Look at the statements 1-10 about advice for new students at a university. Read the text below to decide if each statement is correct or incorrect. If it is correct, mark A. If it is incorrect, mark B.
1. Some centres are open all winter.
2. The activities available depend on the weather.
3. Action Sports Camps courses are unsuitable for people who are excellent at sport.
4. You need to have your own sports equipment.
5. Children and adults spend some time together each day.
6. Some of the staff are unqualified.
7. Action Sports Camps only recommend accommodation of a high quality.
8. You have to pay the total fee one month after you book.
9. Action Sports Camps charge you more if you pay with your credit card.
10. If you cancel three weeks before your camp, you will get half your money back.
SPORTS CAMPS
Action Sports Camps provide activity holidays for children aged over five and adults. We offer training in over twenty sports at ten different centres throughout the UK. All the centres are open from April until October and some open during the winter for weekend courses. The sports offered differ from one centre to another so if you want to do something in particular you should check our colour brochure.
The camps are not just limited to outdoor sports - we cover a wide range of indoor activities as well. So if the rain comes, the camps continue although you may have to take off your football boots and pick up a squash racket instead. With the experience we've gained over the years, we put together the right mix of sport and activities providing sport for all, not just for those who are brilliant at athletics. It is unnecessary to bring any equipment because it is all provided.
We work in small groups, children working with others of their own age, but we do all come together for social activities and meals. So, different members of a family can make their own individual choices but they get a chance to exchange their experiences later on.
Our centres offer first-class accommodation, food and facilities - and the staff are first-class too. Qualified teachers or professionals receive training from us and many work with us year after year. We always employ qualified staff for activities such as swimming, trampolining and gymnastics but some of the assistants organising the children's games are students, many of whom came to the camp themselves when they were younger.
At most of our centres, accommodation is in a hostel or tents. It is not possible for us to arrange other accommodation but we can send you a list of what is available in the area. Most of the places are recommended to us, but not all, so we are not responsible for the quality of the accommodation on this list. Luxury accommodation is not available near our camps.
To book a place at a sports camp, complete the form and send it with a cheque for the deposit to the address below. The rest of the fee can be paid at any time but we must receive it at least one month before your camp. Please note, to keep costs down, you are charged 2.5% extra by us if you pay with your credit card. You will receive a letter of confirmation within ten days of sending your form. Cancellations made up to a month before the camp are refunded in full apart from a 5% administration fee. Fifty per cent of the fee is refunded if a cancellation is made up to two weeks before the date of the camp. After that no refunds can be given.
Russia is Federative republic, mixed republic and "just' republic. There more than 160 nationalities in Russian so it could be called a "multinational" country.
Communication is one of the most important necessities of every human being. Even millions years ago when primitive men could not speak, they communicate with the help of gestures, sounds and pictures. If we try to imagine our life without communication with each other, the picture will be dull and unemotional, like the science fiction where people are replaced by robots.
Besides exchanging the information, we exchange our feelings, emotions, gestures and so on. Communication can reveal different feelings. According to the theme of the communication, communicator, conditions, communication can leave us happy, satisfied, indifferent, irritated or enraged. Sometimes good communication can replace medicine in the case of depression. Our relatives and close people can understand anything without words just looking at our eyes, and that is communication too.
Now people can communicate even if their dialog is not face to face. Modern gadgets give us such opportunity. For instance, sending a short messageby the mobile phone, you can put different marks or smiles conveying your emotions; using the program Skype for chattering you can see your partners face and all gestures he uses.
On the other hand, there is a great detail that cannot substitute communication face to face. When you communicate with a person who can even keep silence, you can understand this person by his or her gestures, eyes and body language. During our communication we often unconsciously touch each other, and that also gives us a piece of information.
To draw a conclusion, I suppose that all modern and fashionable gadgets for communication are really useful things when you have no opportunity to meet a person. Nevertheless, if you have one, enjoy every moment of this process because it is a real treasure and “Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after”.
Каждый день мы общаемся с десятками людей; мы разговариваем о политике, работе, жизни, деньгах и так далее. Но все же, знаем ли мы что такое коммуникация? Энциклопедия говорит, что «коммуникация – это процесс, в котором заключенная информация передается через определенные каналы связи получателю. Получатель декодирует эту информацию и передает ответ отправителю». Это научное объяснение понятия коммуникация. Что же это понятие означает для обычного человека, независимо от его возраста, пола, рода деятельности и социального положения?
Общение является одной из самых важных потребностей человека. Даже миллионы лет назад, когда первобытные люди еще не умели говорить, они общались посредством жестов, звуков и рисунков. Если мы попробуем представить нашу жизнь без общения друг с другом, картина получится достаточно скучной и безэмоциональной, напоминая фантастический фильм, в котором роботы заменили человека.
Кроме того, что в процессе коммуникации мы обмениваемся информацией, мы также обмениваемся чувствами, эмоциями и жестами. Общение может проявить в нас разные чувства. Оно может оставить нас счастливыми, удовлетворенными, безразличными, раздраженными и даже разгневанными. Иногда хорошее общение может заменить лекарство в случае депрессии. Наши родственники и близкие люди могут понять нас без слов, лишь заглянув в наши глаза, и это то же будет являться коммуникацией.
Сейчас люди могут общаться даже не видя собеседника. Современные технологии дают нам такую возможность. Например, посылая сообщение через мобильный телефон, мы можем добавить различные знаки и смайлики, передавая наши эмоции; используя программу «Скайп» для общения, мы можем видеть лицо собеседника и все его жесты.
С другой стороны, есть один существенный момент, из-за которого ничем нельзя заменить общение вживую. Когда вы общаетесь с человек, он даже может не говорить ни слова, но вы поймете его чувства при его жестов, глаз, движений тела. В процессе общения мы не редко неосознанно дотрагиваемся до собеседника, при этом мы тоже получаем некую информацию.
Подводя итоги, мне бы хотелось сказать, что все современные и модные на сегодняшний день средства коммуникации безусловно полезны, если у вас нет возможности поговорить с собеседником с глазу на глаз. Однако если такая возможность все же существует, наслаждайтесь каждым моментом этого процесса, потому что общение – это сокровище, ведь «хорошее общение пробуждает как черный кофе, и после него также сложно уснуть».