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|Books | | |

|People get a kick out of doing most extraordinary | | |

|things. | | |

|I can’t say that I am really mad about this or that| | |

|kind of leisure activity. | | |

|But if I were asked about my or our family hobby I | | |

|would name reading. | | |

|In modern society books became overshadowed by | | |

|cinema, TV, video as entertainment ,& by computers| | |

|as a source of information. | | |

|Of course, computers offer a much more perfect & | | |

|economical way jf storing & retrieving data. | | |

|But the artistic value of books is undeniable. | | |

|Only by reading can a person learn to think, to | | |

|feel, to behave as a human being. | | |

|I enjoy reading all kinds of books- historical | | |

|novels, travelogues, biographies, novels, science | | |

|fiction, detective stories, poetry, etc. | | |

|If I were to name my favourite genre or writer, it | | |

|would be hard for me to do, but in American | | |

|literature I would single out M.Mitchel. | | |

|Her novel Gone with the wind- is so human, so | | |

|touching, informative, touching & poetic. | | |

|11. In fact, it’s one of the greatest books about | | |

|love. | | |

|12. Someone said that reading to the mind is what | | |

|exercise to the body. | | |

|13. Books cant’t be replaced by all the mass media | | |

|in the world. | | |

|14. So, I switch off TV, radio, my computer & open | | |

|a book. | | |

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|Outstanding Scientist. | | |

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|Russia gave birth to many wonderful people, who | | |

|made great contributions to all fields of human | | |

|activity. | | |

|As for me, I think one of the greatest man, | | |

|scientist- was A. Sakharov. | | |

|He could teach & inspire. | | |

|His influence was consisting & increasing at the | | |

|time of his untimely death. | | |

|Sakharov received the honour & glory of his country| | |

|for his outstanding work in physics which led to | | |

|the Soviet hydrogen bomb. | | |

|When he saw abuse of power he fought the | | |

|authorities who had recently honoured him. | | |

|He was treated with unbelievable indignity & | | |

|cruelty. | | |

|A.Sakharov set a standard for the modern hero. | | |

|Few will achieve his level, but many will fight | | |

|injustice because of his example. | | |

|He risked not only his career but physical harm by | | |

|speaking out when too many others were silent. | | |

|His life was a feat, his death, a soldier’s death, | | |

|was symbolic. | | |

|So, I consider him one of the best representatives | | |

|of humankind. | | |

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|Protection of environment. | | |

|People have been polluting their environment since | | |

|time immemorial. | | |

|Toxic chemical waste, nuclear waste, deforestation,| | |

|greenhouse effect, thoughtless exploitation of | | |

|natural resources- all this has brought mankind to | | |

|the age of abyss. | | |

|The Earth can be saved only by united efforts of | | |

|major industrial powers. | | |

|A lot has been done & is being done in this | | |

|respect. | | |

|You can see the mark Ozone- friendly on most | | |

|aerosol cans. | | |

|But the hole in the ozone layer keeps on growing. | | |

|The whales are still being killed in spite of the | | |

|protest actions of Greenpeace. | | |

|I personally think that solution is in safety | | |

|precautions. | | |

|Such as installing hi- tech purification systems & | | |

|waste free production methods. | | |

|On the other hand the most of Western countries are| | |

|overproducing. | | |

|Production & consumption should be balanced. | | |

|That is my point of view. | | |

|Besides, people should be conscious of their | | |

|environment. | | |

|Just don’t litter, & that already will be a step | | |

|towards protecting the environment. | | |

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