Вопрос № 284337 - Английский язык

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The most important thing for many young people is to look cool. That’s why they spend money on brands like DKNY, Levi’s, Nike and Sony. These companies know that young people have a lot of money to spend. So they spend a lot of money on advertising to attract young people. Young people also find out what’s cool from the Internet. Many have also discovered how easy it is to shop on the Internet. Clothes, CDs, books and computers are at the top of their Internet shopping lists.
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What is the most important thing for many young people?

Youth has always been regarded as the nicest period of human lives. It is the time for romance and friendship, emotional and intellectual discoveries. It is a period when young people can be carefree without the burden of responsibility which brings the parenthood or daily winning of one’s bread. However, youth also brings some specific problems, as in this period they “struggle” to fit themselves into society. Young people have to make the most important decisions that can have fatal consequences for their future life. These decisions demand personal maturity and personal experience which young people do not have.
The most important psychological problem of youth is personal relationships.
Young people can only become grown-ups when they broaden social contacts. During adolescence, friendship with peers help smooth the transition childhood to adulthood. Teens begin to feel and act independently from their families, and friends play a more important role in their lives and can influence their decisions. However, it is sometimes a problem for children and young people to make and keep friends.
Perhaps the most fundamental problem faced by young people today is unemployment. Because of the universal downturn in the economy combined with technology, particular jobs and skills are made unnecessary. Therefore, many youth today are experiencing problems in getting jobs. Young people today have certain needs and aspirations, and unemployment means financial worries, frustration and discouragement.
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Why does youth bring some problems?

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The quality of concrete is known to depend on the properties of materials it consists of. The amount of constructing materials is also of great importance. Among the kinds of concrete used in modern construction there are plain concrete and reinforced, or ferro-concrete. The usage of plain concrete is practically limitless. As to ferro-concrete, it is mostly used for construction of foundations, columns, girders and beams. This kind of concrete is also rather popular for constructing bridges, dams and dock walls.
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The usage of what construction material is practically limitless?

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There are some basic types of fuel for motor vehicles. There is diesel fuel, there is petrol and there is fuel mixture.
A lot of buses have diesel engines but not only a few cars have such engines. There are also a few cars with two-stroke engines but most cars have four-stroke engines.
Most lorries have diesel engines. There are not many lorries with four-stroke petrol engines but there are lorries with two stroke engines.
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What engines do a lot of buses have?

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Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist who lived from 1833 to 1896. Alfred and his brother made explosives, but in 1864 there was an accident in the laboratory and Alfred’s brother was killed. Alfred then decided to spend his life truing to make explosives safer to use.
One of the strongest explosives at that time was nitroglycerine. This explosive, which looks like oily water, is very dangerous to use or even to carry. Nobel wanted to study nitroglycerine so he could find a way to make it safer. Nobel had an idea of taking nitroglycerine out on a boat in the middle of a lake and working with it there.
When Nobel wanted to take the nitroglycerine he was working with from one place to another, he put it into small boxes. Then he put the small boxes into a larger box made of clay. One day, when he opened the large clay box, he found that nitroglycerine was coming out of one of the small boxes. To his surprise, the large clay box was still dry. This gave him the idea of mixing clay with nitroglycerine. The clay would take the oil out of nitroglycerine and make it safer. He called this explosive ‘dynamite’.
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Why did Alfred decide to spend his life trying to make explosives safer to use?

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One day, Nicola Tesla had a vision of a whole new type of electric power system. Tesla went to work as an engineer for the Continental Edison Company. While he was there, he built the first model of his motor. But the people at the company weren’t interested in it. Tesla decided to go to the United States to talk to the great inventor Thomas Edison.
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Why did Tesla decide to go to the United States?