The English LanguageEnglish today 32
Hot Issues
Life in the 21st century 34
Computer revolution 36
Will we live in space? -38
Our planet Earth 40
Can we live longer? 42
Mass Media
Mass media 44
TV or not TV? 46
Newspapers 48
The British press 50
About Myself
My family 52
My flat 54
My working day 56
My friend 58
My school 60
How I went shopping 62
My plans for the future ; 64
My meals 66
At the doctor's 68
Hobbies and Pastimes
Hobbies 70
My friend's hobby 72
Travelling 74
My last summer holidays 76
My favourite season 78
Countries and Cities
Great Britain 80
Climate and weather in Great Britain 82
London 84
The USA 87
Washington, DC 90
The Russian Federation — 92
Moscow 95
St Petersburg 98
Literature and Arts
Libraries 100
William Shakespeare 102
Anton Chekhov 105
Agatha Christie 107
Ernest Hemingway 109
My favourite book — 111
Tretyakov Gallery 113
Valentin Serov 115
Isaac Levitan 117
Mozart 119
My favourite singer 121
The birth of the "seventh art" 123
David Duchovny 126
Science and Scientists
Albert Einstein 128
Andrei Sakharov 130
Will we live to see the first cloned human? 132
Sports
Olympic Games 134
Sports in Great Britain : 136
Sports in Russia 138
Customs and Traditions
Holidays in Great Britain 140
Holidays in Russia 142
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The English Language
The future of English 145
Some facts about English 146
Hot Issues
What will our life be like? 147
Chips are changing the world 147
What does the future hold? 148
Why are we so excited about the Internet? 148
We may have no choice 149
Arthur Clarke predicts 150
The Earth is our home 150
What shall we do with our packed planet? 152
"Smog" was invented in Britain 152
Do we live to eat? 153
There is a danger hanging over your life 154
Game of chance 154
Mass Media
What is news? 155
American press 155
Newspaper wars 156
Hooked on the Net 156
What kind of viewer are you? 157
Hobbies and Pastimes
What is a hobby? 158
Video games 158
The future of travelling 159
Countries and Cities
Scotland: the land of lochs and legends 160
What does the Queen do? 161
The new face of London 161
The Tower of London 162
St Paul's Cathedral 163
London's East End 164
Madam Tussaud's 164
The White House 165
New York 166
The Statue of Liberty 168
From the history of New York 168
Australia 169
Canada 170
Some facts about Moscow 171
Literature and Arts
The future of the book — if it has a future 172
On books and reading 172
The Globe Theatre —173
Robert Burns 174
Mark Twain 174
Michelangelo 175
William Hogarth 176
Abstract art 176
Pablo Picasso 177
Beethoven — 178
Theatre and cinema in Britain 179
Steven Spielberg: movie wizard 180
Leonardo DiCaprio 180
Science and Scientists
Great inventions 182
The gene revolution 183
Miniature revolution 183
Sports
In-line roller-skating 184
Snowboarding 184
Surfs up! 185
Sport and competition in Britain 186
Baseball 187
Customs and Traditions
Traditions and customs in Britain 188
Time for tea 188
British character 189
Halloween 190
April Fool's Day 190
Holidays in the USA 191
Happy birthday, America 193
Columbus Day 194
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