International Mother Tongue Day

Today is the International Mother Tongue Day.

I`d like you to do the following:
1. Go to Languages in the world, read the article and write a short summary (in comment area) giving the info about the number of languages in the world; the most popular languages in the world and three most interesting facts about the languages.
2. Go to UNESCO, read about actions taken to preserve languages and list them in comments.

The Olympics are coming!

20.14 pm, Friday 7th, February 2014

The official opening ceremony of the Olympics will be held

Before you start watching the most exciting contests in winter sports, read about the history of the Olympics (see Topics) and study the results of the participation of Russia in the previous Games (see the tables below) and do the task given below the topic. Deadline is Saturday 7th.

 Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1900–1912	as part of the  Russian Empire (RU1)
1920–1948	did not participate
1952–1988	as part of the  Soviet Union (URS)
1992 Barcelona	as part of the  Unified Team (EUN)
1996 Atlanta	390	26	21	16	63	2
2000 Sydney	435	32	28	29	89	2
2004 Athens	446	28	26	36	90	3
2008 Beijing	455	23	21	29	73	3
2012 London	436	24	26	32	82	4
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
Total		133	122	142	397	12

Medals by Winter Games[edit]

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1924–1952	did not participate
1956–1988	as part of the  Soviet Union (URS)
1992 Albertville	as part of the  Unified Team (EUN)
1994 Lillehammer	113	11	8	4	23	1
1998 Nagano	122	9	6	3	18	3
2002 Salt Lake City	151	5	4	4	13	5
2006 Turin	190	8	6	8	22	4
2010 Vancouver	177	3	5	7	15	11
2014 Sochi
2018 Pyeongchang
Total		36	29	26	91	12

Medals at summer sports

     Leading in that sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	26	27	25	78
Wrestling	25	10	13	48
Gymnastics	19	16	18	53
Boxing	9	5	12	26
Fencing	9	4	6	19
Synchronized swimming	8	0	0	8
Shooting	7	11	9	27
Swimming	5	7	7	19
Cycling	5	3	8	16
Diving	4	8	6	18
Weightlifting	3	13	10	26
Judo	3	4	6	13
Modern pentathlon	3	1	0	4
Canoeing	2	3	6	11
Tennis	2	3	2	7
Volleyball	1	3	2	6
Handball	1	1	1	3
Rowing	1	0	2	3
Taekwondo	0	1	2	3
Water polo	0	1	2	3
Sailing	0	1	0	1
Basketball	0	0	3	3
Archery	0	0	1	1
Badminton	0	0	1	1
Total	133	122	142	397

Medals at winter sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Cross-country skiing	13	7	8	28
Figure skating	12	8	2	22
Biathlon	9	4	7	20
Speed skating	2	4	3	9
Freestyle skiing	0	1	2	3
Bobsleigh	0	1	1	2
Ice hockey	0	1	1	2
Alpine skiing	0	1	0	1
Luge	0	1	0	1
Snowboarding	0	1	0	1
Nordic combined	0	0	1	1
Skeleton	0	0	1	1
Total	36	29	26	91

Getting Ready for Final Exams

Dear friends,
While getting ready for the final state exam in English, please remember to visit this useful site where you can find the Bank of Tasks in reading, listening, writing, speaking and use of English. The more you work out, the more chances you have to succeed!