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Life of the 21-st
century

The Guggenheim Museum

It is situated in Manhattan, New York

The museum has a comprehensive collection of European painting throughout the 19-20-th centuries

It has the collection of American painting from the second half of the 20-th century

It refers to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, founded in 1937

The unusual form of the museum is the work of Master of Organic Architecture who was one of the most prominent and influential architects of the first half of the 20-th century. He not only developed a series of highly individual styles over his extraordinary long architectural career, he influenced the whole course of American architecture and building. To this day he remains probably America’s most famous architect.
People can see his concept of “space in motion” in the design of the Guggenheim Museum.

The building is “all in one great space on a continuous floor”.
F.L.Wright

Frank’s mother gave him paper, blocks, and other simple material to play when he was young. She would help him arrange these materials to build things. He later said that this training affected his architecture.

Wassily Kandinsky

Pablo Picasso

Would you like to visit the Guggenheim Museum?
- I would…

The reef forms a natural breakwater between the strong waves of the Pacific and the coast of Australia. The channel that separates it from the coast varies in width from 16 to 240 km. Water in the channel is calm and shallow.

In 1981 the Great Barrier Reef was added to UNESCO’s
World Heritage List.

Make up the dialogue, please

“The first effect of Niagara Falls was peace. Nothing of gloom.”
Charles Dickens

“It calls up the past. When Columbus first saw this continent
Niagara was roaring here. Niagara is as strong today
as ten thousand years ago.”
Abraham Lincoln

Captain Webb was known as the first man to swim the English channel. On the evening of July 24, 1883 he came up to the river and dived in. Many people were present there. Soon the man appeared in the middle of the river. A loud shout went up from the crowd, but a moment later the man went under the water. Thousands of eyes were looking at the river, but the man was drowned.

In 1902 a young woman decided to go over the Falls in a barrel. There were many pillows inside the barrel. When Miss Taylor examined the barrel carefully, she got in. The barrel was closed and then thrown into the river. When the barrel reached the Falls it was shot down by the terrible force of the water. The barrel was caught and opened. Miss Taylor came out alive but frightened very much.

What other Falls do you know?

1792 -1871

A machine for mathematical computation was built in 1833 by the English mathematician Charles Babbage. Now the scientists realize that he understood clearly all the fundamental principles of modern computers.

Charles Babbage was born in Devonshire, England, 1792. He did not receive a good education , but he taught himself mathematics so well that when he went to Cambridge, he found that he knew more algebra than his tutor.

He was outstanding among his contemporaries because he insisted on the practical application of science and mathematics. He wrote widely on the economic advantages of mass production and on the development of machine – tools.

New Zealand has very few native animals. The kiwi, a bird which lives in the forest and does not fly, is found nowhere else in the world. The kiwi is the national emblem of New Zealand.

Are you a friend of nature?