fade away from the memory. From the very beginning it is evident that Laura is a young lady, who tries to learn how to establish herself. During that process she has to step out of her comfort zone for several times. She is often afraid of looking silly or simply weird. As well as, she constantly questions how she should behave. Therefore, she often imitates her mother or somebody else to be taken seriously. Once she attempted to impose herself among workmen, but failed miserably and lost face. Namely she attempted to mimic her mother`s voice in an unconvincing way by saying "Good morning" to workmen. Afterwards she felt very much ashamed. Nevertheless, she gives her all to live up to the same social standards and values as she is raised to follow. Because of her upbringing she frequently wonders how disrespectfully some people dare to speak or act. Yet she really wants to become a part of the grown-ups world. She secretly
How can we make our cities more environmentally friendly? If I walk along the city streets, I feel a terrible smell. That comes from cars. It makes me feel very ill. Then I just have to step on trash, because people can't wait and look for a bin. That's why our streets are so dirty. Everywhere I go, there are always some workmen building big houses. If we improved public transport or made electric cars, our streets wouldn't be so polluted. In Tallinn, for example, the air there is so polluted, that you can hardly breathe there. If the authorities put bins everywhere in the streets, our cities would be cleaner. The second thing is, that people still drop litter on the ground, even if there is a bin somewhere nearby. If we didn't build so much houses all around cities, we could save money from that
when thinking of the general idea of these places and what they are used for: Bill goes to school. (he is a schoolboy - he goes there to do what this place is meant for) BUT: The school will be closed down soon. Annie has broken her leg and was taken to hospital. – Shall we go to the hospital to visit her? (Annie is in hospital as a patient, but we will go to the hospital to visit her.) We go to church every Sunday. BUT: The workmen went to the church to repair the roof. (We go there to a religious service, but the workmen didn't.) I am tired. It's time to go to bed. BUT: I sat down on the bed as there were no chairs in the bedroom. (One goes to bed when one wants to sleep – the primary function of the bed is to offer a place to sleep. One can also sit on a bed, but this is not the bed’s primary function.) No article is needed
of moon and finial point combine to create a trident shape, reminiscent of traditional Hindu symbols of Shiva. Construction The Taj Mahal was built on a parcel of land to the south of the walled city of Agra. An area of roughly three acres was excavated, filled with dirt to reduce seepage and leveled at 50 meters above riverbank. In the tomb area, wells were dug and filled with stone and rubble as the footings of the tomb. Instead of lashed bamboo, workmen constructed a colossal brick scaffold that mirrored the tomb. The scaffold was so enormous that foremen estimated it would take years to dismantle. According to the legend, Shah Jahan decreed that anyone could keep the bricks taken from the scaffold, and thus it was dismantled by peasants overnight. A fifteen kilometer tamped-earth ramp was built to transport marble and materials to the construction site. Teams of twenty or thirty oxen were strained to pull blocks on specially
constructed in water. Their use was limited by the length of wooden piles and by soils that were unsuitable for pile driving because they were either too soft or too hard. Credit for developing the first pneumatic caisson belongs to William Cubitt and John Wright, who used the technique on the bridge (1851) over the River Medway at Rochester (UK). It was similar to the caisson developed by Labelye, but differed in that the chamber resting on the river's bottom was airtight and required workmen to enter by means of airlocks after the water had been driven out by pneumatic pressure. Working in this environment, men suffered from the little understood "caissons disease," now better known as "the bends." The eventual diagnosis of this condition permitted the construction of bridges of unprecedented scale, overcoming the impediment of deep, broad rivers. Isambard Kingdom Brunel used the technique for sinking the piers of his bridge at Chepstow, Wales (UK) and, on a
am Gr elp The indirect object usually comes before the direct object. 144 Exercise 1 Read the following sentences. Then draw a line under the subjects and a circle around the objects. 1 Anne has drawn a panda. 2 They are playing table tennis. 3 Little Kate knows the alphabet well. 4 Dad bought a computer. 5 I am writing a letter. 6 Birds have feathers. 7 The workmen are building a house. 8 Samantha has a pretty doll. 9 The children received one gift each. 10 Do you know the answer? Exercise 2 There are two objects in each sentence. Draw a line under the direct objects and a circle around the indirect objects. 1 Dad gave Dave a present. 2 Mom is making the children a meal. 3 Mr. Thomas bought them ice cream cones. 4 I sent Anne a birthday card. 5 Granny told us a story. 6 The waiter brought the guests their drinks.
It had been hauled down from the mountains years before and had never been used. Michelangelo had walked past this street many times, but this time he stopped and looked more closely. As he walked back and forth studying the block of marble, he actually envisioned the statue of David and saw it in its entirety. ■ GREAT SUCCESS REQUIRES LONG, HARD WORK The sculptor quickly arranged to have workmen haul the block of marble to his studio some distance away. He then began the long, hard job of hammering and chiseling. It took him two solid years of work to create the rough outline of the statue. He then put his ham- mers and chisels aside and spent two more years polishing and sanding before the statue was complete. Michelangelo was already famous as a sculptor, and the news
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