The name Canada is believed to come from the Indian word Kanata,

The name Canada is believed to come from the Indian word Kanata,

meaning “ village” or “community”. This fact alone shows that the native

population of the country consisted mostly of Indian tribes. Now Canada is the world’s second largest country after Russia. The capital of the country is Ottawa. Canada has long, cold winters and cool summer months. Canada’s largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa. French and English are official languages. The country is rich in natural resources.

Canada is a constitutional monarchy. Elizabeth 2, Queen of England, is also Canada’s Queen. The Queen is the head of state, and is represented in Canada by the governor-general.

Legislative power is vested in Parliament, which includes the Queen, the Senate and the House of Commons. Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories, each with its own capital city.

We use money every day to pay for things we buy. We pay with either coins or paper money. This sort of money is known as cash. Thousands of years ago money was no used. Instead man had the barter system. Coins were first used in China. They were also used by ancient Greeks as early as 600 BC. They were first made of either gold or silver. Later people began to use coins made of cheaper metals. People also started to use paper money. It was backed by the government and banks. This is the kind of money we use today.

Its common knowledge that newspapers report the news newspaper give useful information. They are also a popular source of reading for entertainment. People often buy newspaper about for articles fashion comics crosswords astrology and others. Newspapers with radio and television form the media. Printed forms of the media are also called the press. Newspapers treat the news in two different ways. They can take a serious line and they may take more entertaing way. Many newspapers combine the serious and the popular approach. Both serious and popular newspapers can be divided into daily or week morning or evening and local national or in a very few cases international. The British are the greatest newspaper readers in the world. They read newspapers at breakfast on the bus or on the train when they go to work and on the way back home. A symbol of the British press is Fleet Street- a street in London that used to be some of most British national newspapers.So there are many kind of newspapers not only in Britain but also Russia.

There are many different professions. For example: architect, fireman, social worker, teacher and others. Some of them are very dangerous, some of them require a university degree. Some of them are done only by men, others are done only by women. Some of them prestigious others least prestigious. Dentist and lawyer are well paid, but teachers, doctors and are not well paid. Everybody choose his profession depending on his abilities. Are on the your profession choice can affect: abilities and knowledge interests and talents. I think different professions cause different requirements: accuracy good imagination ability to communicate with people. I want to be a doctor because I want to help people life. This profession require a university degree.

Children in Britain do not have to go to school until they reach the age of five and only very few go to nursery schools before that. Primary education takes place in infant schools and junior schools. Secondary schools are usually much larger than primary schools and they take pupils from the age of 11-12 up to 18. Compulsory secondary education lasts five years. Traditionally secondary schools are divided into five years called forms. At the age of 14 or 15 in the third fourth form of secondary school pupils begin to choose their exam subjects and prepare for their exams. At the end of the fifth form pupils take their first public exam for the General Certificate of secondary education. Pupils who stay on into the sixth form lasting two years prepare for their “A” level exams. Independent schools are called by different names: preparatory schools and public schools. In a lot of public schools children live as well as study they are called boarding schools. A lot of public schools are for their high academic standards and are considered prestigious.

Virtual reality.

Welcome to virtual reality, the technology that allows users to interact with computer-simulated images and some day may offer getting into make-believe worlds. In today’s virtual worlds people can do a lot of things and their advantage – both real and potential – are clear. Critics of VR say that this sort of technology without careful regulation will be nothing more than a high-tech instrument for spreading violence and advertising. The biggest question of all is what virtual reality will mean for human ethics and morality. There is a danger that traditional morality will break down in virtual worlds.

Andrei Sakharov was born on May 21, 1921.
He was a Soviet physicist, academician and politician, lawyer, one of the founders of the first Soviet hydrogen bomb. He was winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1975. His childhood and early youth were spent in Moscow. Sakharov received primary education at home. At the end of high school in 1938, Sakharov received the Physics Department of Moscow State University. In 1942 he graduated with honors from the University. In 1947 he defended his Ph.D. thesis. He fought for peace and freedom. He was sent into exile to Gorky. Died December 14, 1989.

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