Motorcar Curse or blessing

Today motorcar became very popular and it plays an important role in every person’s life. It’s hard to imagine modern life without a car. Manufactures improve cars, supply them with the latest technology, creating new models and brands.

Before buying a car you have to take into consideration all pluses and minuses of having a car.

To advantage we can refer an opportunity of fast movement in any place and in any time. The car provides maximum comfort during the movement. Motorcar – it’s a vehicle, which you don’t need wait, there are always comfortable sits and it’s warm inside in winter and cool in summer. If you have a car you may have part-time job of taxi driver or courier.

But, of course, there are some disadvantages.

The first one is the value of the car, and then you have to spend money on petrol, repairing and other costs. Moreover, even the car makes your traveling very comfortable and fast, in the same time it needs a lot of time and attention. If you decided on buying a car, you also need think on buying a garage for it. Besides, buying the car needs big costs from family budget. It also has a bad influence on man’s health: it pollutes the environment with exhaust gases, car drivers spend little time going on foots and don’t breathe the fresh air enough.

Also when you live in a big city, you spent a lot of time in traffic jams and it’s hard sometimes to find a parking. Also you have a risk of getting into car accident and sometimes it’s a really great danger for your life and also you can become a victim f car theft.

Motorcar has it’s pluses and minuses and buying it is every person’s business.

National Stereotypes

Generalizations about cultures or nationalities can be a source of pride, anger or simply bad jokes. Some people say that in all stereotype there is some basis in reality, as they don’t develop in vacuum.

To give a more serious definition: “National Stereotype is a system of culture-specific beliefs connected with the nationality of a person. This system includes beliefs concerning those properties of human beings that may vary across nations, such as appearance, language, food, habits, psychological traits, attitudes, values etc.”

True cold-blooded scientists warn, that “National character stereotypes are not even exaggerations of real differences: They are fictions.”

American – arrogant; assertive; open-minded; materialistic; ambitious; progressive; efficient; straight-forward; alert; practical; US-centered world view; egoistic; anxious; fast food eaters; war mongers; God is with us!

British (UK) – drinkers; lousy food; stiff upper-lips; ultra-traditional; steady-on, old chaps; bulldog spirit; bad teeth and hygiene; rude; thin; smoke cigar or pipe; scruffy hair; “fitted” clothing; heavy binge drinkers; swear all day long; artistic; “fashionable”; deep thinkers; intelligent and articulate; boastful; anti-American; ride bikes; God save the Queen!

Russians – aggressive; rude; good tippers, big spenders; generally generous; open-minded; agreeable; love their “babushkas” and the last Czar; either spys or communists; alcoholics (primarily Stolichnaya vodka); mainly poor – with a few shiny billionaires; buy football clubs around the world (mainly in England); love ice hockey, gymnastics, wrestling, weight lifting; organized crime (the Russian Mafia) is everywhere; overweight; have deep hearty laughs; threatening nuclear war; want to invade with MIG fighter jets; ultra-orthodox Christians; love to secretly poison their enemies with uranium injections; warmongering similar to Americans