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Human civilization has seen numerous people who have changed the course of history and influenced their sphere of living by their charisma, intelligence and talent. Be it geographical expansion, art and entertainment, science and technology, literature, politics, statesmanship or games and sports, these individuals have created history by their work. All countries, despite cultural and religious… Читать ещё >
Famous people of USA ( реферат , курсовая , диплом , контрольная )
Содержание
- Table of contents
- I. ntroduction
- Chapter 1. USA. Overview
- 1. 1. Great Presidents of the USA
- 2. 1. Literature
- 2. 2. Cinematograph
- 2. 3. Business leaders and philanthropists
All countries, despite cultural and religious differences, have historic figures and role models who represent their national values. These people define their countrys culture and show the world their nations best qualities. These figures may be politicians, or athletes, or even authors and artists.
Human civilization has seen numerous people who have changed the course of history and influenced their sphere of living by their charisma, intelligence and talent. Be it geographical expansion, art and entertainment, science and technology, literature, politics, statesmanship or games and sports, these individuals have created history by their work.
Great explorers like Vasco Da Gama and Columbus discovered new lands while Alexanderthe Great almost conquered the whole world. Similarly, geniuses like Aristotle, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Albert Einstein expanded the horizon of knowledge by bringing to light new thoughts and inventions. We have had similar great talents in the field of art and entertainment and sports, who have amused us all with their extra-ordinary talent.
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the role of the USA and its people in the society and world culture.
The second part of the work includes different tests, quizzes and games which can be used in English lessons dedicated to famous personalities.
This topic seems to me very interesting because it concentrates on the lives of outstanding people, their contribution to the world and society, they also can be taken as role models for modern youth.
I believe this research can be useful not only for teachers but also for students.
The paper consists of an introduction, 3 chapters, a conclusion and a bibliography.
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There were hundreds of people throughout the history who are left in the memories of millions of people. They are Albert Einstein, George Washington, Princess Diana, Margaret Thatcher, Mahatma Gandhi and many others. Their impact on the world development cannot be underestimated.
Most people know Albert Einstein from the picture above their blackboard and only remember that he was considered to be a very stupid person. Although in reality he completely changed the way we perceive time and space, gravity and energy.
George Washington is thought to be the Father of American history. For twenty years he was leading the county to greater future. He believed that hard work, public service and worshiping of God is the key to successful life. Due to his outstanding character he became the first President of the country. No other American is honored the way Washington is.
Before becoming the most beloved person in Great Britain, Princess Diana worked as a cook or a nanny in the kindergarten. When she became a part of a royal family she did a lot of charity. People adored her. Although not everything was so good. She was unhappy in her marriage with the Prince. And right before her death she received a divorce. Her story shows that even Prince Charming may be not the right one for you. Diana was killed in a car accident and her death is still a complete mystery.
So, learning such stories helps us realize the value of each moment of history. We can learn and develop on the basis of these people’s stories and that opens great opportunities for everyone.
Перевод:
На протяжении всей истории существовало сотни людей, которые остались в памяти миллионов. Это Альберт Эйнштейн, Джордж Вашингтон, Принцесса Диана, Маргарет Тэтчер, Махатма Ганди и многие другие. Их влияние на мировое развитие невозможно переоценить.
Большинство людей знают Альберта Эйнштейна по картинке над школьной доской, и помнят только то, что его считали очень глупым человеком. Хотя на самом деле он полностью изменил то, как мы воспринимаем пространство и время, гравитацию и энергию.
Джордж Вашингтон считается отцом американской истории. В течение двадцати лет он вел страну в великое будущее. Он считал, что тяжелая работа, служение обществу и поклонение Богу — это ключ к успешной жизни. Благодаря своему выдающемуся характеру он стал первым президентом страны. Никакой другой американец не почитается так, как Вашингтон.
Прежде чем стать самой любимой личностью Великобритании, Принцесса Диана работала поваром и няней в детском саду. Когда она стала частью королевской семьи, она занималась благотворительностью. Люди обожали ее. Хотя не все было так хорошо. Она была несчастлива в браке с Принцем. И прямо перед смертью она получила развод. Ее история показывает, что даже Принц может не быть тем правильным выбором для вас. Диана была убита в автокатастрофе, и ее смерть до сих пор остается загадкой.
Поэтому такие истории помогают нам осознать ценность каждого момента истории. Мы можем учиться и развиваться на основе этих историй людей и это открывает большие возможности для всех.
Albert Einstein is known all over the world as a brilliant physicist and the founder of the theory of relativity. He is perhaps the greatest scientist of the 20th century. Some of his ides made possible the A-bombs, as well as TV and other inventions. He was born in 1879 in a small German town. The Einstein family soon moved to Munich, where Albert went to school. Neither his parents, nor his school teachers thought much of his mental abilities. In 1895 Albert failed the entrance examination to a technical college in Zurich. A year ago, however, he managed to pass the exam and entered the college. After graduating from college, Einstein started to work at the Swiss Patent Office in Bern. In 1905 he wrote a short article in a science magazine. This was his "Special Theory of Relativity", the basis of Atomic energy. Later he became a professor in several European universities and in 1914 moved to Berlin as a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. After ten years of work, he created his "General Theory of Relativity". In 1921 Einstein received the Nobel Prize for Physics. A Jew, and a pacifist, he was attacked by Nazis, and when Hitler came to power in 1933 he decided to settle in the USA. After the war he spoke out passionately against nuclear weapons and repression. Einstein died in 1955. The artificial element einsteinium has been named in his honour.
William Hogarth was one of the greatest of English artists and a man of remarkably individual character and thought. He observed life with keen and critical eye and his range of observation was dramatic composition. Hogarth was a social painter who produced his own pictorial drama composition comprising various scenes of society's social life. His art was a reflection and interpretation on the social condition of his time. Hogarth's magnificent powers of composition were fully displayed in his series of engravings, the most famous is "The Marriage a-la-Mode". Hogarth was also a brilliant portrait painter. In portraiture he displayed a great variety. The portrait of his own face gives an idea of that keen and brave look with which William Hogarth regarded the world.
Stanley Spencer is one of the most original of modern British artists. He was a painter of imaginative and religious subjects, landscapes and occasional portraits. "Swan Upping" is one of Spencer's best known pictures. This painting has an air of hightened reality; the light reflected from the water suggests moonlight, yet events take place in the foreground in daylight. There is anxiety in the immobilized swans and the face of the woman on the bridge, a mood enhanced by the serrated edges of the clouds and the flame-like branches of the tree on the right. An ordinary scene made to appeal extraordinary. Spencer's works are well represented in the Tate Gallery collection and the exhibition reveals the full range of his output, from early drawings done while still a student to his late self-portrait, painted a few months before his death in 1959.
Margaret Thatcher was the longest Prime Minister of the 20th century. Her style and her views appealed to mane British people who had lost confidence in the welfare state and in the direction the nation had taken. In some ways she was the first genuine leader the nation had had since Churchill. Margaret Thatcher began her career in politics, when she became a Conservative Member of Parliament. in 1979 she was elected as Britain's first woman Prime Minister. From the start, her autocratic style earned her the nickname of "The Iron Lady". Her abrasive manner has attracted some criticism. During the Falklands War of 1982, however, Margaret Thatcher's militant patriotism found her many supporters, and she became something of a popular hero-figure, much as Winston Churchill had been in the Second World War. Margaret Thatcher was re-elected Prime Minister in the general elections of 1983 and 1987.
Andrew Wyet is one of the prominent living American painters. He was born in 1917. The son of illustrator – Andrew is the leading member of the dynasty of painters that includes his sisters, their husbands and his own two sons. He won fame at the age of 12 for his illustrations of "Robin Hood". He was 20 when he first exhibited his paintings. Andrew studied with his father and was strongly influenced by him. His father's style of illustration expresses sentimentality. But very early the young artist gravitated a way from his teacher. Wyet's style is both precise and minute in detail, he is a realist influenced by photography. He painted portraits, landscapes, seascapes and domestic scenery. His favorite media are tempera and water colors. His works are easily recognized by dimly lit and deserted landscapes in tones of grey and brown which convey the feeling of loveliness and solitude. His most famous works are "Christina's world" and "Inland shell".
William Shakespeare. When to speak about world literature, then the name of William Shakespeare is the best to explain the real value of literature in the world of art. William Shakespeare is generally regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist of English literature. He wrote 37 plays which continue to be read widely and produced frequently throughout the world. Shakespeare was a master at creating a certain atmosphere of a play, its general mood or feeling. It could be melancholy, lively or frightening, tragic or mystical. The power and beauty of his language helped build the prevailing mood in each play. Shakespeare's genius lays in his power of understanding human nature which is the same today, tomorrow and forever. He showed the world of men in its complexity and variety. His plays have the same powerful impact an audience today as they did when they were first staged. There is no writer who has touched the depth and height of characters as Shakespeare did. There is a great joy in moving through a Shakespeare's play, living through the emotions of the characters, while reading a play or watching it. One experiences in one own being the troubles, tragedies, absurdities of the creatures created by that Great Imaginer.
Frank O'Connor. One of my favorite authors is Frank O'Connor. . Frank O'Connor is a pseudonym of Michael Odonovan, born in Cork, Ireland in 1903. He grew up in an Irish provincial town. His published works include poems, plays, novels, translations, criticism. Frank O'Connor was a real master of the short story. He could draw his readers into Irish life, showing his sense of humour and his compassion for human beings in their loneliness and their confusion. As you know a story's success depends on how heroes are presented in the story. They can be presented through the character's actions or their speech; through a physical description and through the opinions of other characters. In the Frank O'Connor's book "The Idealist" the heroes are presented through actions and conversations. I think that each character must have a special quality that makes you remember him for a long time. The main hero – Delany – was truthful, frank, decisive. Gorman, his classmate was mean, dishonest and unpleasant. By the way of contrast the author managed to underline the romantic nature of Delany, who created his own world of things, people and ideas. What impressed me most of all in Melonie, the teacher, it was his cruelty. He punished pupils with a cane. It goes without sign that the theme of the story is the relationships between pupils and a teacher. I think they were awful. Though Delany created his own world thanks to books, the real world turned out to differ from the imaginary one. I shall now elaborate the fourth point of my talk. I sympathize (admire, hate, spoilt my impressions of the book) with the main hero because he didn't give up reading, he continued reading books.
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Famous people
Елена Юрьевна Балубова, учитель английского языка1к.к.
Chapter2.English Famous people…………………. 9
2.1The band- Thirty Seconds to Mars………………..9
2.2The band One Direction………………………… 11
Appendix 1. Questionnaire Results ……………. 18
Appendix 3.Victor Tsoi……………………………20
Appendix 4. Thirty Seconds to Mars……………….21
Appendix 5. One Direction…………………………22
Introduction
It was interesting to know who would be famous among Russian and British people for students in our school.
The purpose of this paper is to study the brightest people …
To achieve this aim we have learnt a great amount of information from the Internet, books and…..
to develop skills of research work;
to study the literature on the topic that is available on the internet and in the libraries and summarize the valuable information;
Hypothesis: to identify an idol …
The subject of the investigation is the most popular celebrities …
The object of the investigation is outstanding celebrities.
Russian famous people
Nyusha 1990–2006: Childhood and adolescence
Anna Shurochkina was born on 15 August 1990 into a family of musicians(Appendix2). Her father, Vladimir Shurochkin (born April 12, 1966) was a former member of the musical group Laskoviy May (" Ласковый май "). Her mother, Irina Shurochkina sang in a rock band in her youth. When Anna was two years old, her parents divorced. However, the father and his daughter still spent a lot of time together. Nyusha's sister, Maria Shurochkina, was twice European Junior Champion in Synchronised swimming and her brother, Ivan Shurochkin, does Martial Arts Stunts. Nyusha first came to the studio at age 5, with her song " Песенка большой медведицы "or in English "Song of the Great Bear".
At age 11 she began performing on stage as the group Grizli . The group toured in Russia and Germany. At age 17 she changed her name from Anna to Nyusha.
Early career 2007–2009
In 2008 Nyusha took seventh place in the international contest "New Wave 2008" and also wrote the final song of the heroine in the dubbed version of the film Enchanted . In 2009, she released her first single " Вою на луну " or in English "Howl at the moon." Her composition won "Song of the Year - 2009". At the concert "Europa Plus Live 2009" she introduced the new songs "Angel" in Russian and the English "Why?"
" Choosing a Miracle"( " Выбирать чудо ") popularity growth 2010-2011:
In 2010 Nyusha released her second single " Не перебивай " (Do not Interrupt). The song became the most popular Russian-language hit in April 2010. The singer was nominated for the award Muz-TV 2010 in the category "Breakthrough of the Year". Later in the year she also released the album " Выбирать чудо " (Choosing a Miracle). The third single is the album title, and peaked at number 1 in Russia by the end of 2010 and beginning of 2011, and is one
1.2 Viktor Tsoi
Viktor Robertovich Tsoi was born in June 1962 and died in 15 August 1990). He was a Soviet musician, songwriter, and a leader of the band Kino (Appendix3).
He is regarded as one of the pioneers of Russian rock and has many devoted fans across the countries of the former Soviet Union even today. Few musicians in the history of Russian music have been more popular or have had more impact on their genre than Viktor Tsoi and his rock band Kino . Aside from that, Tsoi contributed a plethora of musical and artistic works, including ten albums. Viktor Tsoi died in a car accident on August 15, 1990, aged 28.
Tsoi was born in Leningrad , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union . He was the only child of Valentina Vasilyevna Tsoi (8 January 1937 in Leningrad , Soviet Union – 28 November 2009 in Saint Petersburg , Russia ), a Russian schoolteacher, and Robert Maximovich Tsoi (born 5 May 1938 in Kyzylorda , Kazakh SSR , Soviet Union ; today's Kazakhstan ), a Soviet Korean engineer. Tsoi's Korean ancestry can be traced back to Sŏngjin , North Hamgyong , Korea (today's North Korea ), where his great-grandfather Choi Yong-nam was born.
English famous people
2.1 The band - Thirty Seconds to Mars
Thirty Seconds to Mars is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1998. The band consists of Jared Leto (lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards), Shannon Leto (drums, percussion) and Tomo Miličević (lead guitar, bass, strings, keyboards, other instruments) (Appendix4).
The band's debut album, 30 Seconds to Mars (2002), was produced by Bob Ezrin and released to critical acclaim but only to limited commercial success. The band achieved worldwide fame with the release of their second album A Beautiful Lie (2005), which received multiple certifications all over the world, including platinum in the United States. Their next release, This Is War (2009), reached the top ten of several national album charts and earned numerous music awards. In 2013, Thirty Seconds to Mars moved to Universal Music and released the fourth album, Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams (2013), to critical and commercial success. As of September 2014, the band has sold over 15 million albums worldwide.
The style of the band's first studio album combined progressive metal and space rock with influences and elements from electronica, utilizing programming and synthesizers. Ryan Rayhill from Blender described the album as a "high-minded space opera of epic scope befitting prog-rock prototypes Rush," and wrote that Thirty Seconds to Mars "emerged with an eponymous debut that sounds like Tool on The Dark Side of the Moon ," referring to the 1973 album by Pink Floyd.
Whereas the eponymous concept album's lyrics focus on human struggle and self-determination, A Beautiful Lie 's lyrics are more personal and the music introduces intense screaming vocals. The transformation that resonates throughout the album reflects the personal and artistic changes experienced by the band members before and during the creation of the record. The album widened the band's sound by combining elements from progressive rock, hard rock and emo. Such alternative rock style has been compared to bands like The Cure, U2 and The Smashing Pumpkins.
Their third release This Is War was described as "an extremely progressive rock sound with killer choruses," drawing inspirations from experimental Pink Floyd to melodic M83. Chris Harris from Rolling Stone considered it "an ambitious collection of experimental rock" shaped by the band's personal struggles and legal battle with their record label. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of All Music acknowledged the band's progression, referring to the overall style of the record as a mixture of synth rock, heavy metal, and progressive rock.
In Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams the band experimented with different instruments and drew influences from a wider and more varied range of styles. The album mixes experimental instrumentation with elements both symphonic and electronic, and the music introduces a minimalist approach full of ethereal sonics. The record carries the concept album format of This Is War and expands the spectrum to revolve around the themes after which it is named.
2.2 One Direction
One Direction (commonly abbreviated as 1D ) are an English-Irish pop boy band based in London, composed of Niall Horan , Liam Payne , Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson . In addition, Zayn Malik was a member until his departure from the band, announced on 25 March 2015. (Appendix5). They signed with Simon Cowell 's record label Syco Records after forming and finishing third in the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor in 2010. Propelled to international success by social media , One Direction's four albums, Up All Night (2011), Take Me Home (2012), Midnight Memories (2013) and Four (2014) broke records, topped charts in most major markets, and generated hit singles including " What Makes You Beautiful ", " Live While We're Young ", " Story of My Life " and " Steal My Girl ".
After the release of Four , One Direction became the first band in the U.S. Billboard 200 history to have their first four albums debut at number one. Their third album, Midnight Memories , was the biggest-selling album worldwide of 2013 despite being released in later November. In 2014, Billboard named One Direction the top artist of the year.
2010–11: The X Factor
In 2010, Niall Horan , Zayn Malik , Liam Payne , Harry Styles , and Louis Tomlinson auditioned as solo candidates for the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor . They failed to progress to the "Boys" category at " judges' houses " but were put together to form a five-piece boy band at Wembley Arena , in London, England, in July 2010, during the "boot camp" stage of the competition, thus qualifying for the "Groups" category. Nicole Scherzinger , a guest judge, and Simon Cowell have both claimed to have come up with the idea of forming the band. In 2013, Cowell said that it "took him 10 minutes to put them together as a group". Subsequently, the group got together for two weeks to get to know each other and to practice. Styles came up with the name One Direction. For their qualifying song at "judges' houses", and their first song as a group, One Direction sang an acoustic version of " Torn ". Cowell later commented that their performance convinced him that they "were confident, fun, like a gang of friends, and kind of fearless as well." Within the first four weeks of the live shows , they were his last act in the competition. The group quickly gained popularity in the UK.
One Direction's debut studio album, Up All Night (2011), is predominantly a pop music record, containing elements of teen pop , dance-pop , pop rock , with electropop and rock influences. Digital Spy 's Robert Copsey described the album as a "collection of PG pop rock with killer choruses", while The New York Times considered it "full of easy rock-inflected pop, blithe and sometimes clever." Jason Lipshutz of Billboard acknowledged that the album demonstrates an originality in sound that was "necessary for the revitalization of the boy band movement". The songs "One Thing" and "What Makes You Beautiful" were particularly noted for the genres of power pop and pop rock, for their "powerhouse" guitar riffs and "forceful" choruses.
Their second studio album, Take Me Home (2012), is characterised by rock-inherited pop, prominent electric guitar riffs, bright synthesisers , a homogeneous sound and message, and the pitch-correcting soft ware Auto-Tune . Alexis Petridis of The Guardian interpreted its signature sound as a "peppy, synth -bolstered take on early-80s new-wave pop, heavy on clipped rhythms and chugging guitars," which, he said, is at least an improvement on the substitute contemporary R&B "that was once the grim lot of the boyband." Jon Caramanica, writing in The New York Times , considered the album "far more mechanical" than their debut album, although noted that it is sonically and lyrically similar. The album's lyricism speaks of falling in love, unrequited love , the insistence that flaws are what make a person unique, commitment, jealousy and longing for past significant others.
One Direction are "more than capable" of evolving their sound.
Their third album Midnight Memories (2013) is a pop rock record, a slight departure from the band's original teen pop sound. Liam Payne called Midnight Memories a "slightly rockier and edgier" album than their previous material. The album is heavily influenced by 80's rock and folk music and briefly integrates elements of dub step, notably in "Little White Lies". The album's lyrical themes primarily revolve around love, heartbreak and sexual intercourse. Many critics praised its lyrical depth and musical composition, as well as the group's level of involvement in the production process.
Their fourth album Four (2014) was released on 17 November 2014. Payne once again claimed that the album would be "edgier" and that the group had written most of the songs for it; Horan came up with the name of the album, commemorating the fact that it is One Direction's fourth record to date and that it has been four years since the band's formation. Signifying a further maturation of their pop sound, the album's first single, Steal My Girl , was dubbed by Billboard as "no What Makes You Beautiful , but its Coldplay -like piano pop could be a good direction", and that the band was "not entirely ready to let go of its bubble-gum days". Rolling Stone described the record as "saturated with retro vibes"; its songs "split the difference between big, splashy Eighties pop rock and more elegant Seventies flavors - a very millennial move that's not so far from what Haim 's hit Days Are Gone did last year."
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