he World's Bizarre Festivals
People of all nationalities celebrate festivals to mark a religious event, to commemorate some significant occasions in their history, to preserve their traditions and just for merry-making. Festivals are organized to unite people and to provide entertainment. Every country has its own unique customs and events. There are many famous festivals around the world such as the Carnivals in Rio de Janeiro and Venice. They are very large and colourful events which draw huge crowds of local people and tourists. But there are a lot of smaller festivals going on in different countries every day of the year. Some of them are quite usual. Others are bizarre and crazy.
lot of other bizarre festivals in the world such as Great American Bathtub Race in Alaska, the USA, the World Sauna Championships in Heinola, Finland, the World's Biggest Liar Competition in Wasdale, England, Camel Wrestling in the Aegean region, Turkey and many other festivals in different parts of the world. Maybe some of them are silly and crazy but they remind us that life is not boring at all and we should derive as much pleasure as we can from it. Besides laughter makes us healthier and
What were you doing last Monday at 6 o'clock?
Что делать надо? перевести?
1. The aim of positive economics <em><u>is to </u></em>explain how society makes decisions about consumption, production, and exchange of goods.
2. Whatever our political persuasion, whatever our view about what we would like to happen or
what we would regard as 'a good thing', in the first instance we <em><u>have to</u></em> be
concerned with how the world actually works.
3. Although competent and comprehensive research <u><em>can </em></u>in principle resolve many of the
outstanding issues in positive economics, no corresponding claim <u><em>can</em></u> be made
about the resolution of disagreement in normative economics.
4. The elderly have very high medical expenses compared with the rest of the population, and the government <em><u>should </u></em>subsidise health bills of the aged.
5. It is a statement about how the world works, and we <u><em>can</em></u> imagine a research programme
that could determine whether or not it is correct.
6. The second part of the proposition - the recommendation about what the government <u><em>should</em></u>do - <u><em>could </em></u>never be 'proved to be correct or false by any scientific research investigation.
7. Many people <u><em>can</em></u> share this subjective judgement, for example those people who believe that all citizens alive today<u><em> should</em></u> be able to purchase roughly equal amounts of luxury and recreational goods after paying for the necessities of life.
8. But other people<u><em> might </em></u>reasonably disagree.
9. You<u><em> might </em></u>believe that it is more important to devote society's scarce resources to
<span>improving the environment. </span>
