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Как иностранцы произносят русские названия

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Five rules as a guide to success—or at least less pain—in learning a language.

Commencement Address by John Beyrle

#1. Stay focused. My high school German teacher Mr. Anderson taught me that learning a language is not a hobby—it’s a discipline. Too often when Americans study languages they take two years of Spanish, and then maybe another couple of years of French, and end up with no real facility at all. Don’t dabble in languages. Hone in on the one or two that you’re drawn to, and make its mastery a lifelong obsession.

#2. Go away! When I was a student in Ann Arbor, there was a travel agency with a wonderful sign hanging outside its door. The sign said “Please Go Away.” That’s rule number two. When you are looking at options for study abroad, try to go far, far away, until you are immersed in the language and the culture and you spend days without speaking or hopefully even hearing or seeing English. That means that if you can, you should choose smaller towns and cities to study in and visit. Avoid Paris—discover Nantes. Spend less time in Moscow, and more in Yaroslavl, or Irkutsk.

Rule #3. Rediscover the radio. Everyone learns languages in a different way, but if you want to be able to communicate, the most important input to learning is what you hear. It is now a simple matter to stream the Russian or Farsi or Mandarin equivalent of NPR or the BBC on your smartphone, and your earbuds insulate you from outside distraction. The more you listen, the more you learn, and of course what you are hearing is the best educated native diction you can find.

#4. Watch your language! As all instructors know, after a certain level of proficiency is reached (or sometimes even before), the student’s temptation to try out a few colorful off-color phrases can be irresistible. Resist. As Genevra Gerhart wrote in her classic work The Russian’s World, swearing in a foreign language is like shooting a gun without knowing where the bullets come out. 

#5. Find a practical outlet. Learning a language is a great joy in and of itself, and it broadens the mind and opens many new doors, but few of us can live off of that for the rest of our lives. The value knowing a language—not to mention your job prospects—are enhanced greatly when you pair the language with another discipline. Diplomacy, business, economics, education—the choice is yours, but you need to focus on that choice now. And remember—if you choose diplomacy, the State Department gives you points for knowing a language—and extra credit for a hard language—in the competition for entry-level positions.

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Esquire выбрал из современного английского языка несколько терминов, которые обозначают еще не описанные, но уже существующие в России явления.

Christmas creep
Феномен, при котором празднование Рождества с каждым годом начинается все раньше.

Football widow
Женщина, которая в дни футбольных матчей считает своего мужчину временно умершим.

Brandalism 
Завешивание городских фасадов уродливыми рекламными постерами.

Wikiality — от Wikipedia и «реальность»
Явление, существование которого подтверждается большим количеством ссылок на него в интернете.

Stage-phoning 
Попытка произвести впечатление на стоящих рядом людей разговором по мобильному.

Globish — сокращение от global english
Упрощенный английский, на котором общаются представители неанглоговорящих стран.

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The beginning of the United States by Margarita Glinskaya

The size of the United States is practically the same as the whole of Europe.

At the begiёnning of the nineteenth century the biggest part of America was a wilderness and in the end of the century it already had forty-five of the present fifteen states. The urban population had grown from six to forty-four  million between the years 1860-1910. The speed with which America was settled is amazing. How did it all happened?

Between 1620 and 1630 the Founding Fathers (the Pilgrims and Puritans) settled on the northeast coast of North America. Both the Pilgrims and Puritans were part of the Protestant religious group and went to the New World from Great Britain to practice their religion freely. The religious options were strict and influenced every part of their lives: social, political and economic. They were honest, thrifty and believed in hard work and a good education for everyone. Success at work and making money were considered as a sign of God’s favor.

Soon after their arrival the Founding Fathers set up the first British colonies and started successful business: the fish, fur, salt and timber trades. Business and factories developed in and around Boston which soon became an important city and seaport.

At this time the life and economy of the South Atlantic area were agricultural. Towards the end of the 1800s the South became more industrial, in particular Texas with its cotton, cattle and oil industries.

After the American Revolution the thirteen English colonies became the first thirteen states of America.

In 1803 the Fort Dearborn, a US military fort, was built where the city of Chicago stands today. Soon Chicago became an important industrial city of the Midwest.