English Conversation Course

Donald Trump - a controversial candidate for the President of the United States of America Source:  http://www.liberalamerica.org/2015/08/20/10-quotes-that-show-exactly-what-donald-trump-thinks-about-women/ As we all know, Donald John Trump has been nominated by the Republican Party for the President of the US in the 2016 election. To make the issue more contentious, privately he is one of the best known and most controversial American businessmen - a billionaire and real estate mogul (The Trump Organization). He can be definitely described as the very definition of the American success dream. I will present some facts which serve to confirm this really controversial position of his. Let's look back at the year 1980, when the Trump Tower was constructed. It had to be built very fast, so his company hired about 200 illegal Polish workers paying them 5$ per hour for backbreaking work — $5 per hour! 'Employees' were working without any hard hats and were sleep...

What will be the consequences of Brexit? Source:  https://rts.org.uk/article/brexit-what%E2%80%99s-best-british-tv     As we all know, on 23th of June more than 30 million British people took part in the referendum on UK’s membership of the EU. They were answering the question: ‘Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?’. The result was 52% to 48% for leaving. People who voted for leaving said that Britain was being held back by the Union. Brussels charged a huge amount of money per year for being a member of the EU and gave little in return. It was also blamed for dictating British sovereignty and democracy. People wanted back the capability of own decision-making in such cases like: border control or immigrant problems. Why will the process of leaving the EU take years? A vote to leave the EU was only the start, not the end of the complex process. The “breaking up” with Brussels depends on Bri...