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WRITING [CAREER] На фото: WRITING [CAREER], автор: admin

Публикация №1125586864 01 сентября 2005

Writing, as a career, offers a range of personal rewards. It enables people to express themselves, as well as to entertain, inform, and influence others. With only a few tools--paper, a typewriter, a pencil, and often a personal computer--a writer can have an impact on the surrounding world. But most authors spend hundreds of hours perfecting their skills before they can sell any of their works...

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ВАЙКЛИФ ДЖОН [ФИЛОСОФ] [НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ] На фото: ВАЙКЛИФ ДЖОН [ФИЛОСОФ] [НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ], автор: admin

Публикация №1125586825 01 сентября 2005

Wycliffe, pronounced WIHK lihf, John (1328?-1384), was a leading English philosopher in religion and politics during the late Middle Ages. His challenges to religious and political practices remained influential long after Wycliffe's death...

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ВЭЙС ЭНДРЮ [ХУДОЖНИК] [НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ] На фото: ВЭЙС ЭНДРЮ [ХУДОЖНИК] [НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ], автор: admin

Публикация №1125586792 01 сентября 2005

Wyeth, Andrew (1917-...), probably ranks as the most popular American painter of his time. He is best known for his realistic and thoughtful pictures of people and places in rural Pennsylvania and Maine...

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ГЕОГРАФИЯ США: ШТАТ ВАЙОМИНГ [НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ] На фото: ГЕОГРАФИЯ США: ШТАТ ВАЙОМИНГ [НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ], автор: admin

Публикация №1125586760 01 сентября 2005

Wyoming is a state of the United States that is famous for the beauty of its mountains. The peaks of the Rocky Mountains tower over the landscape. They provide the setting for the world's oldest national park--Yellowstone. Wyoming also has the first national monument in the United States, Devils Tower, and the first national forest, Shoshone. Another famous scenic wonder, Grand Teton National Park, includes some of the West's most beautiful mountains. Millions of tourists visit Wyoming each year to enjoy the state's scenery and historic places...

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РЕНТГЕНОВСКИЕ ЛУЧИ [НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ] На фото: РЕНТГЕНОВСКИЕ ЛУЧИ [НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ], автор: admin

Публикация №1125586621 01 сентября 2005

X rays are one of the most useful forms of energy. They were discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm C. Roentgen, a German physicist. Roentgen called the rays X rays because at first he did not understand what they were. X is a scientific symbol for the unknown...

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ЧЕРКЕС I [ЦАРЬ] [НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ] На фото: ЧЕРКЕС I [ЦАРЬ] [НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ], автор: admin

Публикация №1125586511 01 сентября 2005

Xerxes I, pronounced ZURK seez (519?-465 B.C.), ruled the Persian Empire from 486 B.C. until his death. He succeeded his father, Darius I, and spent several years trying to achieve his father's goal of conquering Greece. However, Xerxes failed to do so, and his struggles against the Greeks greatly weakened the influence and power of the Persian Empire...

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КОСУ (НАРОД В АФРИКЕ) [+фото] [НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ] На фото: КОСУ (НАРОД В АФРИКЕ) [+фото] [НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ], автор: admin

Публикация №1125586477 01 сентября 2005

Xhosa, pronounced KOH suh, are a black people whose ancestors moved into southern Africa by the 1500's. More than half of the approximately 5 million Xhosa live in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa...

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В МИРЕ ЖИВОТНЫХ: ЯК [+фото] [НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ] На фото: В МИРЕ ЖИВОТНЫХ: ЯК [+фото] [НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ], автор: admin

Публикация №1125586392 01 сентября 2005

Yak, pronounced yak, is a wild ox of Asia. It inhabits the cold, dry plateaus of Tibet, often more than 16,000 feet (4,870 meters) above sea level. The wild yak stands over 6 feet (1.8 meters) high at the shoulders. But it carries its head low with the nose almost touching the ground. It may weigh from 1,100 to 1,200 pounds (499 to 544 kilograms). The yak is covered with black or brownish-black hair. The hair is especially long and silky on shoulders, flanks, and tail. The yak is agile in spite of its bulk and its heavy forequarters. It can slide down icy slopes, swim swift rivers, and cross steep rock slides. If forced to defend itself, it charges furiously. Excessive hunting has resulted in the killing of so many wild yaks that the animal is in danger of extinction...

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ЯНКИ (НАСЕЛЕНИЕ США) [НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ] На фото: ЯНКИ (НАСЕЛЕНИЕ США) [НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ], автор: admin

Публикация №1125586341 01 сентября 2005

Yankee. People of other countries often call any person from the United States a Yankee. In the southern United States, the word Yankee means a Northerner, or someone who comes from north of Mason and Dixon's Line. But most of the people of the United States use the word Yankee to mean a New Englander...

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ЙЕЛЬСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ (США) [+фото] [НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ] На фото: ЙЕЛЬСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ (США) [+фото] [НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ], автор: admin

Публикация №1125586308 01 сентября 2005

Yale University is a coeducational, privately endowed, nonsectarian school in New Haven, Connecticut. Chartered in 1701, Yale is the third oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Only Harvard University and the College of William and Mary are older...

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