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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!