Leisure time

Leisure time.

Everybody sometimes has a free time. somebody prefers only to sleep in their leisure time, but most of us prefer to do a great number of interesting things. It may be reading, various types of sport games, listening to music and so on. radio, television and the Internet extend our knowledge about the world. We are shown different countries, cities and towns and people who live there. This is what we can do at home. If we want to go out there are a lot of cinemas, theatres, museums and clubs where we can spend our free time. Also those who are interested in music may go to a concert. Some people like to go to night clubs, some people prefer to go to their friends or to go to a restaurant. As for me now I have not so much free time, because after my general classes I go to my additional education. But my education is connected with my hobby, and my hobby is dancing. Nowadays I can’t imagine my life without dancing. It helps me to relax and forget my problems. But when I have free time, I like to sleep, to read interesting books, to spend my free time in the Internet and to meet with my friends somewhere or go to night club.

Travel alone.

Many people are fond of traveling. It’s very interesting to see new places, another towns and countries. People may travel either for pleasure or on business. There are a lot of ways of travelling. People can travel by air, by train, by sea, by car and so on. I love to travel anywhere and I prefer to do it in a company especially with my friends. I can’t imagine to be alone. For me it’s impossible. While travelling I like to talk, to spend time with our family members or friends. I think it would much more fun and interesting if you have a company. It’s much better when you can enjoy a good trip with somebody else. In my opinion to travel alone is so boring thing, but it have some advantages. You get more of the place you are visiting when you go on your own, and there are always more chances to meet new people or to talk to strangers when you’re alone. But I don’t like this way. If we travel alone what’s  the enjoyment we get. We won’t be able just to comment on what we look when we travel.

Director.

I like a lot of different genres of films of different directors. But just some directors are well-known for me. I’m going to tell you about Luc Besson. He is a French film director, writer and producer. He involved over 50 films. At the very beginning of his career he started to write stories, including the backdrop to what later became one of his most popular movies, The Fifth Element. Besson directed and co-wrote the screenplay of this science fiction thriller with the screenwriter, Robert Mark Kamen. The film is inspired by the French comic books Besson read as a teenager. Also he worked on the first drafts of The Big Blue while still in his teens. he has written and produced numerous action movies, including the Taxi and The Transporter series, and the Jet Li films Kiss of the Dragon. Luc had been nominated for Best Director and Best Picture César Awards for his films Léon and the Messenger. won Best Director and Best French Director for his film The Fifth Element. And my favourite his work in my childhood was Nikita. Besson was married to Anne Parillaud, who starred in Nikita, a film he wrote and directed. Besson married Milla Jovovich and Besson married film producer Virginie Silla.

English school

Education in Britain is compulsory and free for all children between the ages of 5-16. The 1-st type of education in Britain is nursery education(under 5 years). The 2^nd type is primary education. At the age of 11 in England children leave primary school and go to the secondary school and they are required to stay at school until they are 16. In Britain State schools are divided into the following types: Grammar schools, Technical schools, Modern schools, children who go to grammar schools are usually those who show a preference for academic subjects. Some children go to technical schools. Most courses there are either commercial  or technical. Boys and girls who are interested in working with there hands and learning in a practical way can go to a technical schools. Comprehensive schools usually combine all types of secondary education. There are also many schools which the State doesn’t control. They are private schools. They charge fees for educating children and many of them are boarding schools at which pupils live during the term time. At the age of 16 pupils finish secondary school. Some of them start work and go to college part time to get qualification. And more ambitions pupils continue to study in 6^th form. They stay on at school  for 1 or 2 years to prepare themselves to university.

Education in Russia.

The education system of Russia includes pre-school, general school, specialized secondary and higher education. Pre-school consists of kindergarten and crèches. It’s not compulsory. Children can get it at home. Compulsory education is for children from 6-7 to 17 years of age. The 1^st stage of education is elementary school. It lasts 4 years. From the 5^th form the secondary education begins. In our country the nine-year secondary education is compulsory . after finishing the 9^th form pupils have a choice. They can stay at school and continue their education or enter the college. And after finishing the 11^th form of secondary school pupils can enter the universities.

Cinema is a kind of art.

Cinema plays an important role in the life of any society. It is an available popular form of art. Lots of people find going to the cinema one of the best ways of spending their leisure time. The movie audience is predominantly a young one. Cinema is also used for educational purposes. Video classes are useful when studying geography, foreign languages and many other subjects. They are also the means of getting acquainted with the world. With the help of documentary and science films one can get much information about the world around. The news on TV helps to know what happens in the world each day. The cinema is also the means of entertainment. After a working day one can relax watching some good movies. Lots of people find going to the cinema one of the best ways of spending their leisure time. And everyone can choose his favourite genre of the film. There are such genres of feature films like  a thriller, musical, comedy, drama. And if people haven’t free time for going to the cinema, they can watch some good films at home and relax after a hard working day.

Compulsory education.

Education in Britain is compulsory and free for all children between the ages of 5-16. The 1-st type of education in Britain is nursery education(under 5 years). The 2^nd type is primary education. At the age of 11 in England children leave primary school and go to the secondary school and they are required to stay at school until they are 16. In Britain State schools are divided into the following types: Grammar schools, Technical schools, Modern schools. At the age of 16 pupils finish secondary school. Some of them start work and go to college part time to get qualification. And more ambitions pupils continue to study in 6^th form. They stay on at school  for 1 or 2 years to prepare themselves to university. The education system of Russia includes pre-school, general school, specialized secondary and higher education. Pre-school consists of kindergarten and crèches. It’s not compulsory. Children can get it at home. Compulsory education is for children from 6-7 to 17 years of age. The 1^st stage of education is elementary school. It lasts 4 years. From the 5^th form the secondary education begins. In our country the nine-year secondary education is compulsory . after finishing the 9^th form pupils have a choice. They can stay at school and continue their education or enter the college. And after finishing the 11^th form of secondary school pupils can enter the universities.

Primary education.

Education in Britain is compulsory and free for all children between the ages of 5-16. The 1-st type of education in Britain is nursery education(under 5 years).  It’s also called play school.  The 2^nd type is primary education. it lasts from 5 to 11 years.  In Primary School and First School children learn to read and write and the basis of arithmetic. In the higher classes of Primary School (or in Middle School) children learn geography, history, religion and, in some schools, a foreign language. . At the age of 11 in England children leave primary school and go to the secondary school. In Russia Compulsory education is for children from 6-7 to 17 years of age. The 1^st stage of education is elementary school or primary school. It lasts 4 years.  At the primary school children learn to read, to write and count. They haven’t so much  classes. From the 5^th form the secondary education begins.

Cinema genres.

Cinema plays an important role in the life of any society. It is an available popular form of art. Lots of people find going to the cinema one of the best ways of spending their leisure time. The movie audience is predominantly a young one.  The cinema is also the means of entertainment. After a working day one can relax watching some good movies. Lots of people find going to the cinema one of the best ways of spending their leisure time. And everyone can choose his favourite genre of the film. Nowadays there are a lot of different cinema genres. E.g. documentary, educational, science, film, feature film, adventure film, thriller, comedy, horror film, Western, children’s film, drama and so on. With the help of documentary and science films one can get much information about the world around. My favourite films genres are comedy, thriller, horror film, drama, sometimes I watch adventure film and animated cartoon.

My favourite film.

Eight below. It was directed by Frank Marshall. It’s a mixture of drama, melodrama, adventure. The main characters are Paul Walker, Jason Biggs, Bruce Greenwood. Jerry was a guide at Antarctica research base. One professor arrived at the base and pressed  Jerry to take him to one mount to attempt to find a rare meteorite. Jerry understood that it was too late in the season (January) to complete such a route. Jerry worried about the snowmobiles breaking through the thinning ice. He told his boss that the only way to get to Mount Melbourne is by dog sled. They made it and professor found what he looked for. On the back way the thin ice cracked and professor was in water. One dog Maya pulled him from there. When they were back to base, they were immediately evacuated with other workers due to storm. With too much weight in the plane to carry both people and dogs. The human team were medically evacuated Jerry and professor with plan to return in some days for the dogs. But the storm was worse than expected and no rescue would be attempted until the next spring. The 8 dogs had to survive for about 6 months. In August Jerry and his team could return to bury the dogs, but he found 5 from them alive.

My favorite film star.

Johnny" Depp is an American actor, producer and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. he played the title character of Edward Scissorhands (1990) and later found box office success in films such as Sleepy Hollow (1999), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Rango (2011) and the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. He has collaborated with director and friend Tim Burton in seven films, most recently with Alice in Wonderland. Films featuring Depp have grossed over $3.1 billion at the United States box office and over $7.6 billion worldwide. He has been nominated for top awards many times, winning the Best Actor Awards from the Golden Globes for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and from the Screen Actors Guild for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. He also has garnered a sex symbol status in American cinema, being twice named as the Sexiest man alive by People magazine. He has been listed in the 2012 Guinness Book of World Records as the highest paid actor with $75 million.

Russian film.

I don’t like watch Russian films so much, but I have some favourite films, e. g. Bastards, Stilagas and Любовь морковь. I’m going to tell you about love… it’s my favourite Russian comedy. I like so much all parts. The film is produced in 2007. The director of the film is Alexander Strischenov. The leading actors are Gosha Kuzhenko and Kristina Orbakayte. The genre of this film is comedy, melodrama and fantasy. The plot of the story is rather simple, you shouldn’t think so much. Happy newly married couple in 7 years realized that they can’t understand each other and hate each other. They consulted with a family psychologist and next morning woke up changing their bodies. The psychologist disappeared, but they tried to live further. During the film there were a lot of funny moments. When husband tried to be a wife and while a wife tried to be a husband. The end of the film was rather logical and obvious. When spouses began to understand each other they returned to their usual life. From Russian films this film is one of my favorite.

A walking tour.

As for me I like travelling so much. And I like tourism too, especially mountaineering. Really I don’t know is it the way of travelling or not, but I like it so much. I have a lot of experience of it. Last time I went on a walking tour was last summer. That time I’m, my elder brother and my friends went on a two-day's walking tour to the mountains. So we took all necessary things for sleeping and cooking meals with us. We chose a route of our journey and planned our trip. We set out early in the morning, the weather was perfect, and we enjoyed the freshness of the air and the silence of the morning. There were some clouds in the sky but soon the wind took them away. We climbed the mountain, it was rather hard for us. We found some place near the river it was perfect place for our resting. All day long the sun was shining brightly, and we sunbathed and swam in the river. And enjoyed the nature. In the evening we made a fire and sang different songs. One of my friends plays the guitar. I can say that to sleep in the open air wasn’t so nice. There were a lot of mosquitos near us. And also I was afraid of different insects. I couldn’t sleep that night. Next day we spent also on the mountain in the forest, and in the evening we returned our house.