БРЮС МОНК, АВТОР ПОПУЛЯРНЕЙШЕГО ШКОЛЬНОГО УЧЕБНИКА « HAPPY ENGLISH », ГОВОРИЛ
О СОВРЕМЕННОЙ РУССКОЙ КУЛЬТУРЕ :
The concept of родина arouses a lot of emotion in Russians. It is feminine, you regard it as your mother ( родина - мать , родина - матушка ,). We have a different attitude to our country. We would never dream of calling it «motherland». Your people feel nostalgic during three-week Oxford summer courses of English. I lived in Russia away from my country for 9 years and I did not feel nostalgic. We are on different terms with our country.