A composition by the pupil of the 9-th form of school №
6 of the town of Alexandrov
Danilov Alexander for the contest of
compositions
"Why I Need the Knowledge of English”.
The importance
of foreign languages has greatly increased lately. Many young people are
interested now in getting the knowledge of mostly the English language. I think
the study of the English language is very interesting and useful for everybody.
I need the knowledge of English too. Now it is time for me to think about my
future. I am going to finish school with good marks, to pass my school exams
and to enter the University or the Institute.
When you are young, it is very interesting for you to learn new information
about things in the world. When I grow up, I would like to travel to foreign
countries, to visit places of interest, to talk to people, to make friends with
some of them. I am going to visit a lot of English – speaking countries. I
would like to listen to the modern American speech, because it differs so much
from the English speech we have got used to. It will be interesting for me to
compare different variants of the English language spoken in various countries
myself.
When you leave school, you understand that the time to choose your future
profession has come. It is not an easy task to make the right choice of a job.
I have known for a long time that leaving school is the beginning of my
independent life, the beginning of a far more serious examination of my
abilities and character. More and more people realize that every educated
person should know a foreign language. No matter what I will be in the future,
I know quite well just now I must know English perfectly.
Though I live in a little town, I can use my knowledge of the language too.
There are a lot of interesting jobs which require the knowledge of English. One
of the ways to use it is to become a teacher of English. I know that it is very
difficult to become a good teacher. You should know the subject you teach
perfectly. You must be well – educated and well – informed. A good teacher
develops in his pupils the burning desire to know and love the truth and
beauty. If you are a teacher of English, you must teach your pupils all these
things with the help of the English language.
I live in Alexandrov, a historic town with a number of museums and monuments.
Among them is our Alexandrov Kremlin, the former residence of some Russian
tsars. Now tourists from different countries visit this place to admire old
architecture and to learn more about Russian history. If you speak English
well, you can talk to them easily, show foreign visitors that Russia is a great
highly developed cultural and industrial country, and even small towns play a
very important role in its advancement.
There are different organizations and enterprises in our town. Many of them
have foreign partners. It is impossible to contact with them without the
English language. As to me, I would like to learn the profession of an
interpreter, because I want to help my town to have cultural, industrial and
business connections with many other countries. I believe that it must help
Alexandrov to become a more important town of Russia and one of cultural and industrial
centers of our country.
I am fond of reading books and watching films in English. Reading books in
English is very useful for the person who studies it. It can enrich the
vocabulary greatly. If you watch films in this language, you may hear the voices
of famous actors, but if you watch films in your own language, you may hear the
voices of other people who have dubbed this film.
If you have a computer, you may write to your foreign pen – friends on the
Internet. Moreover, English is one of the most important languages of
international communication. A lot of devices have instructions in the English
language. If you want them to serve you for a long time, you should understand
the instructions correctly. English can help you with it.
There are very many languages in the world, but people use the English language
more often than others. This language is used everywhere on our planet. Now it
is a necessary and important part of our modern life. It can help to exchange
knowledge and experience between people of different nations, to find the way
to protect Earth from ecological disaster and to stop terrorism and wars
everywhere.
Danilov
Alexander, 2006.
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