Do You Like the Town You Live in?


  Unfortunately, nobody can say "yes". Our rivers and lakes are polluted as people themselves throw litter and factories dump industrial waste. As a result we can't swim in these rivers as well as we can't drink the water it gives. So we must do something to prevent our lakes and rivers becoming just puddles.
  Just of all we could organize a clean up campaign and attract a huge number of volunteers who would clean up rivers and lakes. This way we would make lots of people aware of the environmental problems as well as we would solve a serious problem of pollution.
  Another sollution would be to put out more rubbish bins so that less rubbish would be in the water.
  It would also be good if government fines factories that dump industrial waste into lakes and rivers. As a result water pollution will decrease, so our water will become a bit cleaner.
  In conclusion, I'd like to say that local people and industry should work together in order to solve the problem of polluted water. It will be easier to clean up lakes and rivers together. I hope all of us will be able to swim and use the water again.

  Чаплыгина Ольга 14 лет, гр. Upstream Intermediate.

A Story in American McDonald's.

  This story happened in Atlanta. We had had a long way from The Atlantic Ocean. Approximatelly 100 km left to Kennesaw, we just reached Atlanta city. Some of us were thirsty and wanted to go to the toilet. We saw McDonald's and decided to stop. Stas went out of the car and walked to the Fast Food restaurant.
  One remark: Population of Atlanta is primary Afroamericans.
  Stas reached the cashier and said:"A White Coca-Cola please!". The cashier was Afroamerican (of course :). He asked Stas what he wanted... Stas replied without any hesitation that he wanted a white Coca-cola. The cashier looked at Stas strangely and decided to find out which kind of Coca-Cola he chose. Stas's answer was exactly the same. Both cashiers and visitors got odd but the cashier poured him a standart Coca-cola. Stas took a plastic glass, made one drop and at last recognized What he said. He wanted a light Coca-cola but he said "white"! He interpreted it like "Coca-cola was for the white people only" in no time.
  Stas run down from McDonald's with cries:"Start the engines! Go!". But we couldn't go because Dima went to the toilet in McDonald's and disappeared. We got worried about Dima. Afroamericans were aggressive and Dima could be beaten by them. Fortunately we saw him in some minutes coming out from the restaurant.
  Our manager and the driver at the same time pushed the accelerator and tried to turn around.
  He didn't notice the border and we jumped with the car. Thus we escaped from Afroamericans and got adrenalin.

  Гурова Наталья