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The notions of fictional time and space in literary text

23 Ноября 2011, реферат

Functional styles are defined as the variants of language system, dependent on the forms of speech, its understanding and aims. There are two main styles – literary and colloquial. Within these groups of language phenomena, style variants or registers, which are often called simply styles, such as, for example, academic, poetic, publicistic – for a written speech, standard-colloquial or substandard-colloquial – for oral speech.

The Palace of Westminster

03 Мая 2012, курсовая работа

The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, is the meeting place of the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom—the House of Lords and the House of Commons. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the heart of the London borough of the City of Westminster, close to the historic Westminster Abbey and the government buildings of Whitehall and Downing Street. The name may refer to either of two structures: the Old Palace, a medieval building complex most of which was destroyed in 1834, and its replacement New Palace that stands today; it has retained its original style and status as a royal residence for ceremonial purposes.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

27 Февраля 2013, сочинение

The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim. The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography. Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.

The Pilgrims

03 Ноября 2012, доклад

The immigration of the Pilgrims to New England occurred in stages. But that they had to go somewhere became apparent soon enough. Theirs was the position of the Separatist: they believed that the reforms of the Anglican church had not gone far enough, that, although the break with Catholicism in 1535 had moved some way toward the Puritan belief in and idea of religious authority grounded solely in Scripture, by substituting king for pope as the head of the church, England was only recapitulating an unnecessary, corrupt, and even idolatrous order (Gill, 19-21). In one basic respect, the Pilgrims are a logical outcome of the Reformation.

The place where i live

14 Мая 2012, творческая работа

I live in Yakutsk. It is a town in northern Russia. It has a population of one million people.
Yakutsk is located on the shores of the Lena River. The Lena River is the largest river in Russia. The length of river is 4,400km. Besides, there are the Lena pillars. It is the rocks which stretch along the river. There are many excursions for people who want to see this attraction.

The Political System of Great Britain

27 Ноября 2011, реферат

Great Britain - a country without a constitution. The election procedure of forming the government, as well as civil rights and obligations defined by numerous laws and decrees. Formal constitution in the UK you can collect the pieces of the conventions and laws. The instrument, known as the "Bill of Rights" (1686), deals with the privileges of monarchs and inheritance rights to the throne. Laws, of course, cover a large part of human rights, but the parliament has the right to enact new laws and modify any of the existing ones. There is no clearly defined difference between "private" and "public" law. Anyone can sue the state or local governments to protect their legitimate rights and obtain compensation for damages. Laws are not codified, and the courts adhere to their literal interpretation during litigation. Ratification of a treaty or international convention does not make them part of the domestic legal system. If necessary, the state change state laws so as to conform to accepted convention.

The political views of Mahatma Gandhi

30 Ноября 2011, дипломная работа

The initial data necessary during diploma thesis: plan – a task for diploma thesis’s writing, materials obtained during practice session, literature on the theme given.
Units list of the work problems development or annotation of the diploma thesis:
Non-violence for Gandhi - not only a method of resistance, fighting tactics, but the main principle of a holistic worldview, teaching the meaning of life, the basis of socio-political ideal.

The problem of juvenile delinquency

05 Апреля 2012, реферат

Unfortunately, today the crime is one of the most important problems around the world. One of its most visible parts is the juvenile delinquency. All over the globe, newspapers and the broadcast media report daily on crimes including homicides, rapes and robberies committed by youth. According to the Howard N. Snyder, law enforcement agencies in the United States alone made approximately 2.2 million arrests of persons under age 18. Just the prospects of our society look very gloomy due to the fact that most of the youth is committed in various types of crime

The problem of the Generation Gap

21 Декабря 2011, сочинение

John Priestly in his novel “Angel Pavement” touches on a number of the problems such as social protest, unemployment, loneliness, problems of the youth and an eternal problem of the generation gap.
The Smiths family can serve a good example of the family where misunderstanding between two generations arises.
Mr. Smith was seriously concerned about the life of his daughter Edna. He was “not happy with her way of looking, acting and talking”. And he was really upset about the fact that Edna didn’t want to think about her future. There was “too much going out and amusing herself”. Mr. Smith wanted his daughter “to amuse herself and learn something about the world at the same time”.

The process of making money

10 Декабря 2012, сочинение

The manufacturing process of banknotes consists of several stages. It all starts with the fact that tons of cotton dipped in a large boiler and two hours of holding them under pressure. After that, the mass, which was formed, poured into a container, where the purification and clarification. Then the mass is pressed and filled her sets, which are called softeners. This process makes the money and the paper in a surprisingly crisp. Meanwhile, the pulp has a few moist. Experts are beginning to change its color by adding at the same paint as well as and watermarks. These marks are formed because of the money paper in the order you removed the fiber. As you can see, dating in the "money education" production may be useful to see for themselves this exciting process.

The profession of a lawyer

16 Октября 2011, доклад

It is very important for everybody to make a right choice (1) of profession. There are a lot of honourable (2) professions today. Still, it is difficult for young people to choose. I changed my planes several times about what want to be. I have decided yet that I want to be a lawyer.

The reason of appearance of borrowed words in English vocabulary

09 Марта 2013, реферат

Whenever two idiolects come into contact, one or both may be modified. In face-to-face communication, either speaker may imitate some feature of other's speech; when the contact is indirect, as in reading, the influence can of course pass only in one direction. The feature which is imitated is called the model; the idiolect (or language) in which the model occurs, or the speaker of eat idiolect is called the donor; the idiolect which acquires something new in the process is the borrowing idiolect. The process itself is called `borrowing', but this requires some cautions.

The Renaissance and Restoration

22 Марта 2012, доклад

The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England dating from the late 15th and early 16th centuries to the early 17th century. It is associated with the pan-European Renaissance that is usually regarded as beginning in Italy in the late 14th century; like most of northern Europe England saw little of these developments for more than a century later.

The Republic of Haiti

20 Марта 2012, доклад

The Republic of Haiti, or simply the Haiti, is a small nation in the Caribbean islands. Unfortunately it is known to the world today due to the horrifying earthquake that struck its capital city of Port-au-Prince in January 2010. However, are you aware of the rich Haiti culture and heritage? Here are some Haitian culture facts that will help you know more about this beautiful country.

The role and place of sport in the history and national unity of Great Britain

17 Февраля 2013, реферат

The history of sport probably extends as far back as the existence of people as purposive beings. Sport has always been a useful way for people to increase their mastery of nature and the environment. The history of sport can teach us about social changes and about the nature of sport itself. Sport seems to involve basic human skills being developed and exercised for their own sake in parallel with being exercised for their usefulness. It also shows how society has changed its beliefs and therefore there are changes in the rules.

The role of media, imagery and art in communicating with people on sustainability issues

27 Февраля 2013, сочинение

In generally, we know that the link between the mass media and sustainable development is indeed a very important one and has been widely acknowledged. Regarding mass media, it is used to target majority of people (or masses) at national or international level. Billboards, newspapers, television, radio, internet, websites, blogs etc are the main sources through which we get information. By making advertisements or promotional campaigns are conveyed to the audience in different forms. Media serves as a platform to provide freedom of speech to the people of society.

The Role of Scheduling

19 Февраля 2012, реферат

Scheduling is a decision-making process that is used on a regular basis in many manufacturing and services industries. It deals with the allocation of resources to tasks over given time periods and its goal is to optimize one or more objectives. The resources and tasks in an organization can take many different forms.

The role of the borrowings in the English language

13 Апреля 2011, курсовая работа

People all around the globe with different mother tongues often have the same opinion regarding loanwords in their languages; they mostly do not like them. They wish that their own native words would be used instead and often fear that too much borrowing could lead to their mother tongue eventually dying out. A lot of this fear has been directed on the English language the last decades.

The role of the English language in the life of people

28 Марта 2013, сочинение

People in Russia study some foreign languages: French, German, Spain, Italian and some others. But the most popular is, of course, English. Why so? I think that there are some reasons for its popularity. First, children learn it at school; they study it further at the universities and institutes because it is easier to learn than any other language. Second, it sounds very pleasant and sweet. Third, English is used in world media.

The Royal Family

28 Мая 2013, реферат

At present the British royal family is headed by Queen Elizabeth. When the Queen was born on the 21st of April 1926, her grandfather, King George V, was on the throne and her uncle was his heir. The death of her grandfather and the abdication of her uncle brought her father to the throne as King George VI.
As a child she studied constitutional history and law as well as art and music. In addition she learned to ride and acquired her enthusiasm for horses. As she grew older she began to take part in public life, making her first broadcast at the age of 14.
The marriage of the young Princess Elizabeth to Philip, Duke of Edinburgh took place in November 1947. She came to the throne after her father's death in 1952 and was crowned in Westminster Abbey in June 1953.

The simple sentence and its catagories

01 Ноября 2011, курс лекций

THE SIMPLE SENTENCE AND ITS CATEGORIES

1. The problem of the sentence definition and its level belonging.

2. The main categories of the sentence:

a) predicativity: its role in the sentence; types of predication: primary vs.

secondary; explicit vs. implicit predication;

b) modality: its heterogeneous nature; the two types of modality: primary

(objective) and secondary (subjective); the culture- and gender-sensitive

character of modality;

c) negation and its types: complete vs. partial; grammatical vs. lexical;

explicit vs. implicit; direct vs. transferred negation; negation and the

communicative type of the sentence; the specific features of negation in

English.

The study of privacy issues on the internet

01 Октября 2011, курсовая работа

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The system of education in Russia

13 Ноября 2011, доклад

With a literacy rate close to 100%, Russia shows its great concert about education. According to the constitution, russian education is free and compulsory. It lasts for 9 years, from the age of 7 up to the age of 16.
Education in Russia is split into a compulsory Basic Education and ongoing Higher Education.
A compulsory Basic Education includes: pre-school, elementary, basic and secondary general education.

The system of government in the UK

04 Мая 2012, сочинение

The British system of government is the oldest parliamentary democracy in Europe. British parliament was formed in the eleventh century and, after the signing of the Magna Charta by King John in the year 1215, it came to power and became the main part in the system of government. In this way, England set up the base of democracy in the whole Europe.
Dating back over ten centuries, the Monarchy plays an important role in the UK and Commonwealth.

The Tempest. The image of Prospero. Relationship between Miranda and Prospero. Prospero's Choice

01 Декабря 2011, реферат

The Tempest is supposed to have been written in 1610–1611. But it was staged firstly on the 1st of November 1611 by Shakespeare troop. This was the most successful play of the last Shakespeare’s period. The beginning of the play is tragic, but everything ends in a comedy.

The Thirty Years War

15 Сентября 2013, курсовая работа

The Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) was a series of wars principally fought in Central Europe, involving most of the countries of Europe. It was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, and one of the longest continuous wars in modern history.
The origins of the conflict and goals of the participants were complex and no single cause can accurately be described as the main reason for the fighting. Initially, it was fought largely as a religious war between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire, although disputes over internal politics and the balance of power within the Empire played a significant part.

The Tower Bridge

02 Апреля 2012, реферат

Tower Bridge was completed in 1894, after 8 years of construction. However, many people don't realise why it was even built in the first place, or why it is so different from London's other bridges. The information below will fill you in on some of Tower Bridge's fascinating history.

The traditional economy

22 Декабря 2010, сочинение

топик по английскому языку.
"It's hard to imagine our lives without coins, banknotes and credit cards. yet for most of human history people lived without money. For thousands of years human societies had very simple economies..."

The translation profession

27 Ноября 2011, доклад

The translation profession has been in existence for a long time. Translators have enabled the works of great writers to be read by many people of different cultures and linguistic backgrounds. In school, students learn about scientific discoveries, great voyages, and different philosophies, thanks in part to the work of translators. Translation has long played a role in the dissemination of scientific information.

The UK Economy

28 Февраля 2012, реферат

Early in the twentieth century Britain was overtaken economically by the United States and Germany. After two world wars and the rapid loss of its empire, Britain found it increasingly difficult to maintain its position even in Europe