Napoleon

Napoleon: The early years

Napoleon Bonaparte, who is also known as the „little Corsican“, was born on August 15,1769 in Ajaccio, Corsica. He was known as the little Corsican because of his height of 5 feet 2 inches (which was measured as 5’ 6″ in the British system). He had 7 brothers and sisters. His original name was Napoleone Buonaparte in Corsica

In some countries people starve to death because they haven’t got any food at all – but in some other countries people have health problems, because they have eaten too much and get overweight.

The British have in fact always imported food from abroad. English kitchen, like the English language, observed ingredients from all over the world – chickens, rabbits, apples an

Fauna and flora

There are hundred of species of animals throughout the world disappearing because o hunting or man’s interference in their natural habitat. However the Lithuanians fauna and flora is very varied and it a fact that many animals that now no longer live in the northern part of Western Europe can still be found in Lithuania.

There are about 4000 small and large lak

National parks in Lithuania

Lithuania is a land of outstanding scenic beauty with thousand of lakes, meandering rivers, ancient woodlands and old villages. Five national parks have been designated in Lithuania to protect this wealth.

Lithuania’s first national park – Aukstaitija National Park – was designated in 1974 and covers an area of 40 thousands hectares in

National Parks

Lithuania’s first national park – Aukstaitija National Park – was designated in 1974 and covers an area of 30 thousand hectares in the regions of Ignalina, Utena and Svencionys. Over 70 per cent of its territory is pine stands, including the ancient woods of Azvinciai, Mincia and Linkmenos. Some of the pine trees in Azvinciai wood are over 200 years old an

NATURAL AND SCIENCE

The nearly 800,000 acres of Joshua Tree National Park were set aside to protect the unique assembly of natural resources brought together by the junction of three of California’s ecosystems. The Colorado Desert, a western extension of the vast Sonoran Desert, occupies the southern and eastern parts of the park. It is characterized by stands of spike-like ocotillo

The Netherlands

Infoplease Atlas: The Netherlands

Kingdom of the Netherlands

National name: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden

Sovereign: Queen Beatrix (1980)

Premier: Wim Kok (1994)

Area: 16,036 sq mi (41,532 sq km)

Population (2002 est.): 16,067,754 (average annual rate of natural increase: 0.3%); birth rate: 11.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 4.3/1000; densit

On New Year’s Eve, people traditionally take a shower in the fountains in Trafalgar Square ! The Christmas tree is an annual gift from Norway.

I’m in love !

On 14th February, St Valentine’s Day, many people send a card to the one they love or someone whom they have fallen in love with. People usually do not sign these cards and a lot of time is spent trying to gue

NEW YORK.

New York attract peopl from all over. Get on a subway in New York and look at the newspapers that peopl around you are reading . One person is reading a newspaper in Spanish , anouther in Chinese, yet others in Arabic , Russian , Italian , Yiddish, and French . New York was always a city of immigrants. It still is .

The are 5 boroughs in New York – Manhaptan , Brook

Bank robbery – a person injured, huge sum of money stolen.

Yesterday the robbery striked Lithuanian Central Bank. At about 6:15 p.m. when an ordinary security turn began, security was off the hall. After about 2 min‘s a masked man walked into the bank and put a black bag and gun on the counter in front of a teller. He demanded to put an undisclosed amount of money into the bag

1. So I read a newspaper called SVEIKATOS ABC laikraštis. So from the topic we can decide what about it is and what information we’ll be able to find in this paper. The main topic there’s no doubt would be health and everything connected with it. ABC for me relates to essential things about medicine and health.

2. So the second thing that I noticed while buying it was t

No mobile phones at school

Nowadays more and more students bring their mobile phones to school. While I believe that students should carry mobile phones in case of emergency, I am strongly opposed to these phones being used at school, particularly in the classroom.

Firstly, many students travel to and from school without their parents. Therefore, it is important for them to have a

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VILNIUS COLLEGE

FACULTY OF ECONOMY

Departament of Foreign languages

Permanent study section

Student of the ID12A group

Aleksandr MAKEVIČ

NOKIA CORPORATION

Business English project

Proj

INTRODUCTION

Language studies traditionally have emphasized verbal and written language, but in the late dozens of years have begun to consider communication that takes place without words. In some types of communication people express more nonverbally than verbally. It has been said that communication is only 20 percent verbal while the rest is intonation, body language. The fact remains

Nottingham

Welcome to Nottingham, a vibrant friendly city – where the past and present harmonise perfectly to create a unique destination, offering something for everyone.

A Legendary Past

Nottingham has a colourful past of legend and lace and caves and castles. Beneath the bustling city streets is a unique labyrinth of man made caves, over 400 in total. The Caves of No