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ISSUES  >  ISSUE 1/2002 N1 HELLO, WORLD! Quiz 2002 Memorable Dates More >> Crossroads of Cultures Crossroads of Cultures and What Happens There Every lesson of a foreign language is a crossroads of cultures, every learner of a foreign language intrudes into an alien world and when in Rome must see the world as Romans do. Filling in a simplest form in English is a great cultural problem for Russians. More >> Russian Orthodox (Pravoslavny) Calendar January / February 2002 More >> Being American September 11: Chronology of Terror 8:45 A.M. Hijacked United Airlines Flight 175, with 65 people on board and bound from Boston to Los Angeles, crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. More >> Terrorism Hits America Hard Much has been written about the bombing of the World Trade Center Twin Towers and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Perhaps the most important American reactions were those that spontaneously occurred. The following article was written on the day of the attack on a website normally devoted to ice hockey by a sports writer not a political analyst. More >> America after the September 11 Crisis Family film channels became most popular now and people did not want crime and violence on their TV screens anymore. In other words, Americans began to think about others and their common tragedy made them unite. More >> The Roaring Twenties: Boom and Crash The 1920s in American history - variously referred to as the "Jazz Age", the era of excess, the "Roaring Twenties" - was a kind of social and intellectual revolution of the time. More >> Spoken English Introductions Умение представиться, найти нужные слова при первой встрече может сыграть решающую роль в жизни человека. Русская пословица "Встречают по одежке, провожают по уму" говорит именно об этом: ведь ум проявляется в том, что и как говорит человек, может ли он правильно найти стиль и тон общения. More >> Cool! The Worst Gift for a Pop-Star No doubt, for Christmas and the New Year we can receive not only gifts we were dreaming about but also some presents that we don’t like at all. More >> E-Talk What Is On the Web? The wide spread of technology in our life created new opportunities for language learners. Since most of the Internet content is in English, the teachers of English gain access to the enormous variety of authentic materials relating to all spheres of life. So we may say that the Web is an invaluable source of information both for teachers to create their materials and for students to explore the world just by clicking the mouse. More >> Where to Go, What to See Oxford, Mississippi Home of William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha Located over sixty miles south of Memphis, Tennessee on Interstate 55 and twenty-three miles east on Mississippi Highway 6, Oxford is a bit too far off the beaten track - the sort of place a traveler might pass by unless, perhaps, he had read about it. More >> Moscow Boulevard Ring: the Prechistensky Gate This is the first of a series of walking tours around Moscow Boulevard Ring. To make it more exciting for you and to add a note of competition, we have changed the logical order of the paragraphs. The first three readers who will ‘straighten’ the order will get a wonderful prize! More >> Hello Encyclopaedia Where does the word "CALENDAR" come from? What is "The Old New Year"? When did the Russians start celebrating the New Year Festival on the 1st of January? More >> Rarely Asked Questions Raymond Murphy Answers By way of introduction to our section we are publishing here some excerpts from Murphy's press conference at the bookshop “Anglia” (Moscow, Russia) attended by journalists and teachers. More >> Just for Fun Little Johnny the right quotation in the right place More >> For All of Us: Staying Young More >> Odds and Ends Flowers: How Often?  (exercise) Romance Cards: Speaking Game  (exercise)

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