News Travels Fast

News Travels Fast

Breaking news

The lattest news from rector of Ostrog Academy: it emerged that soon enough the prises on dormitory apartments will arise. Actually, it was needless to say it, because with economic dituation in Ukraine this feature was quite expected. The controversial measures was taken and the prises will increase only in September. The interviewer stated clearly in the public eye that in the nearest future we should expect even bigger amplification of prices. Rumours has it that behind the scenes students were highly critical and were showing their disapproval about the conditions inside the dormitories. Some students put forward a theory that soon no one will live in privat houses. They revealed the secret that even now the prise of living in privat houses not really cheap, and spoke well about the older price. However, they have just ran the story, because earlier news reported that even the older price was not small at that time.
Our publication will keep everyone informed and will cover up the most exclusive stories which will attract attention of the majority of students.

Going Green

Going Green

Nowadays we have serious problems with environment. Actually now we are too close to the environmental catastrophe. The ventures that produce toxic gases, extended dump waste and vehicle emissions causes an irreversible climate changes. A greenhouse effect becomes more obvious according to the weakness of ozone layer and endangered species are under treat of disappearing. With every day absolutely vital becomes the necessity to find a solution to this problem, because it destroys either our planet of our health and reduces the longevity of our lives. It is a daunting task, buy possible, if every person will start from himself. We should change our ways of living, for example by buying saving-eco-light bulbs, by recycling waste properly. After that, we will be able to go far. Obviously, that someday oil supplies will dry out, so why shouldn’t we start using the renewable energy such as offshore wind farms and solar energy in the nearest future? Another idea is driving on eco-friendly hybrid carts, which just not very popular yet, as well as eco-homes, but it exists.

In the end, we must that climate changes and it’s consequences until there’s a possibility to prevent total eco-disaster, to improve our health and to protect the wildlife.

His Story, Her Story

His Story, Her Story

Vlad III, Tepes, the Prince of Wallachia (1431–1476/77) who is more famous as Dracul (or Dracul, because of the coins with the dragon on it), is a former civilian authority who served his country of Wallachia. The vast majority of his live he spent at was against the enslavement of his Fatherland.

Whereas Turks have a lot influence on the lands that encompassed former Wallachia, only a hope for peace left to his father, so he was willing to compromise and send his son to the Turkish captivity by force. At the 1447 Vlad found out that his brother and father went badly wrong and soon was killed. In 1456 he becomes the master of Wallachia, tough he caused a lot of damage for strangers and to his own people too.

Turks had a huge effect on Hungary, so the war broke out between Hungary and Wallachia. Dracul joined the army and won the battle. In 1462 he was forced to runaway to Hungary, and after 12 years of imprisonment he failed miserably in his desire to return home. However he fought for his life till the death.  

I decided to distinguish Vlad III among the others thanks to the spark of rumors around his personality.  He still attracts the interest of a vast numbers of people, and is considered to be the oldest vampire according to the novel of Mary Shelley. For us to decide, whether to take it seriously or not.

On the Move

On the Move

Victoria Confino

97 Orchard Street

New York NY 10001

Esther Beard

57 Main Street

New York NY 10001

Dear Victoria,

 I remember the desk was full of migrants who were fleeing from war as I did. We left in peace with other migrants, and as it happened we disembarked on the Ellis Island and then moved to the New York, I felt undergo by the cultural shock. I really enjoyed the flourishing New York City and cobbled streets all round because we don’t have ones in my village. Our flat is pretty small and I still have to get accustomed to it.

Although we had to do some kind of job to earn for life, and mom says that we will sew clothes at home, but I have no desire to do it, I long for working at the newsie and I keen on reading. Frequently, I can’t stand the stereotypes against migrants and feel a bit discriminated. Betweenwhiles I yearn for my native country and I fancy to visit it someday. My parents say that they are fond of work and life here but I’m sure that they have feeling of nostalgia too.

Anyways, I’m really grateful for your help, Victoria, and I’m looking forward to see you soon.

Yours sincerely,

Esther Baerd

My new passport

This is the items which I decided to take.

Money Matters

Money Matters

The game “Spent” was a rewarding experience for me. The point of this game is to skimp on some things while being on a tight budget in order to save up some money till the end of the month. There you must tighten your belt and go cheap. Also, in this game you can borrow some money from your friends, but later it would be withdrawn. I was poor in that game, but I made some cutbacks and managed to survive that month with 366$ left.   

Everyone dreams to me filthy rich. Once you made big money, make sure do not throwing them around, cause unfortunately, money don’t grow on trees. I support the idea of setting up some business, because having a steady income is obligatory. Some vacations will make a good deal, but it is dangerous to spent money like water, otherwise you’ll become the poverty-stricken soon enough. It is important to earn a good salary, so don’t hurry to retire from work. Be sure keep tracks of your outgoings, even if you’re rolling in money, because the line between rich and broke is thin enough.

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Healthy Lifestyle

Healthy Lifestyle

Education

Education

According to the first video, it is a widespread belief that human brain is truly unique thing. We can learn language even though we never spoke on it never before. Moreover, it is common knowledge that computers can be really efficacious thing. He provides numerous examples og involwing children into learning English from zero and how they became an advanced Internet users in such countries where access to computer or Internet is impossible.

Second speaker was well-informed about learning process. He honestly thinks that learning is far more important than the education. According to speaker, nowadays too many teenagers are drop out of schools and that there is always a reason for that. He took the view that teacher gives a lot for children; however they should direct students, not to force them to do some kind of activities. Students should choose which subjects to learn at school.

I bear in mind that parents and teachers shouldn't pass judjement over the mark that student gets.  It is my firm conviction that while studying teachers shouldn’t jump to conclusion, but to encourage students to do that. We should give some thought about studying subject how to behave in society. I don’t subscribe to the theory that practical classes are more important that theoretical ones. I have a rough idea, but I don’t want to make a foregone conclusion that it will work.

Appearance, Character, Relationships

Appearance, Character, Relationships

Feelings, Emotions, Body Language

Feelings, Emotions, Body Language

Unfortunately, I wasn't possible for me to take a photos of my friend's emotions, so I decided to use photos of popular Hollywood stars=)

In this video we can see an untouched nature, wild animals and breathtaking landscapes. I wold like to reveal my feeling about that to you. It made me feel not only delighted and thrilled but also nervous about the endangered species and the future of our planet. Every day we’re coming closer to the edge, which is means that we’re doing our best to destroy all the beauty of this world till the very end. Thanks to this video, I beared in mind that the nature is so vulnerable, as we are. Anyway, it made my day.

Communication

Word Families and Word Formation

These words are taken from Upstream Profisiency, Unit 5

Noun	Verb	adjective	adverb
footnote	footnote
zeal·ous·ness		zealous	zeal·ous·ly
		riveting	riv·et·ing·ly
surmise	surmise
detester	detest
tapestry
memorabilia
	overlapping
embracer	embrase	embraceable	embracingly
		unabashed	unabashedly

Everyone knows that Romans were strong and courageous nation, however not only the war meters are significant thing. Every language is attractive and beneficial, but is hard to learn. If Romans had a willingness to learn English, I believe that they would never manage to conquer the world. I guess that English would be studying reluctantly, sadly because of difference of these two languages. The biggest annoyance is than sometimes we can notice that there are overhelming difference of writing and meaning of the words, for instance, Latin word post will signify “after” in English, but post in English can be a position, colomn or mail, not mentionigh about the word formation peculiarities.

Dictionary Daze

The videos was very informative, there was used a wide range of dictionaries and the methods how to use them correctly. We should keep our minds on the main tips while using vocabulary:

1. Choose paper vocabulary, not an electronic.

 2. Choose monolingual vocabulary.

3. Do not look words up in the dictionary all the time; do not carry it with you here and there.

 4. Never give up on word. Find it whatever it requires, because sometimes we can recognize the word in a context. For instance, to expand the vocabulary with remarkable ease, we should remember that the dictionary is only an alternative and a thing that building up confidence. To make yourself understood, dictionaries are only the tip of the iceberg, but a big part and parcel are language itself. According to speaker, knowing languare like the back of your hand is not provided by dictionaries, because then everyone could learn language after a while. We should take paper dictionaries seriously, and select it by doing our best.

The word that I always mispronouns:
reveller - a person who is enjoying themselves in a lively and noisy way.

Confusing words:
miscellaneous - (of items or people gathered or considered together) of various types or from different sources.
The bottom of the drawer was always a miscellaneous accumulation of odds and ends.
bedraggle - wet or dirty from being in rain or mud.
The cat looked rather funny, all bedraggled and fit to be tied after her bath.
nonchalantly - relaxed and calm in a way that shows that you do not care or are not worried about anything
He was surprisingly nonchalant about winning the award.

Vocabulary Sci-Fi

Dear Mary,

Obviously that it’s been a long time when we had to go through all the books in the libraries when we wanted to impove our English, bot now this method is out of practice. Now it’s time to hang on an alternative such as looking a word up in the online dictionaries. Luckily, nowadays we have numerous dictionaries and tools which have become a part and a parcel of our lives.  A good favor for you will provide online tool Synonym Finder - the tool that finds synonyms for the word you type in together with providing definitions and examples (picture 1).

 The Netspeak (picture 2) - the tool that shows possible word combinations will help you to build your vocabulary and make you speak fluently. Quizlet– is very effective for association the words with the pictures, probably this metod is appropriate for everyone. Moreover, it is only the tip of the iceberg. There are a wide range of vocabulary dictionaries and games to select.

 For instance, here are the game Word Buster, (picture 3) which is relevant to the typing skills,

and the game Word Machine (picture 4) will help you to recall the words that you never knew!

Hope you will explore different modern ways of improving vocabulary!

https://quizlet.com/130523604/vocabulary-sci-fi-flash-cards/?new

Getting Started!

There are a variety of ways how to remember new vocabulary, thought not all of them are suitable or easy to imply. According to the six videos that I watched, I would like to describe the main methods that are the most useful for the improvement of vocabulary.

Writing down every new word on the card with definition and repeating them is a general and the simplest way. Also, you should find the most convenient way for you – for example, you can draw the words, to make some associations, or to group the words according to the same root, the similar meaning or to the same theme. You should not forget that the words have different forms (adjective, noun, verb and adverb), so try to find all of them and you will know more!

The most useful for me is the last technique and recommend it for you as well.

I will demonstrate you how to do that on the example of unknown words, taken from this topics:

 http://wwlp.com/2016/03/31/how-to-survive-allergy-season/ 

http://time.com/money/4254579/career-change/

Noun	Verb	Adjective	Adverb
Stick, stickability	sticked, sticking,stickable,restickable	stickless,sticklike
sniffler	Sniffle,sniffled, sniffling.	sniffly
		decongestant
sparingness		Sparingly,nonsparing,  oversparing	oversparingly
bearableness		bearable	bearably
trigger	trigger	untriggered
viability		Viable,unviable	viably
gear	Gear,regear	Gear,gearless,well-geared
flexibility, flexibleness,hyperflexibility,hyperflexibleness		hyperflexible	flexibly
cushion		Cushionless, cushionlike,  uncushioned,  well-cushioned
outing	out	out	out
gig	gigged, gigging
offset
priceyness		pricey	pricily
Enhancement, self-enhancement	enhancing	Enhancive, unenhanced
Shift, shiftingness	Reshift, transshift	intershifting	shiftingly
groundwork
overadvanced,  overadvancing,	Advance, overadvance,	unadvancing	advancingly

For a phrasal verbs you may use a definitions and examples.

roll over -To move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over, to overturn. Ex. a rollover jackpot.

runny nose - The production of extra mucus by the nose. Ex. John got ill and now he has a flu and runny nose.

stuffed up -  If you are ​stuffed up, ​your ​nose is ​blocked with ​mucus, usually because you have a ​cold. Ex. He ​sounds all ​stuffed up - is he all ​right?