WHAT DO YOU NEED IF YOU WANT TO… 1. TAKE A PICTURE
2. RECORD SOME IMAGES
3. LISTEN TO MUSIC
4. TYPE ON YOUR COMPUTER
5. CONTROL THE CURSOR WITHOUT KEYING
6. STORE DIGITAL INFORMATION
7. CONTROL YOUR VIDEO GAMES
8. SEND SCANNED PRINTED MATERIAL
9. PLAY GAMES IN A HANDHELD CONSOLE
10. MAKE OR RECIVE TELEPHONE CALLS
11. SCAN IMAGES OR PRINTED TEXT TO CONVERT IT TO A DIGITAL IMAGE
12. ANSWER SOMEONE CALLING YOU WHILE DRIVING
13. COOK, BAKE, DEFROST, AND HEAT
14. CATCHING UP ON NEWS, SOAPS, MATCHES AND SITCOMS
15. DETERMINE YOUR VEHICLE'S CURRENT POSITION AND LOCATION AND BE GUIDED IN YOUR WAY AHEAD.
16. KNOW THE TIME
My Favourite Writer (M. Lermontov)
One of Russia's most celebrated poets of all times, Michael Lermontov was born in Moscow in the family of a nobleman. He spent his childhood and youth in Tarckany, in the province of Penza.
In 1830 Lermontov entered the Moscow University, but very soon he had to leave it. Then he entered St. Petersburg School of Cavalry Cadets. He finished it and served in the Hussar Regiment of the Imperial Guard.
In 1837 the poet was exiled to the Caucasus for his poem "Poets Death". In 1840 Lermontov was exiled to the Caucasus for the second time. He was provoked into personal quarrel with his schoolmate. The quarrel led to a duel. On July 15th, 1841 the poet was killed. He was not even 27 at that time.
Lermontov began writing when he was very young. One of his first writings to be published was his verse tale "Hadji Arbek".
But he won fame as a poet after his poem "Poets Death" was published. Lermontov's poems "Demon" "Mtsyri" his great novel "A Hero of Our Time" and his play "Masquerade" are masterpieces of Russian literature.
Whether he wrote poetry, drama or prose, the stamp of his genius was to be found on his works. Lermontov's influence as of a poet and a thinker on all Russian writes can't be overestimated.