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Dear student!

Dear 2^nd year student!

Your first year of studying at Ostroh Academy has ended. You saw how it is necessary to attend the classes, how it is important to do your home tasks. I not want to threat you, but, believe me; this year will not be easier.

When I came to our first lesson of Use of Modern English I was taken aback. I saw how many words I should learn by heart; I saw this big amount of books, tasks, creative work. But this crazy and round the bend rhythm kept me in a tone. It brought me enormous benefits. Now I can spontaneously make a dialog using new words and expressions, write a blog for an hour (my first steps were really hard, because 4 my first blogs took about 2-3 hours.)

Today I don’t want to talk for a long time in order to keep my and your time. It is my last post and I would like to give some main tips, how to learn new words and expressions. First of all, try to concentrate on the subject and try to excogitate your own associations to each word. Your teacher will help you to combine everything and will explain some expressions which you don’t understand. Needless to say inspiration is also important. For example, I was listening classic music and was reading some articles which were related to topics about which I should write. Making a dialogs also one of the main work which you will do. You will need to create the situation, play your role, and be confident and truthful.

Anyway, I wish you lots of luck, patience and inspiration because I’m totally convinced you will need it. If you decided to enter to the Ostroh Academy, it means that you are original, assertive, gregarious, broaden-mind,   gifted and able to  cope with problems. I believe you will be the top of the class because you will be fast worker who will never get on everyone’s nerves.  Try to active and creative ( ;DD )and never give up on your dreams.

Yours Irene

Yours Irene

A greener world!

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” 

Native American Proverb

Every year our planet collides with a big amount of problems. Unfortunately, our society has a tendency to be indifferent and quite inconsiderable concerning our environment.  It is my fair conviction that we should change our ways before it’s not too late. There are some problems on the surface that people usually don’t detect. I want you to demonstrate top 4 problems environmental problems of nowadays life and their solutions.

1.      POLUTION

Day by day enterprises throw out more tons of rubbish which usually emit a big amount of toxic substances which cause different incurable illnesses and life-threatening diseases. You may ask the question: “So what should people do to minimize the danger of their lives?” First of all, to stop using of disposable dishes.  Disposal of household waste is also necessary. Secondly, try to prevent the pollution of water. Needless to say we should drink 2 liters of water each day. And now just imagine that that water which we consume full of alumina, phenol and arsenic and other toxic elements.

2.      DEFORESTATION.

Cutting down the trees can cause a desertification which can cause a drought. Also, lots of animals will be deprived of their homes., that can cause extinction of endangered species. So, prevention of this problem is, also, important, because forests enrich the whole land and lack of them can cause unpredictable weather patterns.

3.      ENDANGERED SPECIES.

Each year hundreds of animals are under the threat of   dying out. Setting up the reservations will help to breed new species and protect wildlife.  

4.      CLIMAT CHANGES.

It is not a secret that global warming is near at hand. Lots of glacier are melting. It is scary because till 2030 our planet can be under the water, can be sunk. Scientist try to deal with this disaster, but, unfortunately, they have not found the solution yet.

To sum up, finding the solution to these eco-disasters will help us to go wander on the clean land, to breathe clean air, to be absolutely healthy.

"Cheat the earth and the earth will cheat you." 
English Proverb 

Healthy Lifestyle

I’d like to start with a little introduction and expression of my own opinion in relation to healthy lifestyle and beneficial food. To begin with, it is my fair conviction that healthy lifestyle it is the opportunity of lifetime. It is not just exercising and healthy eating (fruits and vegetables), it is not a diet and, I think, you should make a decision whether it is important for you or not, to be active, healthy and happy. And if your answer was ‘yes’, you should consider the option that it would be quite hard.

So, you should take some advices. The first is healthy food. Before writing this post, I saw the interview with Julia Ushakowa. She is the Honored master of sports on bodybuilding. Her interview included information of profitable information for people who want to lose the weight and how to keep fit. The thing is, you should have a burning desire and big decision, otherwise, you will not achieve results. Julia mentioned that your nutrition should include proteins, minerals, vitamins and even fats and carbohydrates. It is half the battle. Also, she said that being on a strict diet ( in order to lose weight) is not a necessarily. You should eat not 2 or 3 times a day, but from 5 till 7. It should be little snacks during a day. Holding to this advice you will not be starving and fill up.  Moreover, you should cut down amount of sweets or, even more, pass up the opportunity of eating it.

Next is sport.  Regular playing sports raises a tone of muscles, speeds up work of all systems of organism, positively influences immunity, raising resistibility to infections and other diseases. Julia mentioned that your exercises should divide into 2 groups: cardio namely jogging, star jumping, fitness, and strength building that is squats, flutters, crunches, lunges and so on. In my opinion, you should be full of persistence and determination in order not to give in.

During our studying at Ostrog Academy, unfortunately, we have lack of time and, even sometimes, have no opportunity to eat twice a day, not speaking about 5 times. And, needless to say, it influences at us not in a good way. But healthy lifestyle became more and more popular for the last 10 years. People try to count calories and food with a nutritional value, but, unfortunately, it is not enough. Some people who usually ones in a while are drinking or smoking should forget about it forever. Otherwise, there are no sense to play sport.

This theme is really interesting to me and I can write about it endlessly, but it is time to have a snack.

REMEMBER, following these simple advices will help you not only lose weight. So try it and, I am sure, you will love it.  

P.S. Do not put off in a black box, summer is around the corner

Connections...

            Rebecca was very optimistic and fancy person. She was that type of people who usually look on the bright side of things. She is the most popular girl in the university and could simply strike up a friendship with everyone. What about her character? Well, Rebecca is quite determined, easy-going, sociable and original person, but not ruthless, who can easily find some time either for studying or for friends. By the way, she was the smartest girl at the university.

            Today she got up really early because of phone call. 20 years ago her mother gave her a birth. In fact they didn't have a good relationship with each other. When her parents broke up Rebecca's mother fall madly in love with John, the man who she met next day after divorcement. She liked John and was happy for her mother and was definitely sure that they love each other unconditionally. But it was offensive that she think about her when it was birthday or when she needed something.

-Hello, my wee girl! Happy Birthday to you! Why are you not sleeping? You have never taken your time.

-Hey, mum! Happy my birthday to you...

-Still so spontaneous, frank and generous as you are.

-Thank you, mum. I'm graceful, but...

-Oh, I have a brilliant idea! What if we will have a trip to Greece next week? What do you make of this idea?

-Mum, it's great, but...

-Oh, darling, I need to go. What if I call you in the evening? Don't be sad! It's your day! Smile! Goodbye!

Rebecca wake up, looked in the mirror. She saw a slim girl with a straight long hair, dark eyes and red lips. So, stunning girl!

-Oh my God, said Rebecca to herself, - Needless to say you forgot that it is summer and it is holidays! Oh, mum, you are so naive and forgetful.

Why she said this? Because her mother was not able to remember that her daughter was at home in her bedroom. AGAIN! 

On the move

Dear Victoria,

I miss you so much! We haven’t seen each other for ages. Now, as I have few free minutes I want to write you about my life and life of my family.

Now in 21^st century we can allow everything we want. We can go to a vacation any time you want; all you need is to book a ticket, package your luggage and then you will go to your dream holiday. Moreover, the length of your trip can as long as you want and you can spend a holiday  all over the place. And when you look out the window you can see stunning and thriving city with lots of luxury hotels, unique streets. You have opportunity to go wandering either in the open air or in the buildings.

Now try to remember the time of our childhood. Both of us were immigrants and we were forced to go away from our native country to save our lives. It was very tough time. I should left my studying at school because my father needed a help at his shop. My sisters should clean our house twice a day, wash our clothes in the cold water. We didn’t have time to laze around. Needless to say, it was really hard to accommodate to the new conditions and new neighbors, but, thanks God, there were no animosity towards us, we lived at peace with each other. There was no discrimination and all we had was a desire and faith of better life. We lived in the house which included only three rooms and the number of my family members was more then 10; we ate only that food which we could afford. I must confess, I feel nostalgia, because we had a brilliant childhood. We could ride horses, play games on a street, dancing and enjoying a community of each other in the open air. Despite the fact that it was in some way illegally (I mean our residency) it was fantastic! And now when I’m looking at my grandchildren, I do understand that spending time in front of computer or discussing different interesting themes by the telephone is not the best way of development.

I hope, you will write me a letter and tell more about your memories. Waiting for a news from you.

Yours Carmine Couco

“Revolution of dignity”

I’ve been thinking a lot about what to write in this post. After long period of ponderings I’ve decided to run a story about one the most prominent event – “Revolution of dignity” which had hitted the headlines during short period of time.  

In November 2014 news about these actions had attracted attentions of many people all around the world. All news reports were about events which had started in Kyiv and swiftly sowed the panic throughout Ukraine. It had started in the 21^st of November when some students of universities came to the rally against accedence of Customs union. All of us know now what have happened later. Many people, a big amount of Ukrainians (needless to say that there were people of other countries) came to the one of the biggest rally  of Ukrainian history.  Lots of blood was shed, lots of people had died, and lots of families are now without some members. It was not a drama or detective story; it was not a game show; it is better to name the horror story, horror war.

We should put enough efforts to prevent this war: help out military with food, closes and support, try to explain other people from other countries that it is not a civil war. It is a full-scale combat with a big amount of weapons, lots of tanks and even missiles. Unfortunately, there are many rumors about these events now and nobody knows exactly what is going on behind the scene. Controversial information is broadcasting among the world.

Nobody knew that it could cause inevitable result.  We can only hope that in the near future our council will negotiate a peace agreement, will restore the order in country and there will be no more loss of lives.

Thanks for attention. Hope you had liked my thoughts, my post.

P.S.  It is important not to give up now. So, let’s pray for our county, for soldiers who are protecting our country and let’s write one more wish in our notebooks: “LIVE UNDER PEACEFUL SKY IN THE INDEPENDENT COUNTRY”.

 

News travels fast!

Hallo my nearest and dearest! I’m sure that headlines as: ”Eva Longoria will visit Ostroh!” or “The Drama queen decided travel the Ukraine”  have attracted your attention. It is not rumors, because I did decide to visit some cities of Ukraine. One of them was Ostroh.

When I saw the Ostroh I was surprised because it is quite good city. The thing that I bear in mind was that this city has powerful history. Needless to say I will leave glowing tributes about it; one of the reasons was Ostroh Academy. Frankly speaking, at school I was not straight A student. Sometimes I’ve missed a lot of classes, I didn’t study well (the reason was some problems with family), but I had mental agility and natural talent which really helped me not to be outsider. And when I came to this adorable university I thought: “Damn, why I didn’t hear about this nice place before?” Later, I’m sure, you will read lots of news and rumors about my trip, see many exclusive photos and big amount of my in-deapth interviews  in the magazines and newspapers(because lots of journalist usually pry into lives of public people (celebrities)). What can I say? Tabloid.

Anyway, I will keep you informed during my next visits to other cities.

X.o.x.o.

Yours Eva

P.S. the rough idea of my traveling is learning history of cities of Europe because in the near future I supposed to write a book about them. Meet you in Lviv.

Education matters

During our New Year holidays we had a lot of different businesses and made fun with all our friends, met a big amount of people and did many things. But it’s time to start studying as we need to improve our knowledge to get more marks. That’s why we need more practice.

The theme that was offered is called “EDUCATION”. When I saw two videos the first thing that I though was:” hm… these men said a lot of useful information which I should bear in mind.” The rough idea was that students need to have favorable environment for opportunities. Its common knowledge that people (I’m talking not only about adults) who had more conditions for studying were prone to progress mare than that people why didn’t. BUT, of course, there were (and I’m sure are) exceptions people who had mental agility and natural talent to study and because of their laziness (or, maybe, lack of money) didn’t have desire to change something in their lives.

            Sugata Mitra showed us how is important desire in studying and persuaded us that teachers take one of important roles in education. No, I’m not talking about 45-minute lessons during which they try to explain Math, English, Geography or Science. I am talking about their help in personal development of children. Teachers should stimulate and try to encourage children to make new progresses.

            The second video was more interesting to me. He confirmed the words of Sugata Mitra that teachers should help to stimulate desire of children to become wiser and try to realize that only we can build our lives. Also, he said the brilliant phrase of Benjamin Franklin:” There are three sorts of people in the world: Those who are immovable, people who don't get it, they don't want to get it, they're not going to do anything about it; there are people who are movable, people who see the need for change and are prepared to listen to it; and there are people who move, people who make things happen.”  Also, I agree with words that kids prosper best with a broad curriculum that celebrates their various talents, not just a small range of them.

We should understand the aims of lessons which we attend day by day. It is not necessarily to be straight A student, because points (marks) don’t demonstrate our mentality, but putting enough efforts will bring enormous benefits in our personal development.  Of course, not all subjects are interesting for us (and I’m convinced not all of them will be useful in our daily lives in the future) but it is my firm conviction that only with their help we will be literate and get our high education.