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Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress, singer song-writer and book author. After working in local theater plays and television commercials in her childhood, Duff gained fame playing the title role in the Disney Channel television series Lizzie McGuire. She subsequently ventured into motion pictures and has appeared in many successful films, including The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Cheaper by the Dozen, A Cinderella Story and Cheaper by the Dozen 2. She most recently appeared in According to Greta and Stay Cool. Her upcoming films include Bloodworth, The Story of Bonnie and Clyde, and She Wants Me.

Duff has expanded her repertoire to include pop music and has released three RIAA-certifiedplatinum albums. Metamorphosis, her debut studio album, was certified triple platinum. Her next two albums, Hilary Duff and Most Wanted, were also certified platinum. In 2007, Duff released her third studio album, Dignity, which was certified gold and spawned her highest charting US single to date, "With Love." Best of Hilary Duff, a compilation of her greatest hits, was released in the last quarter of 2008. Duff has sold over thirteen million records worldwide. Billboard ranked her the 69th best selling artist of the 2000s.

Branching into the fashion industry, Duff has also launched her own clothing lines, Stuff by Hilary Duff and Femme for DKNY Jeans, and has signed with IMG Models. She has also released two exclusive perfume collections with Elizabeth Arden Her other business ventures include writing a young adult novel, Elixir, and working as an executive producer forAccording to Greta and as a producer for the films Material Girls and Beauty & the Briefcase.

In a June 2006 interview with Elle magazine, Duff was quoted as saying: "...(virginity) is definitely something I like about myself. It doesn't mean I haven't thought about sex, because everyone I know has had it and you want to fit in". Duff later told MuchMusic that she did not say the quotes attributed to her in the article and that the subject was "definitely not something that I would talk about..." She denied the quotes again in a 2008 interview with Maxim magazine.

Duff began dating singer Aaron Carter in 2001. They met on the set of Lizzie McGuire, during Carter's guest appearance in a Christmas episode. The relationship lasted two years. It was reported that Carter left Duff for Lindsay Lohan, but soon broke up with Lohan and resumed dating Duff. Carter later stated that he also cheated on Duff with her best friend, and that Duff "got her heart broken" and he was "sorry" for his actions.

Duff began dating Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden in 2004.After a long period of tabloid speculation, Duff's mother Susan announced their relationship in a June 2005 interview for Seventeen magazine. Duff and Madden broke up in November 2006. The same year, Duff's parents separated after 22 years of marriage. She wrote about the pain caused by the separation in her songs "Stranger" and "Gypsy Woman".

In 2007, Duff began dating Canadian NHL player Mike Comrie. On February 19, 2010, Duff and Comrie announced their engagement.The couple married on August 14, 2010 in Santa Barbara, California.

Travelling abroad (Augsburg)

People began to travel ages ago. The very first travellers were explorers who went on trips to find wealth, fame or something else. Their journeys were very dangerous but still people keep on going to the unknown lands.

Nowadays there are a lot of companies, which can organize your tour, or voyage wherever you like. They will take care about your tickets and make all the reservations needed. If you don’t speak the language of the country you’ll be given interpreters.

The scientific and technological progress of the 20-th century has allowed people to overcome time and distance, to cover in the twinkle of an eye the vast expanse of our planet. The whole world is open now. The limits and frontiers of the previous period have stopped to exist.

We can choose any place on the planet and go there on business or for holiday. We can go to the place of our destination by sea, by air. We can travel by train.

If you want to get somewhere as quickly as possible the best way is to travel by plane. It is better to book tickets in advance. On the appointed day you go to the airport by car. Soon you'll board the big air-liner and it will carry you to new lands. When on the plane you may look about. In front of you in the cockpit you'll see a pilot and his crew. Some of the passengers are reclining in comfortable armchairs. There is a kitchenette in the rear part of the plane where the stewardesses are cooking. Presently we take off and in a few minutes the voice informs us about the altitude we are flying. Sometimes it is possible to see the land. It is like a geographical map. Our plane is due to arrive in eight hours. Time passes quickly. The plane arrives at the airport in time.

Those who live in the country like to find themselves in large cities with their shops, cinemas, crowds of people. City-dwellers usually like a quiet holiday by the sea or in the mountains with nothing to do but walking and bathing, lazying in the sun. Most travelers and holiday makers take a camera with them and take pictures of everything that interests them - beautiful views of waterfalls, forests, unusual plants and animals. These photos will remind them of the happy time of holiday.

Now I live in Augsburg (Germany). I'm Au-pair girl. I like to live there, because it's a very nice place, and you can see averything you want. 1year it's a good time to visit not only Germany, but other places. My "FAMILY" in Germany is good, and makes everything the best for me. As for Augsburg, it is a city in the south-west of Bavaria in Germany. It is a University town(German: 'Universitätsstadt') and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a population exceeding 264,000 citizens. After Neuss and Trier, Augsburg is Germany's third oldest city.
Augsburg is the only German city with its own legal holiday, the Peace of Augsburg, celebrated on August 8 of every year. This gives Augsburg more legal holidays than any other region or city in Germany.

On 25 August 1615, the foundation stone of the building was laid by then StadtbaumeisterElias Holl. The exterior of the building was completed in March 1620, and the interior in 1624. Technologically, the Augsburger Rathaus was a pioneering performance; upon its completion it was the first building in the world with more than six storeys. The rigid elegance of the large stonework was similar to Florence, the cultural and financial capital of Northern Italy, with which the city gladly compared itself. The self-image of the Free Imperial City of Augsburg is represented by two conspicuous ornaments on the large gable at the front of the building: the first is the Reichsadler, or Imperial Eagle of the Holy Roman Empire, representing the town's importance; the second is the large copper pine cone, orZirbelnuss, which is the symbol of Augsburg.

The view of the Rathaus was almost completely blocked by the stock exchange building built in 1828, until British bombing on the night of 25 February 1944 destroyed the latter. The removal of the remains of the stock exchange in the 1960s finally made it possible to view the Rathaus properly from the town square.

The Goldener Saal, or Golden Hall, is the most impressive of the Rathaus's rooms, and one of the most important cultural monuments of the late German Renaissance. The Hall covers an area of 552 square metres (5,940 sq ft) with a ceiling height of 14 metres (46 ft), and is richly adorned with large doorways, magnificent murals and a coffered ceiling. The interior of the Hall was designed by Johann Matthias Kager, and was not completed until 1643 (the rest of the building was completed in 1624).

The Hall was badly damaged by bombing during the war. When the Rathaus was restored after the war, the Goldener Saal was not repaired to its original state, but left with a wooden ceiling, small doors and white plastered walls. It was used until the 1980s as an exhibition space. In the early 1980s, the council decided to renovate the Goldener Saal for the upcoming 2000th anniversary of the city in 1985. The room was redecorated according to historical drawings and photographs, starting with the basic reconstruction of the coffered ceiling, together with the painted ceilings, the floor and the doors. On 9 January 1985, the Hall was re-opened close to its former glory. Supported by numerous donations and the active interest of Augsburg, the murals and extensive gold jewellery that had once decorated the Hall were reinstated over subsequent years, and the hall was reopened a second time in 1996.

Augsburg-is the city- home to a DEL (first-division) ice hockey team, the Augsburger Panther. The original club, AEV, was formed in 1878, the oldest German ice sport club and regularly draws around 4000 spectators, quite reasonable for German ice hockey. Home games are played at the Curt Frenzel Stadion: not truly an indoor rink as the sides are open, though a new stadium is in the process of planning.

After Germany I want to visit such places as: Great Britain, France, Italy. I saw, that it's very interesting to be in different places and to see something new...

Phrases

Зняти напругу − To relieve anxiety

Полегшити біль − To easy pain

Засумніватись у чомусь − To doubt

Вибрати новорічний подарунок − To select new Year’s gift

Втілення здоров’я − The picture of health

Відібрати кращих виконавців − To select the best singers

Різні по величині − Different in size

Мати широкий асортимент чогось − To have a good selection of goods

На розмір більший, ніж потрібно − A size bigger then it’s necessary

Зробити велике зусилля − To make a great effort

Сумніватися у щирості −To doubt the truth of smb.

Згущувати фарби − To paint smth. in dark colour

Змусити когось розгородитись − To draw out

Заспокоїти, втішити когось − To relieve smb.

Фальшива посмішка − An artificial smile

Типова людина − A colourless person

Неясна відповідь − A doubtful answer

Дати волю своїм почуттям − To relieve one’s feelings

Скрасити одноманітність − To relieve the monotony

Наближається до кінця − To draw to a close

Виглядати блідим − To be off colour

Говорити з трудом − To speak with an effort

Зітхання з полегшенням − Sigh of relief

Зробити висновок − To draw a conclusion

Уявляти собі − To picture

Сфотографувати когось − To take the picture of smb.

Сукня кремового кольору − A cream colored dress

Найбільший, якщо не по величині, то по значенню − The biggest in quality, if not in size

Прикласти всі зусилля − To make every effort

Черпати натхнення − To draw inspiration

Намалювати картину − To paint a picture

Малювати з натури − To paint from nature

Портрет в натуральну величину − A life-sized portrait

Яскраві, насичені фарби − Bright, rich colours

Тьмяні тони − Dull, faded colours

Учитель малювання − A teacher of drawing

Мистецтвознавець − An art critic

Художник-аматор − An amateur artist

Артистична зовнішність − An artistic person

Портретист − A portrait painter

Пейзажист − A landscape painter

Живописне місце − A picturesque place

Кольорова репродукція − A colour reproduction

Формат картини − The size of a picture

Художня виставка − An art exhibition

Художній смак − An artistic taste

Зображувати сцени із життя простих людей − To picture scenes of ordinary

Підводити, обманювати – You tricked that blockhead out of them

I tricked him with caution.

Я не той, на кого можна кричати – I am not to be shouted at

He is not to be threatened.

Давати волю – Lady (giving way to her temper)

I was listening to him without giving way to my bitter.

Хто ти такий, що дозволяєш собі.. – Who are you that you should presume to speak to me in that coarse way?

Who is he that you should injure your feelings?

Саме в той момент – The moment he takes them, she hurries across to the other side of the room

The moment you revenged them, their spirits sank.

Тобі нічого не варто – It will cost you nothing to give it to me

It cost her a lot of intelligence and sensibility to be a teacher.

Із чистої злості – It has been sent to you out of sheer malice

I said it out of caution.

Чому б не – Then why not send it to her husband?

Why not make the list of his characteristic

Vocabulary (Units 5, 6)

character ['kærəktə] – характер, темперамент; особистість, образ, герой

characteristic [ˌkærəktə'rɪstɪk] – характерна властивість

characterize ['kærəkt(ə)raɪz] – характеризувати
threaten ['θret(ə)n] – погрожувати (“General, do you threaten women?’ – p.181)
threatening ['θret(ə)nɪŋ] – загрозливий
sink [sɪŋk] – опускатися, спадати; стічна труба, раковина (“suddenly sinking on knees before him” – p.181)
sense [sen(t)s] – почуття, відчуття
sensitive ['sen(t)sɪtɪv] – чутливий, ніжний, вразливий
sensible ['sen(t)sɪbl] – розсудливий (“You are very clever and sensible woman.” – p.182)
cautious ['kɔːʃəs] – обережний (“This incautious echo of the lieutenant undoes her.” – p.182)
caution ['kɔːʃ(ə)n] – обережність
precaution [prɪ'kɔːʃ(ə)n] – передбачливість
slip [slɪp] – ковзати, висковзати (“…by letting you give me the slip with the despatches, eh?” – p.182)
slippery ['slɪp(ə)rɪ] – слизький
bitter ['bɪtə] – різкий, гіркий, жорстокий
stir [stɜː] – помішувати, розмішувати, ворушити
injure ['ɪnʤə] – ранити, нашкодити (“…solely to injure the woman who wrote it.”, “…to injure his career by a scandal…” – p.184)
injured ['ɪnʤəd] – ображений
revenge [rɪ'venʤ] – помста, мстити (“This is your revenge?” – p.185)
revengeful [rɪ'venʤf(ə)l], [-ful] – мстивий

Зняти напругу − To relieve anxiety
Полегшити біль − To easy pain
Засумніватись у чомусь − To doubt
Вибрати новорічний подарунок − To select new Year’s gift
Втілення здоров’я − The picture of health
Відібрати кращих виконавців − To select the best singers
Різні по величині − Different in size
Мати широкий асортимент чогось − To have a good selection of goods
На розмір більший, ніж потрібно − A size bigger then it’s necessary
Зробити велике зусилля − To make a great effort
Сумніватися у щирості −To doubt the truth of smb.
Згущувати фарби − To paint smth. in dark colour
Змусити когось розгородитись − To draw out
Заспокоїти, втішити когось − To relieve smb.
Фальшива посмішка − An artificial smile
Типова людина − A colourless person
Неясна відповідь − A doubtful answer
Дати волю своїм почуттям − To relieve one’s feelings
Скрасити одноманітність − To relieve the monotony
Наближається до кінця − To draw to a close
Виглядати блідим − To be off colour
Говорити з трудом − To speak with an effort
Зітхання з полегшенням − Sigh of relief
Зробити висновок − To draw a conclusion
Уявляти собі − To picture
Сфотографувати когось − To take the picture of smb.
Сукня кремового кольору − A cream colored dress
Найбільший, якщо не по величині, то по значенню − The biggest in quality, if not in size
Прикласти всі зусилля − To make every effort
Черпати натхнення − To draw inspiration
Намалювати картину − To paint a picture
Малювати з натури − To paint from nature
Портрет в натуральну величину − A life-sized portrait
Яскраві, насичені фарби − Bright, rich colours
Тьмяні тони − Dull, faded colours
Учитель малювання − A teacher of drawing
Мистецтвознавець − An art critic
Художник-аматор − An amateur artist
Артистична зовнішність − An artistic person
Портретист − A portrait painter
Пейзажист − A landscape painter
Живописне місце − A picturesque place
Кольорова репродукція − A colour reproduction
Формат картини − The size of a picture
Художня виставка − An art exhibition
Художній смак − An artistic taste
Зображувати сцени із життя простих людей − To picture scenes of ordinary

get used to  - привыкнуть

make new friends - заводить друзей

make a fool of yourself - поставить себя в неудобное положение

speak fluently - бегло говорить

build up the vocabulary - пополнять словарный запас

native speaker - носитель языка

INTERNET IN OUR DAILY LIFE

There is a big influence of technique on our daily life. Electronic devices, multimedia and computers are things we have to deal with everyday.
Especially the Internet is becoming more and more important for nearly everybody as it is one of the newest and most forward-looking media and surely "the" medium of the future.
Therefore we thought that it would be necessary to think about some good and bad aspects of how this medium influences us, what impacts it has on our social behaviour and what the future will look like.
The Internet changed our life enormously, there is no doubt about that. There are many advantages of the Internet that show you the importance of this new medium. What I want to say is that Internet changed our life in a positive way.
First we have to make a differentiation concerning the usage. You can use the Internet at home for personal or you at work for professional usage. Let's come to the first. To spend a part of our day on the Internet is for many people quite normal. They use this kind of medium to get information about all kinds topics. Maybe some of them are interested in chatting probably they are members of a community. Whatever you are looking for, you will find it. Even if you want to have very specific information, you will find it in a short time. Normally, you often have to send a letter, than you have to wait for the reception of the reply, or you have to make some telephone calls and so on. In any case, the traditional way is the longer one. To put your own information on the Internet is also possible. Create your own homepage, tell other users about your interests, what you want, that's no problem at all.
As we all know, software costs a lot, if you buy it legal. Free software, free music is available on the Internet. You just have to download the program, the mp3-file or whatever and that's it. Why do you want to pay more as you need to? Special websites are created just to give you the newest programs, or to tell you where you can get it from. Napster might actually be the most famous one.
The computer is a fix part of every modern office and the greatest part has also an access to the Internet. Companies already present their products, their services on the Internet and so they get more flexible.
The next advantage I want to mention is the faster development. Many universities and research institutions are also linked. They are able to exchange experiences, novelties and often they start new projects together. If they are linked, they can save time and money.
Especially at the business sector knowledge is power. If you are the leader of a product, of a technology or just of an idea you are able to make a lot of money. To get into this position, the Internet can play an essential part. Companies all over the world are online. If you want, it is no problem for you to exchange experiences, you will hear new things, you will see some facts from another point of view. For this reason you will find new solutions, new ways to go, so take this chance!
"Learning by doing", everybody knows this phrase and its still an essential part concerning the Internet. Children also use the Internet, most of the time they will "play" over the Internet, but they learn to work with the computer. There is only one way to learn something, you have to do it. Even it's the first contact with the computer, after a few minutes the person will know that the computer-mouse is no animal running on the monitor. He or she learns to write on the keyboard, to navigate, to open and close programs, to save data... within hours. Try to do that on a normal computer course for beginners, you will need more time and the most important fact, it's not as funny as surfing on the Internet and so they participants are less motivated. 

Let's change over to another positive effect of the Internet.
In any case, everybody's private situation is different. For many women their own children are the main reason for staying at home. Nowadays this won't be a problem any more, you can do work on your computer at home, called tele-working. Also men take this opportunity to work at home. What are the consequences, the advantages of tele-working? Sure, if you have a family, you can spend more time at home, probably you can spend more time with your children. Next is, that you can organize every day in the way you want to. Meetings at the company are reduced to a minimum. Tele-working is also an advantage for the owner of the company. Official studies substantiate that people who work at home are more motivated than their colleagues at the office..
You see, the Internet is really a very positive medium. Use the Internet and discover the advantages of this new, forward-looking medium!
Another advantage of the internet is that you can join a community.
You can create new social contacts all over the world, which you could not do so easy without...