When you hear the final whistle

The article is headlined “When you hear the final whistle”. It tells about successful sportsmen who have to retire after their eventful life. At the opening of the article the author asks such questions as - when should a sportsperson retire and what should he do when he retires. After that the journalist cites quotations of people connected with sport. A sports psychologist Ian Cockerill and the US jockey Eddie Araco, both of them insist that there is a high risk for sportspeople of depression on the score of loss of status, recognition, the glamour. Then the author illustrates his ideas by examples of famous sportsmen. A lot of them have a dismal end. The first one, Michael Jordan, retired several times and ended in failure in an inferior team. The second one, Muhammad Ali, having retired after losing to Trevor Berbick three years later developed Parkinson’s disease. The third sportsmen, Jimmy Greaves thinks that a lot of players would prefer to be shot once their career is over. However this situation has good cases, as Franz Beckenbauer, who won everything with his club, John McEnroe, who became a highly respected and highly paid TV commentator.Начало формы

Family of the future

There are different families: big and small, with both parents or with only one parent, with children or without them. Some families are happy, some are not.As for me,I want to have a big family. And though we are a close family sometimes I feel down sometimes because I have neither a brother nor a sister with whom I can share my teen`s secrets, go to the disco, ask for an advice and help them if they are in trouble.I think in my future family there will be two pairs of twins. They will have the same inerests and won`t be bored together. They will be sporty, clever, friendly, helpful as we are. my mum and dad willlive with us too.We`ll live in a big cottage with a flower garden at the front and a fruit garden at the back.All together we`ll work there and have a rest on weekends with our chilldren`s and our friends.We`ll have a car to show our children all the beauty of the world and make new friends during our travellings.I also have a dream to take a child or even two from a children`s house.I`m sure my dream`ll come true, my husband won`t be against it because he`ll be very kind, careful and children-loving.like me.I know we`ll be the happiesr family in the world.

Can money make a person happy?

In reality money is what brings the happiness. Lots of people are saying that money can't bring happiness because you will have fake friends and fake lives or whatever, if you have friends before you get rich or hit the lotto would they then be considered as fake friends? I don't think so, and why would anyone be naive enough to fall for a fake friend and not notice. Some say the love and happiness will be fake but so what? That person is still happy right? I'm sure no one will be happy living in a dump or the streets. Take a homeless person for example, do you guys think they are happy where they are at? No food and no shelter and no where to go. Lots of people say rich people have a bad rep, there are millions of rich people and I'm very certain at least one of them don't. Wouldn't you want to get all you're loved ones the things they desire and see them happy? Wouldn't you want to get you're son or daughter a nice car or get you're daughter or girlfriend a beautiful dress? Yes those are all just luxuries that fulfills ones desire. To obtain happiness is to obtain ones desire. There are many wealthy people that have died happy, everyone just looks at the ones that didn't. Money "CAN" buy happiness.