City or Countryside?

The city is the place where all industrial cultural and educational centers are situated. In big cities you can find museums, theaters, clubs, cinemas, big shops and hospitals, comfortable modern flats. People try to live in cities because of the advantages that they have. For example if you get sick a hospital or pharmacy will be situated near your house in the city, and if you live in the country it will be hard to find any medical help in a short time. Besides in big cities you can find all sorts of entertainment such as cinemas, clubs, parks and other different attractions. Many people like to spend their free time there because it helps them to relax and brings them a lot of pleasure. It is really convenient that everything you need in your everyday life is situated near you. One of the most important comforts of big cities is that you can get everywhere you like very fast either by bus, by trolley bus or by taxi.
In big cities there is electricity therefore you can use electrical devices such as TV sets, computers, radio, microwave ovens, refrigerators and so on. One more thing, without which it would be impossible to live today, is the telephone and where there is a telephone there is also Internet. The connection is very important for people and we’ve got used to it so without telephone we feel uncomfortable and lonely.
Yes, it is really comfortable, and at first site everything is good but nowadays in big cities there is a great amount of cars and factories. Big cities suffer from overpopulation, dirty air and water, the streets are noisy and after hard working day people cannot relax. People try to do everything to go to the countryside because only there they can find quietness. Every holiday and every weekend people try to leave their houses and go to the country. The ecological conditions in towns are very bad because there are a lot of industrial objects there.
As for me I prefer to live in a big city because I can find a job easier and get a good education, but I also like to spend my holidays in the country because after living in the city for about 9 months I start getting tired.

World Cup News

One of the strongest representatives of the African football team of Ghana midfielder and Chelsea's Michael Essien will miss the World Cup tournament.

The captain of the "Black stars" throughout the season was treated because of knee problem, so was able to help Chelsea only in 14 games and of the English Championship. Essien tried to complete his recovery before the start of the World Championship, but on Thursday it became clear that Michael will not be able to come to normal before the end of June. In this regard, it was decided to leave the leader of the Ghana from the process of preparation for the World Cup .

According to the official statement of the Ghana Football Association, this decision is made on the basis of a joint assessment of the health status of Michael - his team examined how physicians and doctor of the Chelsea.

His last match for the national team, was in January 2010 at the African Nations Cup, and he paid for the fast return to the field. Michael is not completely healed his leg and in training of the national team he makes it worth. So on the eve of World Cup central midfielder said that the main thing for him - to avoid another relapse. "If I can represent my team at the World Cup - will be great, if not - I will not grieve, because I have still the whole career", - said earlier 27-year-old player.

The absence of Essien will be a serious blow to the prospects for Ghana's national team at the world championships. However, the team coach Milovan Rayevach, who recently in optimistic tones described the situation with Essien, did not upset: "We have other players - young and hungry. They are also eager to play. "

Ghana will be playing in group D with Germany, Australia and Serbia.

FIFA World Ranking

The Russian national team retained the 11-th line in the updated rankings by FIFA, released Wednesday, the official site of the organization. Russian national team got 1015 points.
The leader in the rating is still the national team of Brazil (1611 points). Second place is occupied by Spain (1565), the third is Portugal (1249).
The next FIFA ranking will be published on July 14, after the World Cup in South Africa.

Rating FIFA (the position on May 26):
1. Brazil - 1611 points
2. Spain - 1565
3. Portugal - 1249
4. Netherlands - 1231
5. Italy - 1184,
6. Germany - 1082
7. Argentina - 1076
8. England - 1068
9. France - 1044,
10. Croatia - 1041,
11. Russia - 1015,
23. Ukraine - 875,
34. Slovakia - 777,
41. Ireland - 709,
61. Macedonia - 521,
100. Armenia - 311,
201. Andorra - 2.
Team Slovakia, Ireland, Macedonia, Armenia and Andorra are the rivals of the Russian national team for the qualifying tournament for Euro 2012.

Lecture in the Senate Room.

We had a presentation last week of how to improve your speed in reading. I am not a native speaker, but my reading skills are good. Sometimes if I read something that hard to understand I use dictionary a lot and that slows me down. First, the teacher that presented the lecture, told us to read a novel for one minute and then count how many lines and the average of how many words in each line, and then multiply the number of lines on the number of words. When I multiply all that my score was around 300 hundred. After that he shows us a chart where I saw that 300 hundred words is an average score for a reader. Then he shows us how to improve your reading speed at least for 100 words. It was called “Push Drill.” In that exercise we have to push ourselves to read as fast as you can. He told us to read a page in ten seconds, after that 8 seconds, then 6 seconds, then 4 seconds and 2 seconds. Also we have to make a discussion with our partner about what we remembered from reading. That was fun and “Push Drill” helps everybody because after the drill he told us to read a novel for one minute again and everybody increased their score in reading for almost 100 words.

Reading in English is not difficult for me because I am doing it since first grade. I am learning English almost 14 years, but I didn’t have so much practice in my country as I have here. Back in school I read a lot of books. The books that I read where written by famous English writers: Charles Dickens, Jonathan Swift, Lewis Carroll and of course the world wide famous William Shakespeare. These greatest authors wrote a lot of interesting and exciting stories a long time ago, but these stories are still very popular today. Honestly, I don’t really like to read books, but if I try something and I like it I can spend hours with that book. Today I don’t have time for that. In my free time I prefer to read some news in the internet, but they all in Russian language. Finally, I want to say that I am not a reading person, I would rather watch something on the TV.))))

Villa Transfer to Barcelona This Friday!

Forward of the Spanish national team and Valencia David Villa, in two days will officially become a player Catalon Barcelona.
President of "Valencia" Manuel Liorente has confirmed that talks about the transfer are completed. For the popular forward Barcelona pays 40 million euros.
On Thursday, David pass medical examination, which resulted in signing a 4-year contract, which may be prolonged for one more season if it will be possible. And on Friday there will be a presentation of the new player in Barcelona.
Last 5 seasons David spent in the Valencia, where he was the best scorer.Before that he played in the Zaragoza and his overall statistics in the Spanish League is: 367 games - 204 goals.
Furthermore,now in the Barcelona Villa can replace Thierry Henry, who is going to end his career in MLS.

More World Cup News

Captain of Germany got an injury in the FA Cup final against Portsmouth in a clash with Kevin Prince Boateng, who once defended the colors of Germany's youth team, but at the senior level he chose Ghana, where he will play at the 2010 World Cup.What is more, Germans will play in the same group with Ghana!
Within two weeks, Michael must have to wear special shoes. According to Dr.Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfarth, the recovery of footballer need at least eight weeks.
"The clash happened tough - admitted after the match with Portsmouth Ballack. - I looked that episode on video after the match. Being on the field, I realized that I could not continue the game. I'm not the first time getting injured and I know that if you can not continue to meet, it's a bad sign. "

World Cup News

In South Africa, Italy go without one of the creators of triumph at the world cup championships in Germany and this is Fabio Grosso. Italians in the quarterfinals, earning a penalty kick with his help, in the toughest match with Australia, and then became the author of a victorious goal in the dramatic match against the home nation, Germany. Victoria at this match provided Italy participated in the Final game of the tournament with France, and Fabio was noted there too, putting the last shot to the series of 11-meter. However, his bad season at Juventus, crossed his past services at least in the eyes of the Italy coach Marchello Lippi.

Bacelona wants to buy Villa and Fabregas!

Both players wants to leave their clubs: Villa(Valencia), Fabregas(Arsenal).Actually Fabregas was grew up in Catalon soccer club and that is why he wants to play for his native club.Though Arsenal have denied many times, that they are ready to let Fabregas leave the club.

Arsenal"s captain Fabregas was claiming: "I think I would like to go to Barcelona, whether or not they want me is another thing."

And Laporta(Barcelona's President) copuld not hide his delight, that transfer of Spain striker Villa, is currently the club's main focus.

Life After TCC

If i will study hard and will be lucky to finish TCC i will be really proud of my self. My goal is to finish the college and try to transfer to the university. That is not an easy goal because i am studying in the foreign country and do all this in English. So that might be an interesting and exciting period of my life. University degree can give much more opportunities than just a college degree. So i will trying to transfer to the university. After university you can easily find a great job. Well, that what i want to do after the TCC and i will give all my best for reaching that goal.

Future Classes

Advising day is coming up and i will get a registration key for EAP, for the summer quarter! In the future i want to take biology and chemistry. These classes will help me in the future because my major is in medical field.Although i like biology. In Belarus that was one of my loved subjects, but i don't really like chemistry maybe because our chemistry teacher, back in school, was really strict. I believe that for the first period of learning these subjects here, for me it will be a little bit difficult because it will be all in English. Well, its all good, because i came here to study and learning new things. So it will be fun to take those subjects.