Anglický jazyk
8.2.1 Living faster, living in cities
It seems that the world is spinning faster today as we witness an unbelievably rapid technology development, increased migration of people and communication hype. There is more of everything: news, information, mobile phone numbers... Especially in cities, the life is incredibly fast. People are forced to work harder to succeed, they want to travel further, climb higher mountains, see more places, be more independent, feel and look younger, live longer and better than their parents and grandparents. Such a lifestyle might be stressful to many people, especially the older ones who have troubles trying to adapt to the increased speed of life.
Living in big cities involves the possibility to meet many interesting people, but also greater anonymity. In smaller towns people know each other better and are more ready to help each other. Big cities might offer more culture but less nature, towns are quieter but might lack services. These are reasons why people move. Younger people usually prefer the urban lifestyle and migrate for education and new life challenges. Older people would probably go for less chaos and a closer community.
"High speed" is probably today's motto. We want everything quick: internet connection, public transport, highways, careers. We want to have holidays, gifts, houses, cars, electronic appliances right now so we take loans from banks or private companies and then we pay them back at high interests. We prefer careers to families and suffer from infertility. Of course this is not true for everyone, but the overall trend is to achieve our goals more quickly, more efficiently and more independently.
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spin
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otáčet se
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witness
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být svědkem
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unbelievably, incredibly
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neuvěřitelně
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hype
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horečka, vzrušení
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be forced to
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být nucen
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succeed
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uspět
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lack
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postrádat
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challenge
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výzva
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electronic appliance
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elektronické zařízení
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loan
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půjčka
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interest
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úrok
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infertility
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neplodnost
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overall
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celkový
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achieve a goal
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dosáhnout cíle
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