THE PROBLEMS OF TEEN-AGES.
There are
many young people in our country. Each of them has one's
own
view point on their life and their future. There are
many problems
which
are common for
all young people.For Example: how to spend their
free
time, what to do after school, choosing
a profession, how to deal
with
girl and boy-friends and so on.
The problem
number one of most of the young people is the problem of
fathers
and sons. All young
people want to be independent,
they want
their
parents to listen
to their opinion, not to interfere in their
private
life. Some parents neglect
their children, because they cant
find a
common language with each other.
Many problems were hushed up, but now we can
speak openly about them.
I
think that the most difficult and
sirious problem of modern teen-ages
is
drug-habit. Some young man use drugs, because they think that will be
cool
guys. But they don't
understand, that it's wrong. Some of them
can't
stop that, and
they become dependent on drugs.
And they commit
different
serious, because they need some money to
buy drugs. There are
also
many other problems: alchoholism, smokin
and so on. There are many
youth
organisations in our
country, wich unite young men on different
principles.
Members of every organisation has ons own world out
looks.
Each
of them
has their own morral qualities. There are some informal
organisations, for example:
skinheads, hippies, panks and so on. Now
there
exists the problem
of missundrstanding beetwen
different youth
groups.
We also
face the problem how to spend our free time. We can do it in
different
ways. Some of teen-ages
spend their free time in
different
night
clubs. Other young people spend their free time in the strets.
As for me, i spend my free time at home or
in the night clubs. I also
have
some problems with
my parents. But every time then i have them i
try to
slove them without quorrel.
Now we
are young people
and we are
the future of our country.
Teen-aegs
play an important role in the modern
society. Grown up's must
remember
that we are the future of our country and in present moment our
character
is formed and that's why our parents
must not assert pressure
on us.
THEATRES, MUSIC HALLS AND CINEMAS
Theatres are very much the same in London
as anywhere else;
the
chief theatres ,music halls and cinemas
are in the West End.
If you
are staying in London for a
few days, you'll
have no
difficulty
whatever in finding
somewhere to spend an enjoyable
evening.
You'll find opera, balley, comedy, drama, revue, musical
comedy
and variety. Films are shown in the cinemas
during the
greatest
part of the day.
The best seats at theatres are those
in the stalls,
the
circle
and the upper circle. Then comes the
pit, and the last of
all the
gallery where the seats are cheapest.
Boxes, of course,
are the most expensive. Most theatres and music halls have good
orchestras
with popular conductors.
You ought
to make a
point of going to the opera at least
once
during the season if you can. There you
can get the best of
everything
- an exellent orchestras, famous conductors, celebated
singers
and well dressed audience. But, of course, if you are not
fond of
music and singing, won't interest you.
At the West End theatres you can see
most of the
famous
English
actors and actresses.
As a rule,
the plays are
magnificently
staged - costumes, dresses,
scenery, everything
being
done of
the most lavish scale. Choose a good play, and
you'll
enjoy yourself thoroughly from the moment the curtain goes
up to
the end of the last act. Get your seats
beforehand, either
at the
box-office of theatre itself or at one
of the agencies.
When you
go to a theatre, you'll probably want to seat as near to
the
stage as possible. But if you are
at the
cinema, you may
prefer
to seat some distance from the
screen. In fact, I would
say, the
further away the better.
LONDON, Jack (1876-1916).
The novelist and short-story writer Jack
London was, in his lifetime,
one of
the most popular authors in the world. After World War I his fame
was
eclipsed in the United States by a new generation of writers, but he
remained
popular in many
other countries, especially in the
Soviet
Union,
for his
romantic tales of
adventure mixed with
elemental
struggles
for survival.
John Griffith London was born in San
Francisco on Jan. 12, 1876. His
family
was poor, and he
was forced to
go to work early in life to
support
himself. At 17 he sailed to Japan and
Siberia on a seal-hunting
voyage.
He was
largely self-taught, reading
voluminously in libraries
and
spending a year at the University of California. In the late
1890s
he
joined the gold
rush to the
Klondike. This experience gave
him
material
for his first book, 'The Son of Wolf',
published in 1900, and
for
'Call of the Wild' (1903), one of his most popular stories.
In his
writing career of 17 years, London produced 50 books and many
short
stories. He wrote mostly
for money, to
meet ever-increasing
expenses.
His fame as a writer gave him a ready
audience as a spokesman
for
a peculiar and
inconsistent blend of
socialism and racial
superiority.
London's works, all hastily written, are of uneven quality.
The best
books
are the Klondike tales, which also include 'White Fang' (1906) and
'Burning
Daylight' (1910). His most
enduring novel is
probably the
autobiographical
'Martin Eden' (1909), but
the exciting 'Sea
Wolf'
(1904)
continues to have great appeal for young readers.
In 1910 London settled near Glen Ellen,
Calif., where he intended to
build
his dream home, "Wolf House." After the house
burned down before
completion
in 1913, he was a broken and sick man. His death on Nov. 22,
1916,
from an overdose of drugs, was probably a suicide.
MUSIC.
Music - it art, reflecting validity in sound art
images, one of the
forms
of public ideology. Having by
powerful force direct emotional
effect,
music during of
all history of man-kind plays a
huge social,
cultural
and educational role.
Lieading composers are
connected to progressive public movements,
life,
interests and aspirations people. Each nations differs by peculiar
national
features. Folk music, being
improved by creative efforts of
many
generations of the people, reaches a high degree of art
maturity.
On the
basis of riches of national music professional musical creativity
of
composers is developed. Rejection of
music from advanced ideas epoch
of
national culture, national roots of art
leads to it's to decline and
degeneration.
Idia emotional contents of music is passed through sound art
images,
implemented
in musical sounds. The basic of music is the tune. according
to
the way
of performance music
is divided into 2
main branches:
instrumental
and vocal.
There are
a lot of different styles of
music. Such as: Jazz, Pop,
Rock,
Classic; and new
musical directions.Such as:
Rave, Hard Core,
Jungle, Break Beat
and many other. I like to listen
to rave music and
Happy
Hard Core.
As for
me i like these
styles because they are very rythmic and
dancing.
The beginning of techno music was put
very known singer Fredde
Mercuri
was the
first to compose music in the style techno. In those
years
very few people evaluated new style of music. But with the years a
new
style has grown up to such global sizes.
Now this music is listened
to
by large
part of youth. I
think it's very good that such musical
direction
as raiv
has appeared. Because in
raiv there are a lot of
musical
directions. Young people that
are fond of
music can easily
choose
just that style which appeals to them.
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