The Independence Day

The 2^nd of September is an important day in Uzbekistan. It is the 1^st day of a school year. Uzbek children must attend school after they are seven. Universal compulsory secondary education is introduced in Uzbekistan.
The children may attend national schools where education is given in their native language or Russian schools according to their parents wish.
There are two types of universities and institutes in Uzbekistan: daytime and correspondence.Entrance to the university or the institute is by comparative examination, which is open to everyone between 17 to 35 who have finished the secondary school, academic lyceum or college. The complete course at the Institutes usually lasts 4 years; The Students who have finished bachelors may continue their study at the magistracy.
There are number of Universities and Institutes in Uzbekistan. They are in Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Fergana, Nukus. One of them is the Tashkent University. It is the oldest one. There are many departments at the Universities and institutes.
Learning a foreign language
Learning a foreign language isn't an easy thing. Nowadays it's especially important to know foreign languages. Some people learn languages because they need them for their work, others travel abroad, for the third studying foreign languages is a hobby. Everyone, who knows foreign languages can speak people from other countries, read foreign authors in the original, which makes your outlook wider. I study English. It's a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and efforts. Over 300 million people speak it is as a mother tongue. The native speakers of English live in Great Britain, the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand. English is one of the official languages of the United Nations Organization and other political organizations. English language is a wonderful language. It's the language of the great literature. It's the language of William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and others. Half of the world's scientific literature is in English. It's the language of computers technology. The great German poet Goette once said, "He, who knows no foreign language, doesn't know his own one". That's why in order to understand oneself and environment one has to learn foreign languages.I think, that to know English today is absolutely necessary for every educated man, for every good specialist.
Lo’ning forin lengvijiz iz not izi sing . Novadeyz it iz impotant tu no’ v forin lengvijz. Sam pipl lo’n lengvijz bikoz zey nid zem fo zeya vo’k, azes trevl ebrod, fo ze so’d stading forin lengvijz iz e hobi. Evrivan hu nows forin lengvijz ken spik pipl from aze kantriz. Ay stadi inglish. Its long and slov proses zet teyks e lot of taym . Ove sri handrid million pipl spik it az e maze tang. Ze neytiv spikez of inglish liv in Greyt Britn, ze Yunaytid Steyts of Emerika, Ostroliya end Nyu Zeland. Inglish lengvij iz e vandeful lengvij. Its lengvij of ze greyt litriche.Its lengvij of Wilyam Shekspiye , Charliz Dikens end azes. It iz ze lengvij of kompyute teknoloji.Ze greyt jo’man poet Giyote vans sed , “ Hi hu nowz no’v forin lengvij, daznt no’v hiz o’vn van.” Ay sink tu no’v inglish tudey iz neseseri fo evri edukeytid men, fo evri gud speshialist.


People have always polluted their surroundings. But until now pollution was not such a serious problem. People lived in uncrowded rural areas and did not have pollution — causing machines. With the development of crowded industrial cities which put huge amounts of pollutants into small areas, the problem has become more important. Automobiles and other new inventions make pollution steadily worse. Since the late 1960's people have become alarmed with the danger of pollution.Air, water, and soil are necessary for existance of all living things. But polluted air can cause illness, and even death, Polluted water kills fish and other marine life. On polluted soil, food can not be grown. In addition environmental pollution spoils the natural beauty of our planet.Automobiles are polluting the air but they provide transportation for the people. Factories pollute the air and the water but they provide jobs for people and produce necessary goods. Fertilizers and pesticides are important for growing crops but they can ruin soil.


Since ancient times Nature has served Man, being the source of his life. For thousands of years people lived in harmony with environment and it seemed to them that natural riches were unlimited. But with the development of civilization man's interference in nature began to increase. Large cities with thousands of smoky industrial enterprises appear all over the world today. The by-products of their activity pollute the air we breathe, the water we drink, the land we grow grain and vegetables on. Every year world industry pollutes the atmosphere with about 1000 million tons of dust and other harmful substances. Many cities suffer from smog. Vast forests are cut and burn in fire. Their disappearance upsets the oxygen balance. As a result some rare species of animals, birds, fish and plants disappear forever, a number of rivers and lakes dry up.
Environmental protection is of a universal concern. That is why serious measures to create a system of ecological security should be taken.Some progress has been already made in this direction. As many as 159 countries — members of the UNO — have set up environmental protection agencies. Numerous conferences have been held by these agencies to discuss problems facing ecologically poor regions including the Aral Sea, the South Urals, Kuzbass, Donbass, Semipalatinsk and Chernobyl. An international environmental research centre has been set up on Lake Baikal. The international organisation Greenpeace is also doing much to preserve the environment.
Mass media
Mass media or mass communications are the press, radio and television.
Every day we read newspapers and magazines, listen to radio and watch TV. Nowadays there are so many newspapers and magazines, radio stations and TV channels that we have to be very -selective and give preference to some of them.
What newspapers and magazines do I prefer to read? I like to read the following newspapers: "Darakchi" (informator), "Nezavisimost" ("Independence"), "Argumenty i Fakty" ("Arguments and Facts"). As far as newspapers are concerned they may be daily, or weekly. Magazines may be weekly, monthly and quarterly.The newspapers and magazines I read are the most readable and have a large readership or circulation. For example, "Argumenty i Fakty" has a circulation of more than 23 000 000. It is the largest in the world. Their publications deal with very burning problems of our history, latest events and forecasts for future. They also touch upon cultural, sport news.
I like to watch different TV programmes too.
Sports and games
People all over the world are fond of sports and games. Sport makes people healthy, keeps them fit, more organized and better disciplined. It unites people of different classes and nationalities. Many people do sports on their personal initiative. They go in for skiing, skating, table tennis, swimming, volley-ball, football, body-building, etc.
All necessary facilities are provided for them: stadiums, sport grounds, swimming pools, skating rinks, skiing stations, football fields..
Sport is paid much attention to in our educational establishments. Gymnastics is a part of children's daily activities in the kindergartens. Physical culture is compulsory subject at schools and colleges.
Professional sport is also paid much attention to in our country. In city, where I live, there are different sporting societies, clubs and complexes.
Practically all kinds of sports are popular in our country, but football, gymnastics and tennis enjoy the greatest popularity. As for me, I go in for table tennis (ping-pong).
What is a manager/
Finishing school is the beginning of the independent life for millions of school leavers. Many roads are opened before them: vocational and technical schools, institutes and universities. But it is not an easy thing to choose a profession out of more than 2,000 existing in the world. Some pupils follow the advice of their parents, others can't decide even after leaving school.
As for me, I made my choice long ago. I want to become a manager.
A number of different terms are used for “manager”, including “director”, “administrator” and “president”. The term “manager” is used more frequently in profit-making organizations, while the others are used more widely in government and non-profit organizations such as universities, hospitals and social work agencies.An individual manager is a person who directly supervises people in an organization.Almost everything a manager does involves decisions. The reason for making a decision is that a problem exists. In decision making there is always some uncertainty and risk.Managing is a hard job. There is a lot to be done and relatively little time to do it.

English speaking countries

I'd like to tell you about another countries, where English is the official language. At first, it's the USA. After 350 years of development the United States of America still holds the leading position in the western world. The USA is the most powerful and highly developed country in the world. What makes the USA the leader of the western world is its economical, political and military dominance over other countries.