Известные большие и малые города России
Как и в любой другой большой стране, в России много больших и малых городов. Всего в стране 157 895 населенных пунктов, каждое из которых имеет историческое и интересные достопримечательности. Я хотел бы рассказать вам о некоторых из них.
Саратов
Саратов - крупный город на юге России, основанный в 1590 году как крепость для защиты южных границ России. Город расположен на правом берегу Волги и протянулся вдоль нее на 34 км. Саратов - крупный промышленный, культурный и образовательный центр.
Город - известный российский центр высшего образования и исследовательской деятельности. Саратовский государственный университет - один из старейших вузов России. В Саратове также более десятка других вузов.
Население Саратова составляет более восьмисот человек. В Саратове много достопримечательностей: Саратовский мост, Набережная Космонавтов, на которой можно увидеть Ротонду и памятник влюбленным, проспект Кирова и многие другие.
Парк отдыха - одно из любимых мест горожан. Главная достопримечательность - дубовая роща и каскад старых прудов.
В Саратове много разных театров. Театр оперы и балета - один из старейших театров России. Саратовский академический театр юного зрителя - первый профессиональный детский театр, открытый в 1918 году.
Саратовская государственная консерватория расположена в центре города. Он был открыт в 1912 году и стал третьей высшей музыкальной школой в стране.
Галерея Радищева - музей в Саратове, открытый в 1885 году. Когда-то он был первым публичным художественным музеем в российской провинции.
New Zealand (1)
New Zealand is an island country in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. It lies about 1600 km southeast of Australia and about 10 500 km southwest of California. New Zealand belongs to a large island group called Polynesia. The country is situated on two main islands — the North Island and the South Island — and several dozen smaller islands. Most of the smaller islands are hundreds of kilometers from the main ones.
Wellington is the capital of New Zealand and Auckland is the largest city. English is the official language of New Zealand and is spoken throughout the country. Many native people speak their own language» Maori, in addition to English.
The country once belonged to the British empire. Today it is an independent member of the Commonwealth of Nations, an association of Britain and a number of its former colonies.
New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy. The British Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, is the monarch of New Zealand. She appoints a governor general to represent her, but the governor general has little power. The legislation, prime minister, and Cabinet run the national government.
Britain gave New Zealand a constitution in 1852, when it was a British colony. But through the years the New Zealand legislature has changed almost all its provisions. Today, the nation has no written constitution.
The first people who settled in New Zealand were a brown-skinned people called Maoris. They came from Polynesian islands located northeast of New Zealand. The country was discovered by Europeans in 1642, but they did not start to settle in the islands until the late 1700's. Today, most New Zealanders are descendants of the early European settlers. Maoris make up about 12 % of the country's population
New Zealand has one of the highest standard of living in the world. For many years, the economy of the country depended largely on agriculture. Today agriculture, manufacturing, and service industries are all important to the economy. New Zealand's economy depends on trade with many countries — Australia, Britain, Japan and the United States.
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How recycling cans is better for the environment2
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+Aluminium is made from bauxite in a process called smelting.Mining is expensive and it creates environmental problems.Recycling is a better alternative for mining, because mining harms forests, which affects plants and animals.It helps to reduce the need to mine bauxite. Recycling aluminium consumes only 5% of the energy needed to produce it. Actually, making one can with recycled aluminium saves enough energy to run a television for three hours.It takes more than six weeks before recycled aluminium appears in the shops.In some countries people have to pay extra for each can they buy. If they recycle the can or take it back to a shop, they get this money back. Many places have got special machines where cans may be crushed, and you get a ticket saying how many cans you recycled so you can reclaim the money.In Sweden 92% of cans are recycled.In Britain people sell empty cans for charity. There are many places that buy cans and then recycle them.Because if every can in the UK were recycled, it would raise over £30 million a year.