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thomas edison

thomas edison an american inventor was born in 1847, in state ohio and died in 1931, in state new-jersey. he developed many useful devices, such as electric lighting and he also invented some other important things for society. his first power station was on manhattan island, in new york. he was the first man who invented a light bulp model in 1879. he also succeeded in making telegraph. his brilliant knowledge greatly influenced people's life and made it more comfortable and easier.

different people like doing different things because their tastes differ. so people have different hobbies. “a hobby” is something that people usually do to get pleasure or to relax and to spend free time.

usually people choose as a hobby something that they really like doing. something for their character and their taste. you will never do something as a hobby if you don’t like it. if you have an interesting hobby your life becomes more interesting, of course.

most people chose something “to do” as a hobby - doing means something active from traveling to taking pictures, from table tennis to football. others choose something “to make”. making things includes knitting, sewing, handicrafts, painting, drawing.

“collecting things” is another popular pastime. people collect different things like books, toys, car models, plane models, coins, cd’s. there are more serious collectors of expensive paintings, rare things or art objects. such hobbies are for rich people. we can often see such private collections in museums, art galleries or libraries.

many people, seeking happiness, often have a strange discomfort in connection with this desire.  for some reason they think that their desire to either illegally or unfairly, or not at all feasible.  parents and teachers, associates and promoters throughout the life of people cheated a ghost, a mirage of happiness close, from which many left with a bitter aftertaste in the soul, which is expressed like this: "happiness does not exist.  even if it exists, it is unattainable.  even if it is feasible, then at least not by me personally. "people are immensely mistaken in perceiving happiness as something beyond their own lives.  in fact, each and every happiness is assigned.  distrust of the same to their own forces to prevent it from acquiring any of their own accord.happiness - is the natural result of concerted effort and intent on self-completeness.happiness - not a myth, a natural fruit of a wise life.  but it should be, the wise life? sochaste, integrity, integrity, symphony, proportionality, polyphony, iridescence, spectrality, the tao, the pleroma.  happiness is a state of highest vitality, maximum integration, complete integrity, making its development in balance and alignment of all parts and components that form the life-world of the individual.in order to meet his happiness, not only to secure some experience pleasure or to fulfill one or another cherished dream (for someone else - to become president, for someone - write 1000 paintings).

1. использование нового оборудования позволило свести к минимуму число рабочих. 2. компьютеры контролируют почти все, что мы делаем в современной жизни. 3. мы использовали словари, когда мы писали тест в прошлый понедельник. 4. я никогда не забуду эту романтическую .