Friday, May 31, 2019

Tales from childhood: Beads.

Sophie and her grandmother walked in the yard. Several minutes later Lara and her mother appeared. The woman was dressed in white jacket and blue jeans. Some young man was with Lara's mother.

Little Sophie and Lara played in the sand. But suddenly Lara started to command and act as a leader. Sophie became angry. She didn't want to play with Lara.

At that time Lara's mother talked with gallant man not far from children. Sophie started playing alone.

Next time Lara walked with her grandfather. The girl had a pearl beads. She bragged about it. Sophie didn't like this behaviour.

Beth appeared there and told Sophie, that Lara is a child. And maybe she had a hard period.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/es/image-photo/mardi-gras-three-colours-beads-on-1293485239?src=I76KTZpYgX2lFOGl7PV0BA-1-32

Mardi Gras three colours beads on white background. Space for text.

Friday, May 24, 2019

Tales from childhood: Playing football.

It was a Physical Education lesson. Sophie and her classmates did exercises before playing football. During the game other children appeared. So, they played toghether.

Suddenly little Sophie saw how Johnny cried. Boy from another class teased him. Johnny's classmates felt sorry for him. Sophie had a sad face, too.

At the end of the lesson teacher said several wise words. After it Beth and Johnny went home. Mr. Theodor became sad, too.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/es/image-vector/children-playing-soccer-outdoors-87008420?src=e8N8IVfXZpn3v7M9Owypww-1-98

Children playing soccer outdoors

Monday, May 20, 2019

Hestia.

Hestia was a goddess of family and home in Ancient Greece. Her symbols were hearth and its fire.

Goddess's parents were Cronus and Rhea. Also, Hestia had several siblings, including: Zeus and Hera.

People built temples for this goddess. There are many myths and legends about Hestia. She has her own atttributes.


Friday, May 17, 2019

Tales from childhood: Beth's doubts.

It was a Saturday evening. Mr. Theodor and Johnny set in the living room. Afterwards, boy remembered about his new magazine. Johnny liked reading it because he had a toy train. This magazine wrote about them.

Beth suddenly appeared in the living room. Her face was uncertain. She asked Mr. Theodor about medical college. Beth had several doubts.

Father said that she could become an artist or ballroom dancer. Because the girl liked drawing and visited ballroom classes during for two years.

At the end Mr. Theodor said that 'one doesn't always interfere with the other.' It's very important.

Daughter thought about it. She didn't give up her dream.

Monday, May 13, 2019

Utopia.

Utopia is a type of literary genre. It has similar tings with science fiction.

Thomas More wrote a book Utopia ("A little, true book, both beneficial and enjoyable, about how things should be in the new island Utopia") (1516). This satirical book became an example for all literature.

It's ideal world with unreal things, such as: economy, science, technology, and etc. Also, known as the Golden Age. Since ancient times people dreamed about impossible life. But utopia is still only a dream.

Many writers wrote books about the future and fictional characters. Artists drew paintings of an ideal world. There are many movies and cartoons about human dreams.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/es/image-illustration/utopia-concept-word-on-blackboard-background-1363140569?src=fNsbdphqfIJIOsWTp0zPoQ-1-30

utopia concept word on blackboard background

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/es/image-illustration/fictional-city-future-portrait-utopian-society-1128537956?src=fNsbdphqfIJIOsWTp0zPoQ-1-3

Fictional city of the future. Portrait of a Utopian society.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/es/image-illustration/drawn-fantastic-city-future-671644435?src=fNsbdphqfIJIOsWTp0zPoQ-1-6

drawn is a fantastic city of the future

Friday, May 10, 2019

Monday, May 6, 2019

Saturday, May 4, 2019

Great people: Francis Bacon.

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban was born on January 22, 1561, in London, England. The philosopher had several siblings.

He studied in different universities and colleges.

Francis Bacon lived during Elizabethan Era and Renaissance. Also, he became a writer, scientist, and politician.

Bacon said clever words. The philosopher studued empiricism, natural philosophy, and philosophical logic.

Francis Bacon influenced to other philosophers. Bacon died on April 9, 1626, in England.




Thursday, May 2, 2019

Famous people and their quotes. Part thirty six.

                                                  Alfred Nobel.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/ru/image-photo/nobel-prize-award-year-best-reward-517415452?src=QMfGwEqr5JvzSEbT_rjalQ-1-4

The Nobel Prize. The award of the year. The best reward. Gold Award Nobel

“Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.”

“My home is where I work, and I work everywhere.”

Source of information:

https://www.azquotes.com/author/10847-Alfred_Nobel 

and https://www.biography.com/inventor/alfred-nobel

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Literature. Part fifty.

                                                 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

This novel has humorous and serious moments. The Finch family is an important part of the book. Atticus Finch is a lawyer and father of Jeremy Atticus "Jem" Finch and Jean Louise "Scout" Finch.

Main characters met with other people. Fear and hard things happened with them. Some of them even face injustice.

But people tried to understand characters in other situations.

Students read this famous novel in the school. The book was translated to many languages.

There is a movies about this story.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/ru/image-photo/bandung-indonesia-28th-january-2015-leisure-1223403268?src=cKv0ODBOPX32E8gH5VXxog-1-0

Bandung, Indonesia - 28th January 2015: Leisure Activity with Tea and Book To Kill a Mockingbird from Harper Lee