Dear diary, big argument with my parents tonight. i told them i want to attend a march next weekend to suppor t the environment, and what did they say? did they say, “good for you, beth”? did they say, “great idea! we’re really proud of you”? no way. mom said: “a march? but marches are dan gerous, aren’t they? ” and dad said, “you’re kind of young for marches, aren’t you? ” “dad, ” i said, “i’m 16. i’m not a child. i can look af ter myself.” dad said, “i know you’re 16. that makes you a teenager, doesn’t it? not an adult! ” and he and mom started laughing. so i stood up and said, “l ook. you’ve heard about global warming, haven’t you? well, it’s happening now. and this is a problem! i’m trying to do something. ok? so i’ll be at tending the march on saturday.” then i stood up and walk ed out of the room. i can’t believe them! i don’t understand why they won’t suppor t me when i’m trying to do something good! now i’m sitting here in my bedroom. i can hear voices downstairs. maybe it’s the t v, but actually i think it’s my parent s arguing. that’s strange. they don’t usually argue. well, not with each other, only with me, of course questions: 1) what is the march next weekend about? 2) what did beth want her parents to say? 3) what reason does beth give for wanting to go on the march? 4) why does beth think it is strange that her parents are arguing?

1)The march next weekend is about supporting environment.
2)Beth wanted her parents to say that  it's a good idea, that they proud of her and that it's good for her.
3)Beth wanna go on the march because she's trying to do something good and support nature.
4)Beth think it's strange that her parents arguing because they usually haven't got an argument with each other. 

Internet and Modern Life

The Internet has already entered our ordinary life. Everybody knows that the Internet is a global computer network, which embraces hundred of millions of users all over the world and helps us to communicate with each other.

The history of Internet began in the United States in 1969. It was a military experiment, designed to help to survive during a nuclear war, when everything around might be polluted by radiation and it would be dangerous to get out for any living being to get some information to anywhere. Information sent over the Internet takes the shortest and safest path available from one computer to another. Because of this, any two computers on the net will be able to stay in touch with each other as long as there is a single route between them. This technology was called packet switching.

Invention of modems, special devices allowing your computer to send the information through the telephone line, has opened doors to the Internet for millions of people.

Most of the Internet host computers are in the United States of America. It is clear that the accurate number of users can be counted fairly approximately, nobody knows exactly how many people use the Internet today, because there are hundred of millions of users and their number is growing.

Nowadays the most popular Internet service is e-mail. Most of the people use the network only for sending and receiving e-mail messages. They can do it either they are at home or in the internet clubs or at work. Other popular services are available on the Internet too. It is reading news, available on some dedicated news servers, telnet, FTP servers, etc.

In many countries, the Internet could provide businessmen with a reliable, alternative to the expensive and unreliable telecommunications systems its own system of communications. Commercial users can communicate cheaply over the Internet with the rest of the world. When they send e-mail messages, they only have to pay for phone calls to their local service providers, not for international calls around the world, when you pay a good deal of money.

But saving money is only the first step and not the last one. There is a commercial use of this network and it is drastically increasing. Now you can work through the internet, gambling and playing through the net.

However, there are some problems. The most important problem is security. When you send an e-mail, your message can travel through many different networks and computers. The data is constantly being directed towards its destination by special computers called routers. Because of this, it is possible to get into any of the computers along the route, intercept and even change the data being sent over the Internet. But there are many encoding programs available. Notwith-standing, these programs are not perfect and can easily be cracked.

Another big and serious problem of the net is control. Yes, there is no effective control in the^Internet, because a huge amount of information circulating through the net. It is like a tremendous library and market together. In the future, the situation might change, but now we have what we have. It could be expressed in two words— an anarchist's dream.

Hi all, today I want to tell you about a great man who died too early, and it is about Kurt Donald Cobain. Kurt Cobain born on 20 February 1967 in the Grays Harbor hospital in Aberdeen, Washington. Kurt grew up in a musical family: his maternal uncle Chuck Fradenburg, performed by a group called The Beachcombers, aunt Mary Earl played guitar in various local bands, great-uncle Delbert had a career of tenor and even starred in the 1930 movie "King of jazz".Interest in music manifested itself quite early: according to his relatives, at the age of two years he gladly sang the songs of The Beatles. In four years he wrote his first song about a trip to the local Park. At the age of seven received a gift from my aunt a drum kit.In 1985 Kurt formed a band, called Fecal Matter, but soon the group changed its name to Nirvana.Kurt Cobain a great musician and performer, became famous for having played grunge and rock with his rock band.He died on 5 April 1994 because he was suicidal.