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Forever Young?
We can stay young forever. Dr Shen Ziyin, the Chinese doctor, says that he (1) … the answer to the problem of ageing. His idea is a herbal medicine to slow the process of ageing.
Dr Shen Ziyin (2) …Western medicine and at the same time he has the knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine. And, he (3) … for the past forty years to put together the best of both and find a cure for ageing. He has taken the idea from the ancient Chinese medicine system (4) … ‘shen’.
According to Shen, it is the kidney which (5)… the functioning of the body and its ageing process.
Dr Shen Ziyin studies show that herbal medicines based on the ‘shen’ system (6) … the ageing process.
What is ‘ageing’? It is the beginning of a stage where the body starts losing its ability to fight disease and infections. When people grow old, they have no strength; they lose hair, have backache and weakness is general, their skin wrinkles. This (7) … because when people grow old, their bodies produce T-cells. These T-cells include a particular material called Fas. Fas makes the cells in the body (8) … themselves.
So the only way (9) … down ageing is to slow the production of T-cells in the body. This can happen if people eat low calorie food. Then the body is not active enough (10) … extra T-cells. But, is going hungry all the time a good price to pay for (11) … young?
This is where Dr Shen’s herbal medicine comes in. But how effective it will be, only time can tell.

1 1) found 3) founded
2) is founding 4) has found
2 1) study 3) has studied
2) studied 4) is studying
3 1) is working 3) worked
2) has worked 4) has been working
4 1) calling 3) calls
2) called 4) call
5 1) regulate 3) regulates
2) is regulating 4) has regulated
6 1) functioning 3) function
2) functioned 4) functions
7 1) happen 3) is happening
2) happens 4) happened
8 1) to destruct 3) destruct
2) destructing 4) destructs
9 1) to slow 3) slows
2) slow 4) slowing
10 1) producing 3) produced
2) produce 4) to produce
11 1) stay 3) stayed
2) staying 4) to stay

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Write a story how you and your best friend fell out. Alternatively, you can write about semeone else's quarrel. In the end give reasons for and against each of the friends

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подлежащему.N.I.Lobachevsky
is a Great Russian mathematician and the creator of non-Euclidean geometry. He
was born on December 1.1792 in Nizhni Novgorod in a poor family. When
N.Lobachevsky was a child, his father died and the family moved to Kazan. There
the boy learned at the "gymnasium" from 1802 to 1807 and in 1807 he
entered Kazan University. At the University N.I.Lobachevsky spent the next
forty years of his life as a student, professor and rector.

Lobachevsky
became interested in mathematics when he was still a schoolboy and be remained
true to this science all his life long.

Lobachevsky did
a lot to make Kazan University a first-rate educational institution of that the
time. At the same time he made extensive researches into mathematics.

On February 23,
1826 a great event took place at Kazan University. N.I.Lobachevsky presented a
paper "A Brief Outline of the Principles of Geometry Strictly Demonstrating
the Theorem of Parallel Lines. That day a new geometrical system, the so-called
non-Euclidean geometry was born. In the paper he attacked the theory which was
the basis of geometry for 2,000 years and made a real revolution in
mathematics.

In the years
that followed Lobachevsky wrote a number of works in the field of algebra and
mathematical analysis. However, nearly nobody understood and recognized his
works at that time. They were recognized only twelve years after his death.

Lobachevsky's
ideas greatly influenced the development not only of geometry and other
mathematical sciences, but also mechanics, physics and astronomy. One
mathematician called Lobachevsky "Copernicus of Geometry"

Lost Horizon.

Conway never exactly remembered how he and the others arrived at the monastery, or how they were greeted and led into the grounds. The thin air was dream-like and matched the light blue of the sky. With every breath and every glance, he took in a deep relaxing feeling that made him unaware of Mallinson's uneasiness, Barnard's witty comments, and Miss Brinklow, who looked like a lady well prepared for the worst. He just about remembered being surprised at finding the inside of the monastery spacious, well warmed, and quite clean.

There was no time to do more than notice these qualities, for the Chinese had left his hooded chair and was already leading the way through different rooms. He was quite pleasant now. "I must apologise," he said, "for leaving you to yourselves on the way, but the truth is, journeys of that kind don't suit me, and I have to take care of myself. I hope you were not too tired?"

"We managed," replied Conway with a tight smile.

"Excellent. And now, if you will come with me, I will show you to your rooms. No doubt you would like baths. Our accommodation is simple, but comfortable, I hope."

At this point Barnard, who was still affected by shortness of breath, chuckled. "Well," he gasped, "I can't say I like your climate yet - the air seems to stick on my chest a bit - but you've certainly got a fine view out of your front windows. Do we all have to line up for the bathroom, or is this an American hotel?"

"I think you will find everything quite satisfactory, Mr Barnard."

Miss Brinklow nodded. "I should hope so, indeed." "And afterwards," continued the Chinese, "I should be greatly honoured if you will all join me at dinner."

Conway replied politely. Only Mallinson had given no sign of his attitude in the face of these kind offers. Like Barnard, he had been suffering from breathing problems, but now, with an effort, he found breath to exclaim: "And afterwards, also, if you don't mind, we'll make our plans for getting away. The sooner the better, so far as I'm concerned."

****

"So you see," Chang was saying, "we are less barbarian than you expected."

Conway, later that evening, was not willing to argue. He was enjoying that pleasant feeling of his body being relaxed but his mind being awake, which seemed to him, of all feelings, the most truly civilised. So far, Shangri-La had been all that he could have wished certainly more than he could ever have expected. It was not so strange for a Tibetan monastery to have a system of central heating, but that it should combine. the baths and cleaning facilities from the Western part of the world with tradition from the Eastern world struck him as amazing and rare. The bath, for instance, in which he had recently bathed, had been of a light green pottery from America. Yet the native servant had washed him in a Chinese way of cleaning his ears and nostrils and under his lower eyelids. He had wondered at the time if - and how - his three companions were receiving similar treatment.

Conway had lived for nearly ten years in China, not wholly in the bigger cities; and he counted it, all things considered, the happiest part of his life. He liked the Chinese, and felt at home with Chinese ways. He really liked Chinese cooking, with its subtle undertones of taste; and his first meal at Shangri-La had been familiar.

Tradition
We all know when New Year is, right? Well, actually, it depends which calendar you use. Russians are lucky, they celebrate twice.

People counted time in many different ways until the Romans changed everyone to their system of counting time from the date Rome was founded. After Rome conquered Egypt, Julius Caesar introduced a new calendar based on a Babylonian model. It had 365 days divided into 12 months with an extra day every fourth year.
Then, in 527 AD, a Roman abbot, Dionysius Exiguus, brought in the Anno Domini calendar numbering the years from Jesus' birth. However, every 131 years the calendar would be out by one day, since the distance the earth travelled around the sun grew shorter from 365,2422 to 365,2419 days. Over the centuries this became a problem, as Easter was later and later in the year.
Pope Gregory XIII used the calendar of astronomer Christopher Clavius to make reforms. Clavius used mathematics and astronomy to calculate the new calendar. Most countries accepted the calendar straight away, but Britain only adopted the modern calendar, in 1752, and Orthodox Russia was forced to adopt the new changes when the Bolsheviks came to power, in 1917.
In many countries however, including Russia, both the Julian calendar and the Gregorian calendar are used. So, for the Russians, Christmas is on 7th January with Father Frost and other traditions and New Year is on 1st January, but they celebrate a second New Year on 13th January. The first one is the New New Year and the second one is the Old New Year.
New Year's Day on 1st January in Russia is a public holiday and is celebrated with fireworks and elaborate large meals and other festivities. The Old New Year by the Julian calendar is informally observed. For many this is a nostalgic family holiday ending the holiday season.
The Old New Year tradition also features in popular culture and art. Mikhail Roshchin wrote a comedy drama for the stage, in 1973, called The Old New Year, which played in theatres for many years. It was also a TV film released by Mosfilm studios in 1980 which featured famous actors and music by Sergei Nikitin, with lyrics by Boris Pasternak

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