What do you know about Russia? Hi, everyone! For my project I need to know an opinion and thoughts of foreign people. What do you know about Russia and Russian people? These facts may be well-known, it may be stereotypes or your personal opinion. Thank you!

I wonder, what you think about Russian people and culture? Could you answer honestly, pleace? =)

What can make friends drift apart? You know, I have to prepare for my English language exam and to write a short opinion-essay. So, I wonder how many mistakes I've done :D Besides, I want to share my thougts with you and to know your opinion on this topic =) ____________ Every person has friends. For somebody only one close friend is enough, others have two or more friends in their lives. But one way or another, there are some reasons because of which even the best friends may drift apart and will never resume their relations. In my opinion, betrayal is the most significant reason. A person, who was betrayed by his best friend, hardly trusts anyone else. But for different people betrayal means different things. One person rate as betrayal the fact that his friend didn’t keep his secret. The other one realized that he was betrayed because his friend had joined their common enemy. I think, it’s a matter of moral principles and values. Another reason why people drift apart is envy. I think, if envy appears in relationships, sooner or later it will ruin it for good. And if one day you win a million dollars, you shouldn’t be surprised when you know that your friend gossips behind you back and hates you in the soul. Besides, falling in love can separate even the best friends. And some friends easily communicate with each other if they fall in love with the same person, but in other case friends begin to compete with each other and finally they become enemies. Nevertheless, there is another way how falling in love can ruin friendship. Often, when we fall in love, our friends fade into background because it’s more interesting for us to spend time with the person we love. So, some friends may rate it as a betrayal. There are a lot of other threats of friendship like long distances, outgrowing, a bad argument, everybody can face them. But it doesn’t mean that friendship isn’t worth a place in our lives. Our friends are parts of our souls and if we don’t want to lose them, we should be able to talk over misunderstandings, apologize when we are wrong and, after all, let our friends know how much they mean to us.

Shall or Will? They say, that the word "shall" isn't used in the English speech now. However my textbook says that in Disjunctive Questions we could use it in questions such as "Let's have a party, shall we?". Is it necessary to use "shall" or we could also use "will"?

What is the difference between "job" and "work"?

Why did you decide to learn the language, that you learn? Somebody study a language for his\her job. Somebody do it for moving in another country. May be somebody just follows his\her soul... What language do you learn and why?

A new life. A faculty of Forein Languages. Oh my God, I'm a student! You know, it's no so easy to study in a university... And now I could understand that university COMPLETELY differs from school. In school my knowledge of English was the best in the form, however in the university it's not so. More than that, I have to do A LOT of homework every day and I should write an essay or composition in English every week. Don't think that I'm complaining here, but I'm really shocked, because I haven't enough time on anything. On the other hand, I really enjoy studying English. I knew a lot of new things about this language. And it seems I knew a lot of new things about myself. A choice to become an interpreter causes me to be more hard-working, more persistent... It learns me don't give up easily. And if my language skills are not well now, I'll do them perfect!

Easter Orthodox Christians will celebrate Easter tomorrow. I've never identified myself as a beliver, but I like this holiday. Today I really enjoed the decoration of eggs! It's an absolutely amazing activity brings a lot of joy :) They say, there are Easter holidays in schools in some Europian countries. I like the way Catholics celebrate Easter. It is much more global than in Russia. But I really don't understand how a rabbit is related with eggs. =) (The picture shows my current efforts :) )

The hardest word I've ever seen... No one word in English comes to me so hard as a word "challenging". It's really word of devel :) I saw "challenging" 3-4 times last week. And every time it was translated differently! There is "callenging job", "challenging behaviour", "challenging book".... I really don't understand :)