Give a talk about mobile phones. remember to say: whether you use a mobile phone; what the advantages of using mobile phone are; what the disadvantages of using mobile phone are. you have to talk for 1.5-2minutes. the examiner will listen until you have finished. then he/she will ask you some questions. прошу . заранее . 140 .

Nowadays people can't live without mobile phones. practically everyone has got a mobile phone. so, the main advantage of it is that you can communicate with everyone you want. also it is possible to surf the internet with the mobile phone. actually, there are some disadvantages. for example it can be stolen or you can loose it. also you have to pay money to talk to other people. so, in the end i can say, that cell phones play a very important role in our life.

It is common knowledge that television has become the most popular entertainment in our home life. now fewer and fewer people go out in the evening, preferring to stay at home and enjoy themselves sitting in comfortable armchairs in front of tv-screens and watching either “live” tv or films on video. in russia people can choose among lots of channels. some of them are commercial: they are discovery, travel channel or cnn in english. the others, such as russia 1, belong to the federal government. a great number of central channels make their viewers watch advertisements, as the main part of the money they get, comes from advertising. so between and during programmes we have to watch advertisements for chewing-gum, soap, washing-machines, detergents and many other items we do not require at the moment.there is a special channel broadcasting lots of sports events such as championships, competitions, races, games and interviews with sportsmen and sportswomen. there are also several channels transmitting regional programmes and news and a channel “culture”, composed of cultural programmes. as a rule, adults prefer to watch news.

kraine is a sovereign state with its territory, high and local bodies of state power (the supreme council and local councils), government, national emblem, state flag and anthem. the form of governing is presidential republic.

president is the head of the state. he is also the head of the executive branch of power. president is elected by the people of the country at a general election for a period of 5 years. he can’t be elected for more than 3 terms. according to the laws of ukraine a president can’t be younger than 35 years old, he must live in the country no less than 10 years, be a citizen of ukraine and master the national language.

the legislative power is carried out by the parliament (or supreme council) which consists of 450 members. the laws of the country are made by them.

executive power is carried out by the government or the cabinet of ministers, which is responsible for the realization of laws adopted by the supreme council.

judicial power is performed by the system of courts, the highest of them is the supreme court.

beside the organs of power, political system of ukraine also includes political parties and social organizations.

the national symbols of ukraine are the national flag, the national emblem and the national anthem.

the ukrainian flag consists of two horizontal stripes: the upper one is blue and the lower one is yellow. these are the colours of sky, sun, streams and golden fields.

the national emblem is a trident. it symbolizes three elements of the world: air, water and earth.

the music to ukrainian anthem was composed by m. verbytsky.

the policy of new ukraine is one of peace with all her neighbours. to be respected we should be strong and rich; we should be wise, so that everybody will seek cooperation with us; we should be free so that others will follow our example.