Globalization.English as a global language.

Geographically the  most widespread language on Earth is English, and it is second only to Mandarin Chinese in the number of people who speak it. English is the national language of the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. It is one of the two national languages of Canada. It is an official or semiofficial language in many former and present British possessions such as South Africa, India, and Hong Kong. Members of the diplomatic corps in most lands have some knowledge of English. English has long been the language of commerce, and it is becoming the language of international relations as well.

A third of people on the planet are learning English. It becomes a truly "world language". But English speakers fail to learn other languages.

English is the world language and we don't have to worry about it. English speakers should not be complacent because they can speak this increasingly widely-used language. Chinese, Arabic and Spanish are also going to be key international languages. The fact that the world is learning English is not particularly good news for native speakers who cannot also speak another language. The world is rapidly becoming multi-lingual and English is only one of the languages, people in other countries are learning. English becomes a "basic skill" - learnt by primary-age children, rather than something that older children or adults might want to acquire later.

So it is so easy now to go to another country, because we know some language, even not perfect, but we're sure we'll be understood. Englishconnectspeople.

Staying healthy: medical service in different countries.

It is important for all of us to stay in good health. At first, remember that the rational nutrition (diet/food) plays here significant role. The every day food is supporting our bodies. Thus, it is very important for health to give for body all it needs with meal. Natural vitamins could be a good solution here. There are a lot of high-quality vitamins in fresh greens, and non-polluted vegetables. So, you should have them in your every day ration. They are useful for adults, as well as for children. If you will not eat any vitamins then your organism will be weak, and you can easily get sick.

Second important thing you should do is to go in for sport- you just need to spend more time outside and lead an active way of life. That helps to keep our body strong and healthy, and mind fresh.

Yet another thing that you should better avoid is smoking and drinking. If you drink a lot and smoke, you are going to be in big troubles. In this way you will destroy your health.

It is easy to destroy your health, but then it is very hard, and sometimes even impossible, to rebuild it. Everyone should love his health and body, and then he will definitely have a success with health.

As far as medical service concerned, it is different in many countries. For example, In our country medical service is free of charge. There is a wide network of clinics and hospitals. If a person falls ill he calls a local doctor. The doctor visits his patient. And examines him. He usually sounds the patient's chest, listens to his heart, fells his pulse and his blood pressure. The doctor gives the instructions. If the patient follows them, it doesn't take him long to recover. But unfortunately, our free of charge hospitals are old-fashioned and need repairing. Doctors and nurses are overworked and underpaid. One of the positive features, which still exists in Russia, medical service in regular medical check-up of school children. It is very important to prevent illness. They are vaccinated and examined by specialists. I think that medical service should be free of charge for all people.

In contrast, in the USA you have to pay for every medical service. In the United States, they do not have socialized medicine or national health insurance. Instead, in order to obtain medical care, you must either have health insurance or pay for the medical care directly yourself. Even if you call the ambulance, you are to pay 20$ for it. But you are sure that you will have you own room, and the service would be perfect!

In conclusion, I would like to add, that it’s very difficult to say what medicine is better – Russian or American. When I went to the clinic in the US I got all the necessary service, it’s really good. Fortunately, I had an insurance, and didn’t have to pay for it. But, to tell the truth, our Russian medicine service is much closer for me with all its disadvantages.