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| readeralexey | Дата: Пятница, 26.09.2025, 15:21 | Сообщение # 1 |
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| How do you close a discussion which has become heated?
Do you think the chattering classes will ever keep their mouths shut?
Have you ever been in a situation when your driver could not start the engine?
Are there things you are not even beginning to begin to understand, even though you have tried?
Tell about a big decision you have recently made.
Tell about a big problem you have recently encountered.
Do you prefer wearing a large or a small size clothing? Why?
How do you politely end a prolonged telephone call from, or a visit by, a friend?
How do you feel when you finish a big project? (Compare with Pushkin's poem "Труд", 1830).
Do you have an old friend? Describe him/her. Why do you think your friendship has endured over the course of years?
Would you like to visit the ancient world? If yes, what age and region? If no, why not?
Do you have anything antique in your possession?
Is there an elderly person you admire?
"The best a single parent can do is half the job". Do you agree?
Would you like to live in a lonely place in the wilderness?
Have you ever felt desperately lonely? Were you alone at the time?
Have you ever seen a solitary figure in the city crowd?
If you were the sole heir of a wealthy distant relative, what would you do with the money?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of being an only child?
Have you ever been a witness or a participant of a unique occasion?
What do you think is a greater challenge - to grow yourself from a child or to raise a child?
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| mariablansh | Дата: Среда, 01.10.2025, 21:02 | Сообщение # 2 |
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| How do you close a discussion which has become heated?
Actually I would never say "SHUT YOUR MOUTH!". Instead of it I may sarcastically say:"Ok, I feel it's time to shut my mouth."
Tell about a big decision you have recently made.
To get to this particular university was A BIG DECISION.
Do you have an old friend? Describe him/her. Why do you think your friendship has endured over the course of years?
Oh yes, I have several OLD FRIENDS, but I'll tell you about one of them. My friend Stacy (also known as Anastasia, Nastasya, and the Multimedia Fairy) and I have been friends for ten years, and we've known each other for fifteen. I'm the only daughter in my family and she is AN ONLY CHILD, so, we're like sisters. She's crazy in the very best way! She's always full of energy and enthusiasm, taking on a lot of projects and somehow managing to pull them off, even she doesn't know how. I think, her life can be described by the quote "you'll never know until you try." If an idea comes to her, she will make it happen, find a location, people and budget, and she will do whatever it takes to make it realized. She is assertive at work and very mild in life. She has a great sense of humor, she is a good listener, supportive and attentive. She is expressive and bright, she wears red and has a long black hair and dark big eyelashes, making her look like an oriental princess. I think, Stacy and I represent the expression "extremes meet" because we have different styles and different features of characters, but still we do have something in common.
Why we're friends for so long? I think, it's because we can laugh together until we cry, and we can cry together when one of us is sad and when one of us is feeling down, the other one always finds a way to cheer her up and figure out an escape from a situation. We trust each other deeply, we know each other's tastes, we genuinely admire each other and love each other as friends.
Баушова М.
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| mariafokina99 | Дата: Среда, 01.10.2025, 22:16 | Сообщение # 3 |
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| Is there an elderly person you admire?
I admire Alexander Zatsepin, a composer who turned 99 this year. He is still actively working: he writes music, visit different events, stay in touch with people of different generetions. It's great that many people appreciate his music for Soviet films, especially for Gaidai's comedies. In these films, music is not just a background, it is part of the action. Gaidai's comedies have become very popular in our country, and I think it's largely due to Zatsepin's music.When I listen to his music, I feel like I'm meeting an OLD FRIEND. Even if I know how the FILM ENDS, I watch it anyway. Sometimes just for the music.
Сообщение отредактировал mariafokina99 - Среда, 01.10.2025, 22:18 |
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| lizaserdyuk06 | Дата: Понедельник, 22.12.2025, 21:29 | Сообщение # 4 |
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| Would you like to live in a lonely place in the wilderness?
As an introvert, I think it would be an interesting experience. I don't think I could have stayed in a LONELY PLACE forever. I like to LIVE ALONE, but I don't think I could, for example, TRAVEL ALONE. Sometimes I think I'm DESPERATELY LONELY, but sometimes I think, everyone needs it.
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| boriskorsun3 | Дата: Понедельник, 22.12.2025, 23:14 | Сообщение # 5 |
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| Do you think the chattering classes will ever keep their mouths shut?
The idea that the CHATTERING CLASSES will ever keep QUIET is unrealistic. Their VOCIFEROUS discourse is a FUNDAMENTAL, if annoying, feature of society. The true CONFUSION lies in judging their EFFECT. While their constant talk rarely AFFECTS immediate change, it subtly SHAPES the public CONSCIENCE. Their role is PERMANENT, not to be ALTERED.
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| oksanaoni2159 | Дата: Вторник, 23.12.2025, 00:10 | Сообщение # 6 |
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| Personally, I would like to visit the ancient world. I'd like to go back 12,000 years ago, 10,000 years before Christ, to the age of gods or people of Atlantis. There was a study or a documentary done by an investigative journalist from Great Britain, and it went into detail about how during the last Ice Age civilisations were so advanced that even our modern scholars could not grasp the level of technology they possessed. Once I'm there, by the magic of a time machine, I know that my inability to START A CAR or fit into a SMALL SIZED sweater would not pose a BIG PROBLEM, as those advanced demigods of lost civilisations probably would not be operating in the same terms we have today. I guess I'd be DESPERATELY LONELY once I'm there because I wouldn't know their language, I'd be a SOLITARY FIGURE. Maybe I'd befriend one ELDERLY person. They could use a hand GROWING CROPS or RAISING CATTLE. Also I'd try to grab as much memorabilia as I could. And once I bring it back to reality, it would either be considered ANCIENT artefacts or valuable ANTIQUES.
С уважением, Онищенко Ксения
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| davidkushakov | Дата: Вторник, 23.12.2025, 22:11 | Сообщение # 7 |
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| Do you have an old friend? Describe him/her. Why do you think your friendship has endured over the course of years?
Yes, I have an OLD FRIEND named Egor. When we first met, he could be quite rude at times. I remember once when he was 13, he annoyed me so much that I wanted to tell him, “SHUT YOUR MOUTH!” But over time, we started spending more time together, especially when we went to vocal lessons in the House of Culture. I think those shared experiences helped us understand each other better.Egor is someone I can talk to about serious topics. We both think on a deep level, and our logic is often on the same wave, which makes it easy to discuss ideas or solve problems together. Even when I had to make a BIG DECISION or faced BIG PROBLEMS, he was always someone I could trust to give honest advice without judging.I think our friendship has endured over the years because we understand each other so well. We never feel DESPERATELY LONELY when we are together, and even when we are TRAVELLING ALONE or doing something different, we know that our friendship doesn’t depend on constant contact. It’s rare to find a friend like Egor, who matches your way of thinking and supports you through everything.
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| runovasveta2005 | Дата: Вторник, 23.12.2025, 23:40 | Сообщение # 8 |
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| What doyou think is a greater challenge - to grow yourself from a child or to raise a
child?
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greatest challenge is to raise a child without growing yourself from a child. Unfortunately,
there are a lot of examples when psychologically immature people become parents.
It is very hard to raise a child when you are unable to take responsibility,
make big decisions and solve big problems. When you are unable to understand yourself,
you are unable to understand your child. It is difficult for you to listen to
your children and resolve conflicts instead of just closing discussions with the
words: “Shut your mouth and finish your homework”. But psychological immaturity
is not the worst thing. The worst thing about this situation is that people don’t
want to change and grow up. I feel sorry for the children who grew up in such
families. These children feel desperately lonely and usually grow up just as psychologically
immature and deluded without having a decent example of an adult.
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| claudholloway | Дата: Среда, 24.12.2025, 01:41 | Сообщение # 9 |
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| If you were the sole heir of a wealthy distant relative, what would you do with the money?
I think in that case I would have to face a lot of BIG DECISIONS. The point is to invest the money properly. Obviously I don't want to LIVE ALONE and I want to share that wealth with my loved ones. I would probably donate some money to charity, invest some of the money to some business and, of course, get myself a large mansion, some beautiful OLD BUILDING and fill it with all kinds of ANTIQUE FURNITURE and exhibits from the ANCIENT TIMES. And I really like shiny things, so I would start collecting different ANTIQUE JEWELLERY, of course.
Мария П.
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| elizavetabusnik | Дата: Среда, 24.12.2025, 15:04 | Сообщение # 10 |
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| If you were the sole heir of a wealthy distant relative, what would you do with the money?
If I were the SOLE HEIR to a fortune, my first BIG DECISION would be to invest most of it wisely. I wouldn't want to LIVE ALONE in some huge, empty mansion, so I would buy a comfortable but not enormous house. A part of the money would definitely go to charity. l've always loved travelling, so I would also fulfill a dream: traveling to see the world.
Finally, I would use some funds to START UP A BUSINESS l've been dreaming about, maybe a small bookstore or a cafe.
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