KEEPIHG FIT AND DOING SPORTS
I you want to feel fit you'd better go in for one kind of sport or another. I should admit that everyone must do all he can to be healthy. Good health is better than the best medicine. "You have a sound mind in a sound body" as the old Latin saying goes. The English proverb "Sickness in the body brings sickness to the mind" expresses a similar idea but from different point of view. All kinds of physical exercises are very useful to make our bodies strong and to keep ourselves fit and healthy. To tell the truth I don't do sports regularly and it is not an essential part of my daily life. In the morning I do some exercises just to awake. Then some aerobics for myself. It puts me into the fine moods. In summer I go swimming as there is a beautiful river with pure water where my Granny lives. In winter, it's rather long at our place, I should say, I prefer skiing (There is nothing like the sight of a winter forest - a real fairy-tale . I like to ride the bike and tobogganing in winter. Mum says that I'm too old to do it, why not after all? I shouldn't call myself a sports fan. Of course, I like to watch sports competitions on TV. Fortunately, they show different ones - football, basketball. I like tennis tournaments very much. I think, it's a very intelligent kind of sport for clever thinking people. Also I admire skiing championships, biathlon, swimming. But what I like most is basketball. The best games are viewed on TV. I came to know that modern basketball appeared in 1891 in the USA. The originator, John Naismith was a coach at the college. He invented the baskets and the rules of the game. Since then basketball has become very popular and is spread all over the world. It is the sport of strong tall men, the sport of giants.
Doing sports a man becomes strong, healthy and gay. He begins to take care of his health.
"Good health is better than wealth" , you know. It's true, I should say. In our school we have a nice gym. Sports and games are popular among pupils. A lot of children train at special sport schools.
LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGE
The great German poet Goethe once said: "He who knows no foreign language does not know his own one." Learning foreign languages is especially important nowadays. Some people learn foreign languages because they need them in their work, others travel abroad, for the third studying languages is a hobby.
Every year thousands of people from Ukraine go to different countries as tourists or to work. They can not go without knowing the language of the country they are going to. A modern engineer or even a worker can not work with an imported instrument or a machine if he is not able to read the instruction how to do it. Ordinary people need language to translate the instruction or the manual to the washing-machine or a vacuum-cleaner, medicine or even food-products.
Some people are as a rule polyglots. Historians and diplomats need some languages for their work. If you want to be a classified specialist you must learn English, the language of international communication.
English is one of the world important languages. It is the language of progressive science and technology, trade and cultural relations, commerce and business. It is the universal language of international aviation, shipping and sports. It is also the major language of diplomacy. Hundreds and hundreds of books, magazines and newspapers are printed in English, most of the world's mail and telephone calls are in English. Half of the world's scientific literature is written in English. English is spoken by more than 350 million people. Geographically, it is the mostwidespread language on earth, second after Chinese. It is the official language of the UK, the USA, of Australia and New Zealand , it is used as one of the official languages in Canada, the South Africa. Millions of people study and use English as a foreign language. In our country English is very popular. It is studied at schools, colleges and universities.
Learning English is not an easy thing. It is a long process and takes a lot of time and patience. But to know English today is absolutely necessary for every educated person. I want to know English because it's interesting for me to know foreign countries, their cultures and tradition. English will be of great use in my future profession connected with computers.
Choosing a career
When you leave school you understand that the time to choose your future profession has come. It is not an easy task to make the right choice of a job. I have known for a long time that leaving school is the beginning of my independent life, the beginning of a far more serious examination of my abilities and character.
I have asked myself a lot of times: "What do I want to be when I leave school?" A few years ago it was difficult for me to give a definite answer. As the years passed I changed my mind a lot of
times on which science or field of industry to specialize in. It was difficult to make up my mind and choose one of the hundreds of jobs to which I might be better suited.
There are many worthy professions, but not all of them are in demand now. I think at present in Ukraine the professions connected with economics, computers, advertising, business and tourism are the most popular.
A couple of years ago I wanted to become a biologist. I thought it was a very interesting profession. I was good at biology in school. But in the 9-th form I have changed my mind. I have already wanted to be an economist. I think I have an aptitude for working with figures and solving mathematical problems. And now I am going to be an economist. I know that the life of a person of this profession sometimes is very difficult. The success of this job depends on enterprise, knowledge and skills of a person. That is why I would like to enter the State University, Economic Department. My parents are involved in this problem. My father is working with immovable property for about 10 years , my mother is a teacher at school. I think I will do well with my future profession because I am energetic, communicative and quick by nature. These personal characteristics will help me to succeed in my career, but I would like to develop some qualities of my character, such as diligence, patience and organizing. When one is choosing a future career it is a good idea to take different factors into account. I think my future career will satisfy me and will be well-paid of cause.
To enter the university one should have a profound knowledge because the competition is very high. That is why I attend to special courses and pay special attention to Math's and English. I'm going to take exams in Mathematics, Ukrainian, English and Economics. I have chosen the University the Economy Department because it makes good professionals and is connected with my future career .