......... History has been made at conferences; chance remarks have begun lifelong friendships; and from conversation has come inspiration for great achievements. Conversation is the means by which people draw near to one another with sympathy and pleasure; it is the basis of social activities. Those skilled at conversation have always had an advantage in life.                

..........This same urge prompts youngsters to climb trees and draws tourists to lookouts, observation points, and the tops of skyscrapers. This urge to get up above the crowd has led mountain climbers to develop the skills and tools that made it possible on May 29, 1953, for New Zealander Edmund Hillary and the Sherpa mountaineer Tensing Norkay to reach the world's highest point, the summit of Mount Everest, 8,846 metres above sea level.          

The battle of Waterloo was fought in 1815 in Belgium ........... After the laying of cables across the English Channel in 1851 and across the Atlantic Ocean in 1866, the time interval in the communicating of news was greatly reduced. Today news from around the globe is carried almost instantly by satellite transmission and we can watch even alive images from a place hundreds of kilometres away.            

The colour of granite depends on the proportions and varieties of the minerals in it, The principal constituent mineral of granite is feldspar. The predominant colour is, thus, grey...........And it gets lighter as its percentage lessens. Greenish, pink and blue colours are due to different kinds of minerals such as plagioclase, muscovite, biotite, amphibole or pyroxene.              

Grace and her boyfriend, Jeff, were taking the same biology class at university. .......... . Unlike the rest of the class, however, Jeff was just sitting there without bothering to write down anything. Finally Grace noticed him writing something down briefly. Astonished, she leaned over to see what he had found so important to make a note. His note read, "Get notes from Grace."              

Animal life in Turkey is widely varied ........... This peninsula is a miniature continent whose seven geographical regions have strikingly different characters both in land and in climate. The unusual variation in climate and terrain provides diverse ecological conditions to support the natural habitats of many different species.              

In modem times, man has managed to increase world productivity, bringing more opportunités and wealth to more people than ever before...........They are right. They lack something profoundly marked by humanistic values and concerns — something past generations couldn't have imagined living without: having a lot of people around them who they know and care about.          

Body language is also known as non-verbal communication. It covers bodily gestures, facial expression, body posture and position and communication by touch and bodily contact............A look may say yes, for example, even if the words say no. The way a person stands may say "I don't like you,” even if the words say "We're friends." Indeed, the message sent by body signals is often different from that conveyed by speech.              

Jonas was a prophet commanded by the Lord to preach to the wicked city of Ninive, capital of the Assyrian Empire. Frightened by this assignment, he sought to flee from the command.............The crew members feared for their lives, and Jonas knew it was his attempt to escape that was causing the ship’s misfortune. So, he told the crew that if they threw him overboard, the sea would become calm because the Lord would be satisfied.            

Perhaps no other group has been so misrepresented by television and movies as the American teenagers. Their Hollywood image is of a glamorous, good looking, but spoiled and stupid group of young people who spend most of their time at parties............. . Hollywood, somehow, doesn't seem interested in showing this real world.