Trade is the buying and selling of goods and services. The products that are exchanged are things that people grow or make, like food to eat, machines to work with or clothes to wear. Services are things that people do for others, like working in […]
James Bond is an English secret agent who was created by the British novelist Ian Fleming. The character of Bond became popular not only through Fleming's books but through many movies. Bond, also known as agent 007, is an attractive man who l […]
London is the capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is the largest city in Europe and one of the largest cities in the world with the population of 11 million people. About a fifth of the total population of the U […]
London is the capital of the United Kingdom, its economic, political and cultural centre. It is one of the world's most important ports and one of the largest cities in the world. London with its suburbs has a population of about 11 million pe […]
Moscow is the capital of Russia, its political, economic, commercial and cultural centre.
Moscow is the largest metropolitan area in Russia with the population of about 10 million people, one of the largest cities in the world. The city is […]
Moscow is the capital of Russia, its administrative, economic, political and educational centre. It is one of Russia's major cities with the population of about 9 million people. Its total area is about 900 thousand square kilometres.
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New York is one of the largest cities in the world. It was founded three hundred years ago at the mouth of the Hudson river.
The centre of New York is Manhattan Island. In 1626 it was bought from the Indians for a handful of trinkets that […]
Nuclear power gives us about 17% of the world's electricity. Some countries produce more nuclear power than others. France, for example, gets about 75% of its energy from nuclear power plants, the USA only 15%. Many countries, like Austria, don' […]
Many of us cannot imagine our life at present without plastics. But we cannot realize what a great part they play in raising our standard of living.
You cannot go through a single day without some association with plastics. Your toothbru […]
There are eight public holidays, or bank holidays a year in Great Britain, that is days on which people need not go to work. They are: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day, Spring Bank Holiday and Late S […]
Russia is one of the largest countries in the world. The vast territory of Russia lies in the eastern part of Europe and the northern part of Asia.
Russia is washed by twelve seas and three oceans. The oceans are: the Arctic, the Atlanti […]
Science is important to most people living in the modern world for a number of reasons. In particular, science is important to world peace and understanding, to the understanding of technology, and to our understanding of the world.
Scie […]
South Africa lies at the southern end of the African continent, where the Atlantic and Indian oceans come together. For a long time in the past centuries South Africa was governed by whites, although about 80% of the population are blacks. In t […]
St Petersburg is the second largest city in Russia and one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great as the "Window to the West". Thousands of workmen were brought from all parts of Russia to build a ne […]
Stars are the most fascinating objects in the sky. They are gigantic balls of gas that people have been interested throughout history. Although they are so big they look small because they are so far away. Humans have always told stories about […]
