It is far from a secret that a huge number of foreign words, in particular English ones, have necessarily entered the Russian language. As well as many foreign concepts and ideas have entered our life. Think for yourself, inventing your own words and expressions to describe other people's concepts is a rather dusty business, and generally a failure. Therefore, with a new concept, which one takes from another, he also takes the very word that expresses this concept. And an unsuccessfully invented Russian word for expressing some concept is not only not better, but fundamentally worse foreign word. Yes, English is always and everywhere in charge, but is it worth it to dwell on it? How many languages ​​would you like to know?

Essay on Learning foreign languages

It's a fact that the problem of learning languages ​​is still under discussion. Obviously, foreign languages ​​are socially demanded nowadays. As you know, one of the most important languages ​​is, of course, English. It's a language of international communication in various spheres of modern society. That’s why some people believe, that English should be the only foreign language taught at our schools and colleges. However, others reckon that humans should pay their attention to various languages ​​as well.

To my mind, it's much better when people can learn different foreign languages. I think this way because of the following reasons. First of all, this occupation gives a lot of pleasure, fun, and joy. Secondly, you will be able to communicate with foreigners from English-speaking countries and people whose mother tongue is German or Japanese, for example. Of course, it "s up to what language except for English you"re going to learn. Anyway, it sounds utterly encouraging. Thirdly, every language is a unique and charming world. Therefore, you can gain knowledge in cultural background, history, traditions, and customs. In other words, it gives you an opportunity to think outside the box and be more flexible.

Nevertheless, there is plenty of humans who strongly believe that English is the only language you should spend your time on. According to their point of view, it's the most important and needed language for people living in the 21st century. Moreover, almost all information is presented in English, therefore learning this language will be very useful for future life and further career. Finally, you don "t have to puzzle over a problem what foreign language is better to study. In other words, that's quite convenient.

In conclusion, I "d like to say, that everybody can choose between studying only English or other foreign languages. In any case, it depends on your own decision, because we"re all different and have various likes and dislikes. That "sa well-known fact that currently, the knowledge of the English language is really urgent. However, in my humble opinion, we should tend to broaden our horizons. The best way to do this is to start learning some foreign languages. The world is your oyster.

Composition on the topic Learning foreign languages

It is a fact that the problem of learning languages ​​is still being discussed. Obviously, foreign languages ​​are in demand in society today. As you know, one of the most important languages is, of course, English. It is the language of international communication in various spheres of modern society. For this reason, some people believe that English should be the only foreign language to be taught in our schools and colleges.

However, others believe that people should pay attention to other languages ​​as well. In my opinion, it is much better when people can learn different foreign languages. I adhere to this point of view for the following reasons. First of all, this occupation brings a lot of pleasure, fun and joy. Secondly, you will be able to communicate with foreigners from English-speaking countries and people whose native language is German or Japanese, for example. Of course, it depends on what language other than English you are going to learn. Either way, it sounds very encouraging. Thirdly, each language is a unique and fascinating world. Therefore, you can learn a lot from the field of culture, history, traditions and customs.

In other words, it will allow you to think big and be more flexible.
However, there are many people who firmly believe that English is the only language worth spending their time on. In their opinion, this is the most important and necessary language for people living in the 21st century. Moreover, almost all information is presented in English, so studying it will be very useful for your future life and future career. And finally, you don't need to puzzle over the problem of which foreign language is better to learn. In other words, it's pretty convenient.

In conclusion, I would like to say that everyone can choose between studying only English or other foreign languages. In any case, it depends on your own decision, because we are all different and our tastes differ. It is a well-known fact that nowadays the knowledge of the English language is really relevant. However, in my humble opinion, we should strive to broaden our horizons. The best way to do this is to start learning foreign languages. The whole world is at your feet.

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Recently, domestic celebrities are increasingly experiencing conflicts on housing and communal grounds. Public utilities with increased enthusiasm “sew” debts, underpayments and fines to the stars, but the local leadership of the HOA decided to wall up the well-known writer of detective novels Yulia Shilova.

A few years ago, Yulia Shilova bought an elite penthouse on the 30th-31st floors of a high-rise building on Leninsky Prospekt. At the time of acquiring the apartment as a property, she was not embarrassed that the elevator in the house only goes up to the 28th floor, the rest of the way must be walked. Then the writer did not even think that, in addition to living space, she bought herself a huge headache, which would periodically pop up for several years. This is an eternal struggle with the local leadership of the HOA, which constantly threatens to block the owner of the penthouse from entering her own apartment. To Yulia's question about how she should get to her apartment, neither the manager nor the inspecting fireman has given a specific answer so far.
decided to fight the disenfranchised actions of the local leadership. She sues the HOA, which cuts off her path to her own apartment, and offers to go through the upper two floors through decorative balconies. Which are not even equipped with handrails, and in winter they are knee-deep covered with snow. In fact, the writer is invited to fly on the roof, like Carlson at her own peril and risk. And no one guarantees the mistress of the penthouse compliance with even the slightest security. Here is such a lawlessness arranged by the HOA in an elite high-rise building on Leninsky.

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Recall that quite recently, the famous Russian singer Lolita Milyavskaya managed the almost impossible - she won a court case with the management company HOA, in which she lives. This "partnership" demanded almost 500 thousand rubles as allegedly unpaid "inflated" membership dues and debts to pay for general house utilities.
It was not easy for the former member of the cabaret duo "Academy" in the fight against the HOA, the manager of an apartment building on Bolshie Kamenshchiki Street. It is good that there was an opportunity to directly address the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, and even to the Kremlin, to Vladimir Putin.
“In a letter to the mayor, I described in detail that, in my opinion, the corruption scheme by which the modern HOA lives. This vicious system involves both precinct and district councils, and even post offices, which was unexpected news for me, ”Lolita said in an exclusive interview with the DailyShow.
And it is not known what exactly helped the singer, but the court sided with the singer, considering that Lolita regularly paid utility bills, and did not even join the HOA, so she was not obliged to pay membership fees.

But Kobzon's daughter Natalya Rappoport was much less fortunate. The Presnensky Court of Moscow satisfied the claim of the association of homeowners, where the applicants asked to oblige to pay a debt for housing and communal services in the amount of 1.2 million rubles.
The Homeowners Association “House with Lions on Molchanovka”, which actually includes but does not live the daughter of State Duma deputy Iosif Kobzon, has determined a debt of a tidy sum for the repair of the facade of the building and the services of a security guard. The representative of the daughter of Joseph Kobzon explained in court that Natalya did not give her consent to the repair, and she did not need a guard in the house at all.
- The cost of repairing the facade of the building and paying for the services of a security guard are optional services, and my client is not obliged to pay them, - said lawyer Alla Mullayanova. - To ensure the safety of residents, an intercom and a concierge are quite enough.
Natalya Rappoport-Kobzon was sure that she was right, because she did not know about the decisions of the partnership: she rents two combined apartments in the house, and she currently lives abroad with her children.
However, the court took the side of the Homeowners Association.
- The decision to repair, as well as the decision to pay for services, was taken at a meeting of homeowners, - explained the representative of the House with Lions. - And Natalya Rappoport-Kobzon for several years did not consider it necessary to appeal against them.

And according to the Internet portal diver-sant.ru, the well-known TV presenter Tina Kandelaki has been the happy owner of luxury apartments located on the Krylatsky Hills of Moscow for several years now. But as the star herself admitted, despite the “eliteness”, there are always some problems with housing.
The problems began from the moment the settlement began. As it turned out, the builders simply forgot to make the windows. But, as you know, Kandelaki is not one of those who will silently endure. Tina began the "disassembly" and ensured that the windows were cut through. Later, Tina discovered that the facade of the house at the level of the 33rd floor was not completed, and the fire safety system did not work at all. So far, Kandelaki is not interfering and is waiting for what will happen next.
Tina told another interesting story. As it turned out, in order to at least stop the flooding from above, barrels were placed in the garage between expensive cars belonging to residents of an elite house. Water flows from the ceiling into these barrels. And the HOA still continues to be inactive. I wonder how much patience Kandelaki will have before she unleashes a war with the management company?

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At the end of 2012, Zhvanetsky and Navka upset the public utilities.
A lawsuit demanding to recover from the satirist Mikhail Zhvanetsky 380 thousand rubles for non-payment of utility bills for 2011 was filed by the management company "Sanrash". According to its representatives, Mikhail Mikhailovich did not pay for heating, water and electricity in his apartment in Staropimenovskiy Lane for the last four years.
The satirist's lawyer argued in court from March to October 2012 that the amount the company demanded was overstated. As a result, expenses were reduced, the parties signed a peace agreement.

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Tatyana Navka has a similar story. In 2011, the management company servicing apartments in the elite Copernicus building on Bolshaya Yakimanka tried to recover 700 thousand rubles from the skater through the court. But the owner of the apartment was not the athlete herself, but her mother, “We won the trial,” said Navka's mother, Raisa Anatolyevna. - We noticed that the numbers that are sent to us are taken from the ceiling. There was no one in the apartment for a month, and the bill for electricity and water was 80 thousand ... But the head of the cleaners has a salary of 95 thousand, and the manager himself - almost 500 thousand ... In a word, this management company no longer serves our house ".

What more can be said about this? In most cases, justice exists. And if you fight for your rights for a long time and persistently, without making concessions and regardless of ... then there is an opportunity to win! Therefore, the Internet publication "Moscow Time" can only wish the writer Yulia Shilova not to give up, and hopes for a positive outcome of the trial against the actions of the leaders of the HOA in favor of the owner of a penthouse in an elite high-rise building on Leninsky.

2013, Moscow, specially for the online publication "Moscow Time" Svetlana Baranovskaya, photo by the author, photo by Yulia Shilova from the family archive of the writer

Goreva Elena. KSU named after N.A. Nekrasov, Kostroma, Russia
Essay in English with translation. Nomination People and Society

Our society and its problems

We live in the twenty first century, it is the era of computers, robots and machines which are able to make our life easier. It seems that people of our time should have no problems of any kind at all. Computers do the biggest part of our work, modern gadgets help us at home. However, nowadays we have much more problems than our grandparents had when they were young. I cannot say that their life was perfect, of course not, it was really very difficult, but in that time there were absolutely different problems. Problems of modern society can lead to hard consequences for our lives. They are able to kill everyone and everything in the world.

All the problems can be divided into three groups: problems between countries, between a person and society and between society and nature.

The first group of problems is connected with disagreements between different countries. The main problem I want to tell you about is danger of beginning the World War III, in other words, nuclear war. I am sure that this war will be the last in the world. It will put an end to everything. Now practically every country has nuclear bombs. Unfortunately there is such a possibility that terrorists may have this weapon. Correspondingly, here is another problem - world terrorism. I think all the countries have suffered from it. Common people die because somebody wants to prove something to the government or just to punish it. This kind of war is becoming widely-spread throughout the world. Several times a month we can hear bad news about death of people. Inhabitants of big cities are afraid to appear in public places as they are a great target for terrorists. The other problem is globalization. On the one hand, this phenomenon has a lot of advantages, it helps to get people united. But on the other hand, we forget our culture, traditions and become like others.

The next is the group of problems between society and a person. The most important problem is demographic. The amount of people are becoming less every year, the cause is that nowadays more people die. It happens because we value money and a good job much more than family, children. The average amount of people get married at the age of 30-35. In the modern family there is just one or two children. So we do not have people to replace us in the future. Another problem is unemployment. Many people are unemployed today. To find a job is very difficult for young graduates. In most cases they have to work in another sphere not connected with their education. Right now, there is also a big gap between the low-income people and the high income people and this is becoming a problem. Low-income people are starting to get lower wages and higher income people are starting to get higher wages.

The third group is problems between society and nature, ecological problems. The progress causes pollution. Everything, our society has, leads to destruction of the environment: cars, air conditioners, refrigerators, factories, cans influence the nature badly. Our planet is in serious danger. Global warming, water and air pollution are not all the problems we may have in the future. Most of us do not realize that we can destroy the Earth leaving our children without a place to live. In my opinion, this is the problem which we are able to solve. People need to care about the environment more, not only use it, but also try to help it. We should not only take, but give back, too.

It is said that there is no bad society, there is only bad people. In other words, the problem is in ourselves. Most of the problems can be solved. Not only the government, but also all people are in charge. People and the government should get together and try to solve these problems in order to make this planet a safe and good place to live. If these problems are not solved, there might not even be the Earth in the future to live on.

We live in the twenty-first century, this is the time of computers, robots and machines capable of making our lives easier. It would seem that people of our time should not have problems at all. Computers do most of the work for us, modern gadgets help us at home. However, we now have much more problems than our grandparents had when they were young. I can't say that their life was perfect, of course not, it was very difficult, but the problems of that time were completely different. Problems modern society can lead to serious consequences in our lives. They are capable of killing everyone and everything in the world.

All problems can be divided into three groups: problems between countries, between man and society, and between society and nature.

The first group of problems is related to disagreements between countries. The main problem I want to tell you about is the threat of a third world war, in other words, a nuclear war. I am sure that this war will be the last in the world. She will end everything. Now almost every country has nuclear bombs. Unfortunately, there is such a possibility that these weapons will fall into the hands of terrorists. Accordingly, another problem follows from this - world terrorism. I think every country has already suffered from it. Simple people die because someone wants to prove something to the government or just punish them. This type of warfare is very widespread throughout the world. Several times a month we hear bad news about people dying. Residents of big cities are afraid to appear in public places, as they are an excellent target for terrorists. Another problem is globalization. On the one hand, this phenomenon has many advantages: globalization brings people together. But, on the other hand, we forget our culture, traditions and become like everyone else.

The next group of problems is between society and man. The main problem is demographic. Every year there are fewer people, the reason is that more people die. This is because we value money and Good work more than family and children. The average number of people get married at the age of 30-35. In a modern family, only one or two children are born. Thus, in the future there will be no one to replace us. Another problem is unemployment. Today, many people do not work. It is very difficult for graduates to find a job. In most cases, they do not work by profession. Now there is a very big difference between people with low income and people with high income and this is becoming a problem. People with low incomes receive less wages, and people with high incomes began to receive more.

The third group - problems between society and nature, environmental problems. Progress is the cause of pollution. Everything that society has leads to the destruction of the environment: cars, air conditioners, refrigerators, factories, tin cans have a bad effect on nature. Our planet is in serious danger. Global warming, water and air pollution are not all the problems we may face in the future. Many of us do not realize that we can destroy the earth, leaving our children with no place to live. In my opinion, this problem can be solved. People need to care more environment, not only enjoy it, but help too. We must not only take, but also give.

They say there is no bad society, there is bad people. In other words, we are the problem. Most problems can be resolved. Not only the government, but all people are responsible for this. People and government must come together and try to solve problems in order to make our planet a safe and good place to live. If these problems are not solved, then there may be no Earth in the future.

On the TV, on the radio, in the newspapers, every day we can hear and read that old, traditional values ​​have devaluated, that they are able to bring nothing good to the modern world. But is it really so? In my opinion the nowadays, modern society cannot afford to reject the traditional values. Any society at any time will need some universal and never changing values ​​and rules to provide a basement for functioning and development.
First of all there are some values ​​which will never devaluate. The set of them is called natural law - some believe they had been given to human by God, the others that they come from the"inside" of the man; the feeling that one cannot do to somebody else what would be bad for himself. This law is a basic ground for all codes of "formal" law produced ever since by any human civilization in any part of the world. And it's surprising how much they all agree about these natural laws.
Furthermore, every society will need the values ​​which must not change throughout the centuries to support its own functioning and development. The values ​​which will bring order and safety enabling the society to develop and rise. In all known civilizations these values ​​are: family, rejecting killing, murder and theft, honesty, modesty, freedom and religion. The set of these values ​​is present in every religion and belief, every law code and it has been taught to youngsters at all times.
In the army there is a saying that the code of regulations had been written with the blood of these who did not comply with it. It can quite as well be said about the traditional values ​​in the modern society (they are actually some kind of "code of regulations" for life) - they contain the knowledge and experiences of the past generations which are priceless.
There are of course the opponents of this view. In their opinion the modern society has to develop new values ​​and new rules, since the old ones are no more useful.

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