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The apartment I rent, and in which I live, is located in a wooden house on a cozy, cobble-stoned square across the street from the Bridge of Tears in Minsk.
To enter the house, there are two steps which lead directly into a small, enclosed porch. The owner usually keeps vegetables harvested from her ‘dacha’ in this area. The porch remains cool during the autumn and winter months, so her bounty of produce will not spoil.
Once inside the small enclosed porch, there is a heavy, thick door separating the entrances to the house. I write entrances in the plural because this house is a duplex. Upon opening this door, there is another door straight ahead, which leads to the owner’s apartment. The entry door to my apartment is immediately to the left.
Entering my apartment, one must climb a staircase of heavily varnished stairs. The stairs and floors throughout the apartment are made of wood the color of honey. Along with the wooden doors, the warmth of the wood adds to the comfortable feeling in the apartment.
At the top of the stairs, straight ahead, is a door leading to the large kitchen and bathroom. The kitchen and bathroom have high ceilings. The owner took great pride in renovating this apartment and installed a heated floor in the bathroom. It is a lovely feeling to put feet down on this floor during the cold winter months.
On the staircase’s landing, to the left, is an area which acts as a buffer between the kitchen and bathroom area and the rest of the apartment. This area is also used to remove, or put on, shoes, as there is a cabinet here for storing them. Personally, I use this area to do my daily exercises. There is little furniture here, and I have plenty of space.
Through double doors is the living area and bedroom. These two rooms, along with the buffer area, have slanted ceilings. The living area consists of two sofas, three cabinets lining the wall on the right, a desk and its accompanying chair, a round, glass topped table and an area rug, pink in color with a brown floral design.
Along the left side of the living area is a row of four square windows which look out upon the inner square. These windows are protected with iron bars formed in small squares. Small blue, pull down shades are installed to cover the windows if desired.
Through the living area is the bedroom. The bedroom consists of a queen sized bed, a chest of drawers with mirror attached, a cushioned sitting chair and an area rug. There is a large closet with three sections, each section separated by sliding doors. One of these doors is mirrored. There are two windows in the bedroom. One is large, spanning almost the entire length from floor to ceiling. The other is very small, square in shape, and high up close to the ceiling. Each of the windows has a pull down shade.
The apartment in which I live is my sanctuary. It is clean, cozy and comfortable and I always look forward to coming ‘home’ to it.
Lesson 7
Ex.1
Sometimes just a smile on your face
Can help to make this world a better place.
Stand up for the things that are right.
Try to talk things out instead of fight.
Lend a hand when you can, get involved this is good.
You can help to make a difference in your neighborhood.
Ex.3
My story takes place in my home town, an old mining community in Pennsylvania. I love my community and my state, and want my leaders to recognize the environmental destruction caused by coal mining and the effects on human health. I did a lot of research into environmental affects of different types of pollutants in our environment including the larger scale pollutants such as greenhouse gases, and so I kind of started exploring all these different things related to climate change.
I kind of stumbled upon the work of James Hanson because I was involved with an online community through NASA and studied graphs and reports about how much the climate was changing, and how little was being done about it.
My community gets its energy from coal plants, and residents suffer from the effects of extraction. Everything I learned led me to want to do something about climate change.
I walk a lot in my small community and once when I was out taking photographs, I noticed an absurd amount of litter in the water and along the side of the road.
And I kept thinking to myself, it wouldn't take that long to clean this up. Just a small group of people together could make the entire area better and improve and help our community as well as the environment. So, I called my friend and we decided to start the "Pollution Patrol."
From there I went to my township and a borough meeting and presented the idea and asked if we could be the clean up crew and promote environmental stewardship. We became the first "Adopt-a-Community" in Westmoreland County.
It’s always worth starting with something small even if you think about serious environmental improvement.
Lesson 8
Ex. 2
Official Name -Republic of Belarus
President of Belarus -Alexander Lukashenko (1994 - present)
Total land area of Belarus -207,600 km²
Population – 9.463,3 million (on 1 January 2013)
Regional centres of Belarus (January 2013):
Ethnicity
| Belarusian Russian Polish Ukrainian Jewish | 83.4% 8.2% 3.1% 1.7% 0.13% |
LanguagesspokeninBelarus -BelarusianandRussian
NationalholidaysinBelarus: 15 March – ConstitutionDay (15 March marks the day in 1994 when Belarus established its new Constitution: April - Union Day of Belarus and Russia ( This is the official holiday marking the union of the states of Belarus and Russia; 2nd Sunday in May - Day of the National Emblem and Flag of Belarus ( This holiday is dedicated to the main symbols of the country which embody the ideas of national unity and are the major attributes of sovereignty and independence in Belarus); 9 May - Victory Day ( Victory Day commemorates victory in the World War 2 (known as the Great Patriotic War).During the war, 25 per cent of the population of Belarus died. The occasion is marked with a large parade in Minsk Victory Square led by war veterans); 3 July - Independence Day ( In Belarus, Independence Day is celebrated on 3 July and marks the liberation of Minsk in 1944 from fascist aggressors. The occasion is marked with a large military parade in Pobeditilei Avenue. Independence Day demonstrates the achievements of a sovereign Belarus and reminds the people that by suffering great loss, they have won the freedom of their country).
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