You want to get a loan to start your own business. What questions do you think the bank manager will ask you?
What are the aims of your business?
How much money do you need?
Have you made a business plan?
When are you going to pay the money back?
How often have you applied for any loans before?
Which do you think is more important: following the dreams your parents want for you or following your own dreams? Why?
Mentally strong people don’t let others determine their career paths. Instead, they take charge of their own lives and go wherever they want to go. But if you are not that strong you should listen to your own feelings and talk to your parents. Because what is the point of just making money if you feel miserable doing something?
You know it will sound great if our parents’ expectations are similar to our own dreams.
They say it’s important for a person to speak English nowadays to get a good job. What is your opinion?
I believe that English is the language of the modem world. All people around the world know the importance of the English language in our life, because we need it in our work and sometimes when we meet other people from other cultures, the only way to communicate with them is to use English. We need it for traveling to other countries on business trips as well. That does not mean our language is not important. I believe all people love their languages, but the first language now in the world is English.
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Let s talk about Belarus.
What celebrations in Belarus are your favourite?
The life of each of us is full of "high days:" exciting days which we look forward to like school trips, visits to the circus or theatre and "holidays" which are printed red in the calendar.
I’d like to tell you about my most favourite holidays. First comes New Year. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that New Year is the greatest holiday in Belarus and no other holiday is celebrated as wholeheartedly as New Year.
Throughout our country the preparations for greeting New Year start long before the 31 st of December. People send and get thousands of New Year cards, prepare presents for their families and friends and decorate their houses and a New Year tree with shining bells, colorful balls and bright lights. The tradition of decorating a New Year tree is by the way mostpopular with any Belarusian family. On New Year’s Eve the homes are full of great atmosphere of expectation. Air is filled with fresh smell of New Year tree and delicious smells of great variety of dishes prepared for the holiday meal. People carry on the celebration with their friends dancing, singing and making fireworks.
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Then comes Christmas. Somehow it is the continuation of New Year’s mood. I enjoy Christmas holiday mood all around with its Christmas tree, decorated homes and trees, illuminations, organizing a special meal and a lot of festive foods. We exchange gifts with our relatives and friends.
Then Easter comes with its colorful eggs and very beautiful pies. There is a great ceremony at church with lit candles and songs. Churches are filled with flowers on Easter Day. Everything represents new life.
What can you tell me about Belarusian national cuisine?
Belarusian cuisine is known for a bid choice of potato dishes and rich soups, often dressed with sour cream, as well as cold soups refreshing for the hot summer periods. Geographical position and weather conditions in Belarus resulted in a wide use of such products as forest mushrooms and berries, herbs, apples, pears, river fish and crab, milk products. It is still traditional for Belarusian families to make marinated mushrooms and vegetables based on home recipes. Cooking methods characteristic for the old traditional Belarusian cuisine are stewing and boiling.
The first meal of the day in the morning is breakfast. Some Belarusian people eat toast with butter and jam or marmalade and nothing else. Others eat a bowl of cereals or muesli with milk or porridge. Belarusian breakfast may also contain sausages, bacon, scrambled or fried egg, beans, etc. Melon, grapefruit or fruit cocktails are popular, but the most common drinks at this time of the day are orange juice or a cup of tea or coffee.
The second meal of the day in Belarus is lunch. We usually eat a bowl of soup with some slices of bread, and also a cup of tea.
Dinner is the last meal Belarusian people have. It’s a cooked meal of meat or fish and some veg. It’s common to eat desert after the main dish.
Many people in Belarus like eating draniki or pancakes with machanka, Belarusian traditional souse. It may be different in different regions. Most often it is made with pork, sausage, sliced onion, sour cream and flour.
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