English Conversation Course

W e could fly to the USA in just 3,5 hours, about 2 times shorter than we do now, and that was back in times when USSR was still in the place of Russian Federation. We could fly faster than the speed of sound, without the need of being in army. We could eat a decent meal instead of peanuts and coke (there was no division into premium and economy in Concorde anyway). Taking all of the above into consideration, one might think- How could such a breakthrough and innovation in commercial aviation be taken down “for no other reason than money”? We know that even the crash of the Concorde wasn’t related to malfunction of any of its systems (It punctured the tire on a sharp object that fell off from the plane before it). Well, the following video should give you some info on that topic- how a great idea can be killed if it doesn’t make ends meet: Questions to discuss: ·          Do you think we will ever fly commercially with supersonic spee...

Sleep – ah yes, that fine moment when your head touches your favorite comfy pillow and you can finally rest after a whole day full of work. You can stretch your legs and arms, turn on your favorite side and hope for the best dreams to come. But we all know that we tend to cut some hours from the actual sleep, either by “ finding this Youtube spiral of funny videos we’ve never seen before and right now is the best moment to watch them, even if it’s 3am and we’ve already seen two 40-minute compilations ” or by setting our alarms earlier, because we have to do some additional things before our usual timetable, even though we know that we will feel exhausted later, usually few hours after noon. So, we help ourselves with a quick nap (i.e. not the “ 30-minute nap that has transcended into half-a-day fulltime sleep, that will keep us running until long after midnight ”), that gives us the energy required to finish the day without being a zombie, and thanks to that, we can call it a day an...