the hall was full. A little intro from our head- master Mantavya Marwah, a small talk about the film and 10 minutes of total attention. Then our team was invited to the stage. We finally saw and felt au- dience's reaction. Faces full of emotions... We were very happy to see all of them there!

We have some reviews about our film from differ- Last year I ent countries. And we have our first selection in Lon- became a mem- don by famous Pinewood Studios. This is an adult ber of "Globe film festival, so, our chances aren't big, but the selec- Film" project in my local language school. Many stu- tion itself is quite an achievement for us. dents of our school took part in it, too. We all joined a real film-making pipeline which in- London's Review: cludes 3 main stages: pre-production (plot, script, story We're very grateful to The actors played well, boarding), production (actual filming) and post- you for giving us the op- especially the main char- production (editing, color-grading, music). We all had portunity to be the first acter Emma. She had a got our own roles in the project. Somebody was an to see this truly great difficult task, but she operator, the other became an actor, etc. Everybody of film! It touched our coped with it by 200%. the team did something that they were good at. This souls! We still have tears She was sincere and true year our work was much more professional then last that we can’t stop. This with us, which was very year. At that time we barely knew each other. We got is really powerful work. important. The poem was an important experience and became close friends... Thank you for it! Your so cool it scared me. We spent much time together! film made us think a lot Your poem like rays It gave me so much - lots of new emotions, knowl- and understand a lot. penetrated till the bone. edge, English speaking practice. It all made me more Thanks to "Frozen", we "Frozen" is a magnifi- confident in using English. It was the main goal of the met ourselves. Thank cent film! Well done! whole project. you! Last year the students from schools 1, 6, 23 of Sysert took part in shooting the film "Catcher of Time". The film "Frozen" was made later. After "Frozen" presentation our headmaster Man- tavya Marwah told: "Today is an excellent day. We had more than 100 people watch our film. Each and every one of you did an amazing job and your film shows it. The life of Frozen has just begun and now it will travel to more than 20 countries in the coming months. I'm very happy that I was part of Project Stardust 2.0..." 8 Friendship № 12 April - May 2019 Alexandra Mavletdinova, 7A Our talents We are the winners !

Ekaterina Andreevna Pavlenko, a prize-winner of VIII Municipal Fes- tival of musical creativity of educa- Marina Kushenkova (1D), Zlata Prosvirnina, Anna Bedskikh (2B), tionalists, nomination - “Vocal”. Maria Kucheryavaya (5D), Daria Tarabaeva (6A), Sofia Belousova (6C), Marta Mangasarova (6B), Arina Prosvirnina (7B), Vera Starikova, Alexandra Balakina (10A), the members of «OVATION» «Vivat, St. Petersburg!» A wonderful trip We’ll tell you about our amazing trip aged group, and Grand Prix of the Con- to St. Petersburg. We were invited to the test!!! It was an exciting moment! All the International Contest "Vivat, St. Peters- teams were invited to the stage for sum- burg!". While going by train, we drew ming up. We were happy to become the and painted pictures, read books, told winners! After performance we went to funny stories. On May 3 we arrived in St. the hotel to celebrate my sister Zlata's Petersburg. The weather was nasty, but birthday. That day was full of emotions: our mood was great! We were met by we laughed and cried, jumped and the guide and we went on an excursion danced! around the city of St. Petersburg. We On May 6 we walked around St. Pe- saw many interesting places: the Winter tersburg. In the evening we had to leave Palace, Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Gulf of an amazing city Finland, famous fountains of Peterhof. which gave us so All the fountains are big and beautiful many happy mo- and each of them has its own history. ments! We also visited the most beautiful metro On May 8 we stations of St. Petersburg: Pushkin sta- arrived in Yekater- tion, Sennaya square, Institute of Tech- inburg. We were nology, etc. We liked "the second capital welcomed by our of Russia" very much! parents and On May 5 our art group "Ovation" friends with flow- took part in the contest. We performed ers and balloons. four songs in three nomination. The re- It was a great trip! sults were wonderful: the 1st place in 9- We’ll never forget 10-aged group, the 2nd place in 11-12- it. Maria Kucheryavaya, 5G Arina Prosvirnina, 7B 9 Friendship № 12 April - May 2019 Reading is a ticket to everywhere! My native land

The Flower of stone by Pavel Bazhov

vase and ran away. toward her. She wanted to jump The village was full of ru- down to him, but the vision dis- mors after he disappeared, but appeared. She told her relatives no one knew where he had what she had seen but they did gone. Three years passed. Ka- not believe her and decided that tya did not marry. After her she must be ill. parents died she came to live The next day Katya ran to the with old Prokopyich and hill hoping desperately to see helped him in his work. But Danila. Her sister followed her. soon Prokopyich died, too, Katya came to the same place and Katya lived on her own. and found herself in the magic She did not have any money, woods. She started to call out, so she decided to try making "Danila, where are you? Answer some brooches. me!" The echo answered: "He is She went to Serpent Hill hop- not here! He is not here!" Then ing to find good pieces of suddenly the Mistress of Copper stone. But at the hill she re- Mountain appeared and de- membered her beloved Danila manded, "Why did you come to and wept. Suddenly she saw a my garden? If you need the beautiful piece of malachite. stones, take what you wish and All a sudden the Mistress of Katya took it home and tried to go away". Copper Mountain appeared be- carve several brooches. She Brave Katya replied, "I don't fore his eyes. Danila began to worked hard and well and her need your dead stones. Give me implore her: "There is no life for carving beautifully set off the my Danila back. You don't have me without seeing that Flower!" natural patterns in the stone. Ka- the right to take another's fiance". She replied, "I could show it tya was happy when she sold her The Mistress laughed. "Do you to you, but afterwards you will works to a merchant in the vil- have any idea whom you are regret it. Those who have seen lage. She thought, "My brooches speaking to?" Katya cried out, "I my Flower have left their family are the best in his store. I was am not blind, I know who you and come to live in my mountain. lucky finding that malachite. are. I am not afraid of you! Not at Think about Prokopyich and Ka- Maybe Danila helped me?" all! And I know that Danila tya who loves you". She ran again to Serpent Hill wants to come back to me". The "I know", shouted Danila, "but looking for another good stone. Mistress said, "All right, let him I must see it." "All right", she But she thought again of Danila speak then". said. "Let's go then to my gar- and burst into tears, sobbing, At the same moment Katya den." So she took him and "Where are you, my beloved saw Danila. The Mistress said, showed him the wonderful Stone friend? Why did you leave me?" "You have to choose, Danila- Flower. When Katya looked around it Craftsman. If you go with her, In the evening Danila came to seemed to her she stood in an un- you will forget everything you the village. His fiancee Katya familiar woods, and the mountain saw and learned in the mountain. had a party the day before the opened before her eyes. "Here is If you want to stay here, you wedding. At first he had fun, the magic mountain," she have to forget the rest of the danced, and sang songs, but then thought. "Maybe I could see my world". he became sadder and sadder. To Danila". To be continued... Katya's questions he replied that When Katya looked down, she he had a headache. After the saw a man who looked just like party he returned home, broke his Danila. The man raised his hands

10 Friendship № 12 April - May 2019 Reading is a ticket to everywhere! My native land Sysert Porcelain Factory: traditions and modernity

Our schoolmates visited Sysert sion, teenagers visited the roast- Porcelain Factory. Tours of the ing shop, the artistic porcelain Sysert Porcelain Factory made shop and the molding shop, where them acquainted with all stages of plant employees showed them all production, with the history and the stages of porcelain production. modern secrets of making quality During the tour, our classmates porcelain products. Here they took were told about the history of the part in a master class on painting creation and development of the porcelain products and Sysert Porcelain Factory, which is sticking labels on the a unique place for the manufac- cups. During the excur- ture of highly artistic items.

found its own unique style – to the level of world stan- painting household utensils dards. A new generation of and folk Ural house painting. artists and technologists The compositional motif makes a new direction in the "Sysert-skaya rose" was development of traditional firmly established at the plant craft. Products "Porcelain of together with hand smear Sysert" has a great popularity, painting. At present, ico- both in Russia and abroad. nostasis has become a prior- The products of the plant are ity for the factory. Sysert ico- loved by customers for their nostases adorn the temples of impeccable quality, which is Verkhoturye, Nevyansk, achievable only in the manual Yekaterinburg and other version, the whiteness of por- towns and cities of the Urals. celain, respect for traditions An outstanding Ural writer and sense of modernity. Sysert Pavel Bazhov became the art Porcelain Factory preserves inspirer of the plant. and develops the traditions of "Mistress of the Copper folk art of the Urals of the Mountain", "Danila-Master", XIX-XX centuries. Among its "Golden hair" and other series popular items are tea and cof- of sculptures were made on fee sets, dinner sets and indi- the basis of his fairy tales. De- vidual objects, as well as scription of the process of small series and individual making porcelain and the decorative objects such as works of masters and artists vases, jewelry boxes, gifts de- Sysert Porcelain Factory helps to evaluate the exclusiv- signed to decorate various in- was founded in 1960 on the ity of products. teriors. basis of the ceramics produc- Today Sysert Porcelain tion cooperative, and in 1963 Factory maintains the best tra- the staff was enlarged with ditions of the Ural folk art artists who increased the artis- crafts. New raw materials al- tic level of the factory’s prod- low to increase the whiteness ucts. In 1970, the factory and transparency of porcelain

11 Friendship № 12 April - May 2019 Our guests Some Churches of Moscow

Moscow is a very big city. Its people practice many different religions, but almost all of its places of worship are Russian Orthodox. Wikipedia says there are 711 Russian Orthodox churches and chapels in Mos- cow. I photographed a number of them last October and am presenting a half dozen here. I selected churches that you may not have seen be- fore - most people have seen pictures of St Basil's Cathedral!

Saint Anne was the mother of Vorobyovo. A stone church was Mary and the grandmother of completed in 1813 and survives, Jesus. Her church is on the a little altered, until today. The eastern edge of Zaryadye Park village wasn't quite so lucky. It near the Moskva River. Its full was completely demolished in name ends with "in the Corner" 1956 after the nearby Moscow because it was located in the State University was completed. southeast corner of the old forti- Znamensky Monastery no fication wall. That wall sur- longer exists, but several of its rounded the Kremlin and Kitay- buildings, including the cathe- Gorod. St Anne's is one of the dral, still stand on Varvarka oldest churches in Moscow, and Street. In the 16th century the Church of the Conception of St Anne was first mentioned in writing land belonged to the Romanov in the Corner when it burned to the ground in boyar family. There are two ver- 1493. The stone church was sions of the monastery's origin: built in the middle of the 16th it was founded in 1631 in mem- century. The building was re- ory of the "great nun" Marfa stored in the 1950s. (Kseniya Ivanovna Shestova - The Church of the Tikhvin mother of Mikhail Romanov); or Icon of the Theotokos is located it was founded in 1629 to honor in the Alekseevsky District. It's the birth of an heir to Tsar Mik- close to the Museum of Cosmo- hail I. The cathedral was badly nautics and VDNKh (Exhibition damaged by fire in 1668, and of the Achievements of the Na- rebuilt in 1684. tional Economy). The church Saint Maximus's church is was completed in 1680 and the located on the northern edge of Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the bell tower added in 1824. Alek- Zaryadye Park. Maximus Mother of God in Alekseevsky District seevsky Cemetery adjoins the (Maksim) was a holy fool church. It's a large, compact [юродивый] in Moscow. He urban graveyard surrounded by died in 1434 and was buried in a a wall. Many noteworthy people tomb at the Church of Boris and are buried there, including the Gleb. He was canonized, i.e. locally venerated hieromonk declared to be a saint, in 1547. Innocent (Ivan Ignatievich In 1568, after fire destroyed the Oreshkin). wooden one, a white stone Sparrow Hills' first wooden church was built. Saint Maximus church was built during the 15th was reburied in the new church, century. At that time, the land which was consecrated in his belonged to the Vorobyov boyar honor. The stone church was family. Trinity Church was men- almost completely rebuilt in tioned in 1644 as a "very an- 1699, and the result extensively Church of St Maximus the Blessed cient" church in the Village of renovated 1965-67. on Varvarka 12 Friendship № 12 April - May 2019

Church of St Maximus the Blessed on Varvarka Leaders of the Year: The future starts today! 18 May 2019: XVIII Meeting of active senior pupils

Cathedral of Znamensky Monastery

The meeting was held in our school. Students from Church of the Holy Trinity in Ostankino the 7-10 grades of different schools of Sysert district took part in the meeting. All the participants were divided into groups and worked in discussions, in- teresting master classes, shows and exhibitions on different directions. Senior pupils from Sysert schools had a good time, made new ideas and got lots of posi- tive emotions! Church of the Holy Trinity Our schoolmates Alexan- on Sparrow Hills der Antropov, Elizaveta Pasyutina, Vyacheslav The Church of the Holy Trinity is located on Filyakin were given letters 1st Ostankinskaya St. It's next to Ostankino Pal- of thanks. ace and across the street from Ostankino Pond. We are proud of our A country estate, including the original Holy Trin- creative schoolmates! ity Church, was built at this location in 1584. However, the buildings were destroyed during the Time of Troubles (1598-1613). The current brick and stone church was built between 1677 and 1692. Ostankino Palace was built between 1790 and 1798. Today the City of Moscow oper- ates the Ostankino Museum-Estate, which the church complements but is not part of. Bruce Bertrand, Lake Placid, USA Photos by the author

13 Friendship № 12 April - May 2019 Our guests Chess Club Our school museum In every school there is some- There are many thing that helps to keep the his- clubs at our school. tory of school building, its stu- Many pupils attend dents and teachers. Our school the Chess club. I will is not an exception. We have a tell you about it. "Museum of the history of our Chess club is very village and school". The mu- interesting. Every- seum’s exhibits help to develop students' tolerance and body can measure patriotism. Thematic tours are often held and war vet- one's strength in erans are often invited to the school. games with other Our museum was founded in 1982. The head of the opponents. Some- museum is Galina Alexandrovna Ognivova. All the times we take part in visitors of museum can get acquainted with the life of chess tournaments in the town of Sysert or peasants’ huts, the history of the pioneer organization Yekaterinburg. Our chess-players often take and many other interesting things. top places in competitions. We often Our Chess Club is led by Sergey Sergeevich take part Vyatkin, the teacher of Art. He plays chess very in contests well and can beat anyone! I am a member of a n d the club and I really like it. I participated in the shows. It tournament and took the 3rd place. is neces- Our leader explains us the winning tactics in sary for chess. Sergei Sergeevich often plays with us. everyone My schoolmates who can't play chess well but b e c a u s e want to learn this sport come to our club. Ser- thanks to gey Sergeevich tells and explains everyone it children study the history of their homeland. Our museum is how to play right. He tells children about the not a silent keeper of the past but a source that devel- chess figures and much more! Do not be shy! ops the students’ qualities and skills necessary for our Come to our wonderful club! th future. Uliana Mironenko, 5 Form Svetlana Ekaterincheva, 10th Form, School № 16, Nikolskoye School № 16, Nikolskoye I want to tell you about our School Football Club. Football is a game played by two teams of eleven players. One team usually scores another one. In our school there are two teams: senior and junior. I am a member of junior team. The leader of our Football Club is Yakushev Viktor Sergeevich. I am a goalkeeper. We have trainings twice a week. At the weekends we like to play with teams from other schools. I like playing football. This game is popular all over the world. It helps to make new friends. It develops my physical strength and skills. I dream to be a professional footballer in the fu- ture. Our football-players Yaroslav Ozhegin, 5th Form, School № 16, Nikolskoye

14 Friendship № 12 April - May 2019 Enjoy English!

Everybody loves travelling, and even more so if this is traveling by trains from Chaggington! On March 27, an English holiday for pupils of the 2nd grades «Chuggington» («Chuggington's Engines») was held in school №15 of Sysert.

Four schools took part in nizing teachers E.B. the arrangement: №18 (a Golubkova, A.Yu. Sharnina, teacher Yu.A. Lysenkova), A.V. Beloborodova, the les- №16 (E.A. Dergunova), №1 sons were conducted by pupils (G.V. Maksimenko), №5 of 5-9 grades of School №15. (O.Ya. Eshchanova). When "locomotives" ar- School teams received tick- rived at the last station, they ets and set off for stations were expected by a pleasant where secret missions and ex- surprise from the teacher of citing adventures awaited foreign languages E.B. them. Together with the orga- Golubkova – master class "English pudding". At the end of the trip, the participants and their leaders received certificates, thank-you letters, small prizes, and also a good mood! Anna Beloborodova, school №15, Sysert

British Bulldog - 2019

Every year our schoolmates from 4-11 grades take part in the Contest «British Bulldog». This year Maria Kucher- yavaya (5G), Artyom Kochet- kov (6A), Alexandra Mavlet- dinova (7A), Timur Novo- syolov (9A), Uliana Mukhlyn- ina (11А) took the 1st place at school and district level.

Well done !!!

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Discussion Club Computers: pros and cons

Computers have become an But what about our health? important part of our lives. We First of all, computers are harm- use them everywhere: at school, ful for our eyes. The most num- at work, at home, in the hospitals, ber of people who work on com- at the shops. We can't imagine puters wear glasses. More than our life without computers and that, computers make us lazy. We electronic devices. We use them don’t want to use information for checking home tasks, watch- from books - we just find it on useful tool for study or the worst ing maps, downloading different the internet. We don’t meet our enemy for your health? Find the documents, paying tax, buying friends every day, because we golden mean and enjoy your life! tickets, etc. They help us to save can just talk to them online. Kirill Khvoshch, 5D a lot of time and energy. What computer is for you - a

Of course, my Computer is our assistant at work and rest. It is a source of information computer is and means of communication. It helps us to study and entertain. If choose my best useful programs and games children can learn to write quickly and cor- friend. It helps rectly, do the tasks, broaden their horizons, etc. Computer is a good helper me to get any for disabled people. Using computer they can communicate and even find a information in suitable job. a couple of But it is worth remembering that using computer for a long time may seconds. have negative consequences. First of all, computers damage people's Computer-based training is what is eyes. To be healthy we should not use computer more than 1 hour a day. most suitable for busy people, sav- Alexander Buzuev, 5A ing their time. I actively use various tutorials and games, tests, online courses. In a cozy home environ- To be successful means… ment, I learn English by talking with I think, all people want to be suc- Who is a successful person? In the teacher. Here, regardless of my cessful. But what does it mean? my opinion, the word "success" age, I can improve my level of Eng- Somebody says: "To have enough means different things for different lish. In addition, I can simply com- money, much time, a good family people. One person wants to be municate in various social networks and job, to be healthy". In my opin- rich and to have an expensive car. with peers and relatives, as well as ion, to be successful means to have Another one wants to have a make new friends in many coun- a goal and achieve it ONLY by small and cosy house for his lov- tries. And, of course, a computer for YOURSELF. To be successful in ing family. there people who me is: movies, favorite music, excit- career and relationships isn't enough dream to be famous actors or ing games. to have a success in life. Success singers… What harm can you expect from doesn't need money, somebody's For me to be successful means a computer? As for me, my eye- help or something else, only your to have a well-paid job and loving sight has deteriorated. Many of us wish and plans. I think, to be suc- family. A successful person is the have Internet addiction, and it is cessful is the ability to do things one who knows how to set goals very difficult to get rid of it. Com- you like. Simple, doesn't it? Maybe, and achieve them. This is some- puters can be dangerous from the yes. But not many people achieve it one who knows how to overcome point of view of the fact that now and become really successful in difficulties. there are a lot of scammers, as well their lives. My example of a successful as really dangerous people. Asocial How to become a successful per- person is my brother. He is only people often offer themselves as son? Just do what you love every twenty-four years old, but he has friends who may try to incline you to day, be happiness and don't give up a high-paid job, loving family, his terrorism or suicide. the way to a goal. own car and a beautiful flat. As they say, trust but verify! Alexandra Mavletdinova, 7A Ekaterina Maximova, 9A Vasilina Starkova, 5C 16 Friendship № 12 April - May 2019 Discussion Club

How to spend free time

Everybody has their hobbies. Despite the fact that I have little free time, I try to spend it on my hobbies: dancing, watching interesting films, reading books, meeting friends. I am a pupil of the secondary school. So, to have excellent aca- demic results I always have much homework to do. I have one day off. On Saturdays and Sundays I usually help my mum about the house. Then I have a rest. What to do depends on my mood. Reading, danc- ing, talking or chatting with my friends on the phone, or just lying on the sofa. I think we must do something interesting in our free time because we become

bored and tired after everyday hard studying and doing homework. How do you spend your free time? Share your ideas and opinions about in- teresting and useful spending free time and hobbies. Olesya Kolyasnikova, 6C There are a lot of different ways stay at home and watch a movie. to spend free time according to your Sometimes me and my family go to Sometimes you may feel hobby, age and interests. At the the country for playing basketball, boring. You did everything age of 10 teenagers might like com- football or frisbees. I like it very you could do, but you still puters, at the age of 14 teenagers much because all of my family have much free time… I've might like walking with friends, at gather together. My mum cooks got some tips for you. the age of 18 they might like club- some food to take with us so after Try to do something spe- bing. playing together we have a fantastic cial, something you haven't As for me I like reading books, sandwiches and hot tea. What can tried before! Visit some playing computer games or just be better! cities you haven't visited watching TV. It depends on my Kirill Khvoshch, 5D before! Taste some food mood. If I feel a little bit sad I better you haven't tasted! Do something you haven't tried to do yet! Read books! The world of books is great! Reading can help you to concentrate yourself, it can tell you about a lot of things you didn't know. While read- ing, you can find a lot of answers you were looking for a long time. Play musical instru- ments! Do you like listen- ing to music? I'm sure you do! And what about com- posing music yourself? You can learn to play the piano, the violin, or the guitar, as I do. Alexander Bogomolov, 7A

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To take the cake - не торопитесь брать пирог, Pushing the envelope - это выражение про че- это значит «превзойти всех» (в хорошем или ловека, который всегда предлагает что-то но- плохом смысле). Отдаленно напоминает рус- вое и выходит за рамки привычного. ское «возьми с полки пирожок». To save your breath - буквально «побереги A leopard cannot change its spots - как человек дыхание», значит что не стоит тратить силы не может изменить свою натуру, он «такой, как и говорить о том, что не принесет пользы. есть», так и леопард не может изменить пятна Лучше промолчать и не сотрясать воздух. на шкуре. Хороший аргумент для тех, кто To know where the bodies are buried - когда не хочет меняться. услышите это, не пугайтесь - в этом предло- Blood, sweat, and tears - выражение означает жении нет ничего о настоящих захоронениях, огромные усилия или напряженную работу. Бу- русский аналог: «вот где собака зарыта» - зна- квально «кровь, пот и слезы»: в русском есть чит понять в чем суть дела. близкое «семь потов сошло». To be continued…

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20 Friendship № 12 April - May 2019 To be continued... Alice Cheshire cat The Mad Hatter The White Rabbit The Red Queen A very kind, trustful Mysterious, insane, happy, A crazy, wacky hatter who The White Rabbit is nervous Bad and hot tempered, and sociable girl. sneaky, peculiar, a little bit meets Alice when she shows and always in a hurry. How- cruel, loud, evil, vio- mad. up in Wonderland. He loves ever, he is confident enough lent, spoiled, impulsive He shows sympathy and having tea parties with his about himself to contradict kindness towards Alice. best friend, the March Hare, the King of Hearts. and the Dormouse.