To Be Equipped To Face The Future Alone

Are we well-equipped to future-proof nature?

To Be Equipped To Face The Future Alone

New scientific developments have the potential to help environmental managers, policy-makers and conservation groups to future-proof nature’s health, argue two studies published recently in the Journal of Applied Ecology.

The collaborative studies contend that our monitoring and management of the natural environment should include detecting interactions between ecological and human communities.

Scientists from six UK and international research institutions, universities and conservation organisations were involved.

The first study, led by Dr Bryan Spears of the UK’s Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, argues that thanks to the considerable efforts of researchers and citizen scientists, the data and tools to fuel this change in management are becoming readily available and should be harnessed more effectively.

Dr Spears said, “Our study presented a road map for achieving preventative management of nature to complement traditional restoration efforts. The cost estimates for restoration are high and may be as much as €11 billion per year at the EU scale.

Add to these costs the losses associated with extreme weather events, including floods and droughts, which are expected to increase with climate change, and it is clear that managing our environment to make it more resilient to future pressures will deliver significant economic benefits.”

The group assessed recent developments across multiple scientific fields and uncovered a suite of tools, from genetics to satellite earth observation, that allow resilience to be measured from the individual to the ecosystem scale.

“It is clear that managing our environment to make it more resilient to future pressures will deliver significant economic benefits.” Dr Bryan Spears, CEH

Co-author Dr Craig Allen of the US Geological Survey, said, “Monitoring and managing complex systems of people and nature will always be harder than managing individual species.

But anticipating and predicting the responses of ecosystems information about individual species, alone, is unly to be productive.

Techniques to monitor properties of systems that could serve as early warning indicators of deterioration, or indicate measures to build resilience, stand to increase our ability to rapidly and effectively respond to environmental change.”

The study concludes that it is essential that we also identify on-the-ground management measures that build ecological resilience within high value ecosystems to future threats. Large-scale experiments are required to support this.

Key role of long-term studies

A second study of more than 120 long-term records of waxes and wanes in the populations of more than 50 species, led by Dr Sarah Burthe of the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology), showed that current indicators are not yet consistently predicting sudden changes in these populations. When ecosystems are approaching a point of collapse under stress, they become unstable, they wobble, and this can be detected using high frequency monitoring of plants and animals across many different ecosystems.

Dr Burthe said, “The development of reliable early warning indicators of sudden, undesirable ecosystem change is vital for the conservation of biodiversity. However, there is unly to be a “silver bullet” that meets this challenge.

Therefore, research should focus on developing a suite of indicators that together provide a powerful mechanism for predicting future change.

Long-term studies will play a key role in ensuring that these important new tools come to fruition.”

These findings highlight key opportunities to develop strategies for effective management of the natural world in the face of emerging threats such as climate change, pollution and the spread of non-native species. They also underscore the need for large-scale experimentation and continued monitoring of ecosystems to underpin the development of new approaches to safeguard those ecosystems upon which society relies.

“Research should focus on developing a suite of indicators that together provide a powerful mechanism for predicting future change. Long-term studies will play a key role in ensuring that these important new tools come to fruition.” Dr Sarah Burthe, CEH

David Johns, of The Sir Alister Hardy Foundation, said: “We’ve been monitoring the plankton community around the UK for over 70 years, and we have seen many significant changes.

Such changes have had profound effects higher up the food web, with most marine organisms relying on plankton for food.

This inter-connectivity creates a large problem when attempting to design indicators for marine policy usage, particularly when we have not been able to predict sudden ecological responses.”

The research was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council and carried out by staff from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, the US Geological Survey, the University of Duisberg-Essen, the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science and The Tweed Foundation.

Photos: Scots pine (top of page): CEH is leading a project to find a long-term strategy for tree health. Arctic charr (above). Fish data from long-term monitoring of the Cumbrian Lakes were among data studied.

Additional information

Full paper references:

Bryan M Spears (1), Stephen C Ives (1), David G Angeler (2), Craig R Allen (3), Sebastian Birk (4), Laurence Carvalho (1), Stephen Cavers (1), Francis Daunt (1), R. Daniel Morton (1), Michael J. O. Pocock (1), Glenn Rhodes (1) and Stephen J Thackeray (1). 2015.

Effective management of ecological resilience – are we there yet? Journal of Applied Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12497. 1 Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, UK; 2 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden; 3 U.S.

Geological Survey, USA; 4 Universitat Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

Sarah J Burthe (1), Peter A Henrys (1), Eleanor B Mackay (1), Bryan M Spears (1), Ronald Campbell (2), Laurence Carvalho (1), Bernard Dudley (1), Iain D M Gunn (1), David G Johns (3), Stephen C Maberly (1), Linda May (1), Mark A Newell (1), Sarah Wanless (1), Ian J. Winfield (1), Stephen J.

Thackeray (1) and Francis Daunt (1). 2015.  Do early warning indicators consistently predict non-linear change in long-term ecological data? Journal of Applied Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12519.

1 Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, UK; 2 The Tweed Foundation, UK; 3 Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science, UK.

Staff page of Dr Bryan Spears

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Способы выражения будущего времени в английском. Теория и упражнения

To Be Equipped To Face The Future Alone

В английском языке существует несколько способов выражения будущего времени (ways of expressing future actions). Отработке данных способов посвящен данный урок Затонской А.С.

Автор материала: Затонская Анастасия Станиславовна, педагог дополнительного образования Дворца творчества детей и молодежи г. Ростова-на-Дону, кандидат филологических наук.

Способы выражения будущего времени в английском языке

Для выражения будущего времени в английском языке необходимо использовать один из следующих способов:

Использование одного из времен Future (will + нужная форма глагола)

Future SimpleFuture ContinuousFuture PerfectFuture Perfect Continuous
Will+VWill be +VingWill have +V3Will have been +Ving
a) предсказания по поводу будущего со словами think, believe, expect, etcb) решения, принятые в момент говоренияс) обещанияd) действия, которые точно произойдут в будущема) действия, которые будут длиться в момент будущегоа) действия, которые закончатся до момента в будущемa) действия, которые будут длиться до момента в будущем 
I think the weather will be rainy tomorrow.Tomorrow at 5pm I will be flying to Riga.I will have read this article by 5pm.By 3pm tomorrow I will have been running for 50 minutes in our city marathon.

Использование the Present Simple Tense.

Present Simple используется для выражения будущего в следующих речевых ситуациях:

  • В разговорах о расписании (событий / транспорта),
  • В разговорах о графиках (мероприятий),
  • Относительно программ (мероприятий / передач на радио и тв)

Примеры:

The train leaves at 5pm in the evening.

The meeting begins at 8 sharp tomorrow.

Hockey is at 6pm. 

Использование the Present Continuous Tense.

Present Continuous используется для выражения будущего времени в следующих речевых ситуациях:

  • для выражения запланированного на ближайшее будущее действия (особенно с глаголами движения),

Пример:

I'm flying to Kongo next Monday. — Я лечу в Конго в следующий понедельник.

Использование фраз to be going to, to be about to.

О данном способе выражения будущего времени подробно написано в статье Конструкция be going to. 

Думаю, в рамках данной темы Вам полезно будет также обратить внимание на следующие статьи:

Ways of expressing the future action. Схемы и таблицы

Предлагаю несколько схем и таблиц, которые помогут Вам лучше разобраться в особенностях использования различных способов выражения будущего времени.

Таблица 1.

Таблица 2.

Способы выражения будущего времени в английском. Упражнения

Как и все упражнения из цикла уроков Затонской А.С., следующие упражнения основаны на определенной лексической теме. В данном случае, помимо отработки грамматики, мы отработаем еще и лексику по теме Travelling.  

Grammar: the ways of expressing the future action (the Future Simple Tense, the Future Continuous Tense, the Present Simple Tense, the Present Continuous Tense, phrases: to be going to, to be about to).

Lexical topic: Traveling.

Exercise 1. Open the brackets and put the verbs in the proper Tense. Remember that you should use the Future Simple Tense if you speak about the action or succession of actions which will take place in future; if you speak about the action which will be in progress in some moment in future you should use the Future Continuous Tense. You can also use the Present Tenses.

  1. … you (to go) to the booking office to buy the tickets? – No, I (to phone) them.
  2. I am sure he (to be busy) when you (to come). – What makes you think so? – He (to pack) his luggage for the trip. – Really? … he (to go) anywhere?
  3. I am going to visit you in July! I really want to see Jimmy – I haven’t seen him for ages! – Don’t even hope. When you come Jimmy (to travel) in a month-long cruise over Europe.

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences.

  1. When he arrives at St. Petersburg …
  2. He will buy the tickets for the express train when …
  3. When his parents come at his place …
  4. When you come at his place next Friday your visit will be quite place because he…
  5. They will be going sightseeing when …
  6. When he waits at the railway station tomorrow …
  7. He will be hiking when …
  8. When the summer comes …

Exercise 3. Translate into English.

  1. Когда придет лето, он будет путешествовать на корабле по Средиземному морю.
  2. Ты пойдешь меня провожать? – Конечно! С какого вокзала ты уезжаешь? – С главного. Поезд 12, вагон 7. Хорошо! Я не опоздаю!
  3. Ты знаешь, что к тебе собирается Олег? – Да, это не слишком удачно: когда он придет, я как раз буду собирать чемоданы.
  4. Куда ты поедешь на каникулы?

Exercise 4. Describe step by step how you hurriedly pack your things and something disturbs you from this. Don’t forget that you can use such phrases as “to be about to”, “to be going to” when you speak about the immediate future.

The pattern: “I am going to pack my things. I am just about to write a list if things when I realize I have no pen. … “

Exercise 5. You and your friends are going travelling at approximately the same time but to different places. Discuss what you are going to take with you, how you are going to spend the time there, give each other pieces of advice.

Exercise 6. Translate into English.

  1. Ты уже знаешь, где ты проведешь лето? – Да, я поеду на море, как и в прошлом году. – Ты собираешься набрать столько же чемоданов? – Нет, в этот раз постараюсь быть осторожнее с багажом. А куда едешь ты? – Мой маршрут прост: сначала мы с друзьями пойдем в поход, а потом я поеду к родственникам в деревню – буду плавать в речке и загорать на солнышке в деревенской глуши.
  2. Муж, жена и четверо их детей провели уикенд в деревне. Вечером, возвращаясь, они решили взять такси. «За сколько вы довезете нас до Ленокс-Стрит?» – спросил муж. «Вас и жену за два доллара; детей возьму бесплатно» – ответил водитель. «Отлично, ребята» — сказал отец, — «Вы поезжайте домой, а мы с мамой поедем на метро».
  3. Пассажир самолета спрашивает стюардессу: «А вы будете раздавать нам парашюты?» – «Конечно, нет» — «Но ведь на кораблях дают спасательные круги!» – «Но ведь мы же не в море!» — «Да, но количество лиц, умеющих плавать, гораздо больше, чем количество лиц, умеющих летать!»

Exercise 7. Describe your plans for the summer.

Exercise 8. What will travelling be in future, from your point of view? Describe it according to the following plan:

  • reasons for travelling;
  • season and longevity of travelling;
  • means of transport;
  • places to stay in;
  • sightseeing; entertainment.

Надеюсь, Вам понравился этот урок и вы разобрались в способах выражения будущего времени в английском языке.

Сохраните на будущее и поделитесь с друзьями!

Источник: //grammar-tei.com/sposoby-vyrazheniya-budushhego-vremeni-v-anglijskom-teoriya-i-uprazhneniya/

Fears and Phobias

To Be Equipped To Face The Future Alone

The roller coaster hesitates for a split second at the peak of its steep track after a long, slow climb. You know what's about to happen — and there's no way to avoid it now. It's time to hang onto the handrail, palms sweating, heart racing, and brace yourself for the wild ride down.

What Is Fear?

Fear is one of the most basic human emotions. It is programmed into the nervous system and works an instinct. From the time we're infants, we are equipped with the survival instincts necessary to respond with fear when we sense danger or feel unsafe.

Fear helps protect us. It makes us alert to danger and prepares us to deal with it. Feeling afraid is very natural — and helpful — in some situations. Fear can be a warning, a signal that cautions us to be careful.

all emotions, fear can be mild, medium, or intense, depending on the situation and the person. A feeling of fear can be brief or it can last longer.

How Fear Works

When we sense danger, the brain reacts instantly, sending signals that activate the nervous system. This causes physical responses, such as a faster heartbeat, rapid breathing, and an increase in blood pressure.

Blood pumps to muscle groups to prepare the body for physical action (such as running or fighting). Skin sweats to keep the body cool. Some people might notice sensations in the stomach, head, chest, legs, or hands.

These physical sensations of fear can be mild or strong.

This response is known as “fight or flight” because that is exactly what the body is preparing itself to do: fight off the danger or run fast to get away. The body stays in this state of fight–flight until the brain receives an “all clear” message and turns off the response.

Sometimes fear is triggered by something that is startling or unexpected ( a loud noise), even if it's not actually dangerous.

That's because the fear reaction is activated instantly — a few seconds faster than the thinking part of the brain can process or evaluate what's happening.

As soon as the brain gets enough information to realize there's no danger (“Oh, it's just a balloon bursting — whew!”), it turns off the fear reaction. All this can happen in seconds.

Fears People Have

Fear is the word we use to describe our emotional reaction to something that seems dangerous. But the word “fear” is used in another way, too: to name something a person often feels afraid of.

People fear things or situations that make them feel unsafe or unsure. For instance, someone who isn't a strong swimmer might have a fear of deep water. In this case, the fear is helpful because it cautions the person to stay safe. Someone could overcome this fear by learning how to swim safely.

A fear can be healthy if it cautions a person to stay safe around something that could be dangerous. But sometimes a fear is unnecessary and causes more caution than the situation calls for.

Many people have a fear of public speaking. Whether it's giving a report in class, speaking at an assembly, or reciting lines in the school play, speaking in front of others is one of the most common fears people have.

People tend to avoid the situations or things they fear. But this doesn't help them overcome fear — in fact, it can be the reverse. Avoiding something scary reinforces a fear and keeps it strong.

People can overcome unnecessary fears by giving themselves the chance to learn about and gradually get used to the thing or situation they're afraid of.

For example, people who fly despite a fear of flying can become used to unfamiliar sensations takeoff or turbulence. They learn what to expect and have a chance to watch what others do to relax and enjoy the flight.

Gradually (and safely) facing fear helps someone overcome it.

Fears During Childhood

Certain fears are normal during childhood. That's because fear can be a natural reaction to feeling unsure and vulnerable — and much of what children experience is new and unfamiliar.

Young kids often have fears of the dark, being alone, strangers, and monsters or other scary imaginary creatures. School-aged kids might be afraid when it's stormy or at a first sleepover. As they grow and learn, with the support of adults, most kids are able to slowly conquer these fears and outgrow them.

Some kids are more sensitive to fears and may have a tough time overcoming them. When fears last beyond the expected age, it might be a sign that someone is overly fearful, worried, or anxious. People whose fears are too intense or last too long might need help and support to overcome them.

Phobias

A phobia is an intense fear reaction to a particular thing or a situation. With a phobia, the fear is proportion to the potential danger. But to the person with the phobia, the danger feels real because the fear is so very strong.

Phobias cause people to worry about, dread, feel upset by, and avoid the things or situations they fear because the physical sensations of fear can be so intense.

So having a phobia can interfere with normal activities. A person with a phobia of dogs might feel afraid to walk to school in case he or she sees a dog on the way.

Someone with an elevator phobia might avoid a field trip if it involves going on an elevator.

A girl with a phobia of thunderstorms might be afraid to go to school if the weather forecast predicts a storm. She might feel terrible distress and fear when the sky turns cloudy. A guy with social phobia experiences intense fear of public speaking or interacting, and may be afraid to answer questions in class, give a report, or speak to classmates in the lunchroom.

It can be exhausting and upsetting to feel the intense fear that goes with having a phobia. It can be disappointing to miss out on opportunities because fear is holding you back. And it can be confusing and embarrassing to feel afraid of things that others seem to have no problem with.

Sometimes, people get teased about their fears. Even if the person doing the teasing doesn't mean to be unkind and unfair, teasing only makes the situation worse.

What Causes Phobias?

Some phobias develop when someone has a scary experience with a particular thing or situation.

A tiny brain structure called the amygdala (pronounced: uh-MIG-duh-luh) keeps track of experiences that trigger strong emotions.

Once a certain thing or situation triggers a strong fear reaction, the amygdala warns the person by triggering a fear reaction every time he or she encounters (or even thinks about) that thing or situation.

Someone might develop a bee phobia after being stung during a particularly scary situation. For that person, looking at a photograph of a bee, seeing a bee from a distance, or even walking near flowers where there could be a bee can all trigger the phobia.

Sometimes, though, there may be no single event that causes a particular phobia. Some people may be more sensitive to fears because of personality traits they are born with, certain genes they've inherited, or situations they've experienced. People who have had strong childhood fears or anxiety may be more ly to have one or more phobias.

Having a phobia isn't a sign of weakness or immaturity. It's a response the brain has learned in an attempt to protect the person. It's as if the brain's alert system triggers a false alarm, generating intense fear that is proportion to the situation. Because the fear signal is so intense, the person is convinced the danger is greater than it actually is.

Overcoming Phobias

People can learn to overcome phobias by gradually facing their fears. This is not easy at first. It takes willingness and bravery. Sometimes people need the help of a therapist to guide them through the process.

Overcoming a phobia usually starts with making a long list of the person's fears in least-to-worst order.

For example, with a dog phobia, the list might start with the things the person is least afraid of, such as looking at a photo of a dog.

It will then work all the way up to worst fears, such as standing next to someone who's petting a dog, petting a dog on a leash, and walking a dog.

Gradually, and with support, the person tries each fear situation on the list — one at a time, starting with the least fear. The person isn't forced to do anything and works on each fear until he or she feels comfortable, taking as long as needed.

A therapist could also show someone with a dog phobia how to approach, pet, and walk a dog, and help the person to try it, too. The person may expect terrible things to happen when near a dog. Talking about this can help, too. When people find that what they fear doesn't actually turn out to be true, it can be a great relief.

A therapist might also teach relaxation practices such as specific ways of breathing, muscle relaxation training, or soothing self-talk. These can help people feel comfortable and bold enough to face the fears on their list.

As somebody gets used to a feared object or situation, the brain adjusts how it responds and the phobia is overcome.

Often, the hardest part of overcoming a phobia is getting started. Once a person decides to go for it — and gets the right coaching and support — it can be surprising how quickly fear can melt away.

Источник: //kidshealth.org/en/teens/phobias.html

We Just Can’t Afford to Look the Other Way Anymore | Opinion – Conservative

To Be Equipped To Face The Future Alone

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By Dr. Mike Spaulding / News With Views

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. —Edmund Burke

The quote above has been mentioned many times in many different contexts. It is part of a longer letter that Burke wrote to his friend Thomas Mercer in 1770.

The entire thought that Burke sought to express is a powerful reminder of the evil that will befall any people who fail to swiftly and with much malice, destroy the evil actions of those who would by those actions enslave a free people in tyranny. Burke said:

Whilst men are linked together, they easily and speedily communicate the alarm of any evil design. They are enabled to fathom it with common counsel, and to oppose it with united strength.

Whereas, when they lie dispersed, without concert, order, or discipline, communication is uncertain, counsel difficult, and resistance impracticable.

Where men are not acquainted with each other’s principles, nor experienced in each other’s talents, nor at all practiced in their mutual habitudes and dispositions by joint efforts in business; no personal confidence, no friendship, no common interest, subsisting among them; it is evidently impossible that they can act a public part with uniformity, perseverance, or efficacy. In a connection, the most inconsiderable man, by adding to the weight of the whole, has his value, and his use; it, the greatest talents are wholly unserviceable to the public. No man, who is not inflamed by vain-glory into enthusiasm, can flatter himself that his single, unsupported, desultory, unsystematic endeavors, are of power to defeat the subtle designs and united cabals of ambitious citizens. When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.[1]

I have thought often lately, about the necessity of good men taking action when evil men seek to wrest power and control from them. We are in a period of time in America in which good men have not stood toe to toe with evil men and steadfastly refused to comply.

Instead, evil has run roughshod over Americans for decades and has become an emboldened giant our land.

This giant has become so arrogant that it sneers at Christians, taunts us, mocks us, and dares us to step onto the field of battle do something about what it has forced upon us.

Some might argue that many good men have pushed back. They might point to organizations that appear to have done much good such as The Family Research Council, Focus on the Family, the American Family Association and others. Each of these organizations has certainly done some good things.

One thing is lacking however: they have not called for nor led their followers and donors to activism. By activism, I am not speaking of letter writing campaigns, and I do not mean calling elected officials. I am not even speaking about participating in an annual “march” in the city of your choice.

What I am speaking of is becoming what the evildoers in our midst call a right-wing extremist.

If that last statement caused you concern and your first thought was, “well I’m not a right-wing extremist and I don’t think we should be,” then you are part of the problem Burke was speaking about in the quotation above. Let me explain what has happened to you.

The evildoers that believe they are in an unassailable position of power in America have redefined righteousness and holy indignation that leads to action as extremism.

Do you understand that dear reader? The Progressive, Leftist, Marxists that have high-jacked our political system, and I mean all parties have been high-jacked, have redefined godly behavior as extremism, and Christians who are to be the salt and light of the world have accepted this definition and turned their backs on the battlefield.

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Salt that has lost its savor is good for nothing but to be cast down and trampled underfoot.

[2] Does that not describe much of the modern Church in America? Christians, who are to wear the armor of God as day to day attire so as to be ready for every battle,[3] have refused to put on the armor of Him whom they proclaim to love and serve, and they refuse to do battle with evildoers.

That this is true, is evidenced by the whimpering responses of so many who have accepted defeat, have shrugged their shoulders, and have proclaimed by their inaction that there is nothing that can be done to stymy evil’s advance in our land.

This behavior from the sons and daughters of God is heartbreaking. Burke said when men are linked together, when we understand the forces arrayed against our God and therefore against us, we are equipped to oppose it with united strength. The Apostle Paul described our mission statement this way:

We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.[4]

In other words, there is a way of life that Christians are called to live, equipped from God’s armory with every weapon necessary to overcome first, our own frailties and second, the strongholds in our lives and those established in the lives of others. Christianity then becomes a rescue mission that strikes at the very gates of hell utilizing supernatural weapons of divine craftsmanship. But, there is something more to know about what God equips His sons and daughters with.

Of this weaponry Alan Redpath reminds us:

It is not armor to protect the body, for it is not designed to keep the Christian from physical harm, but it is armor designed to protect him from all spiritual attack.

It is not something with which he clothes his body, but something with which he clothes his soul.

It is hidden from the outward scrutiny of others, but its existence in the realm of a man’s soul will be revealed in his daily life.[5]

There is an issue that must be addressed friends. Paul’s last statement in his second letter to the Corinthians cited above, points a finger at the problem: carnality in the body.

Paul said, “And we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.” The body of Christ is weak, disoriented, and ineffective because carnality reigns.

The salt is not savory when carnality is present.

How has this happened? It has happened because the Church has been infiltrated and Christians have become convinced that churches are to be safe houses for all. Let me be clear about something.

The Church should be a field hospital that bandages up the wounded and cares for people during recovery. But, we are not to be putting bandages on festering wounds, allowing gangrene to eat away at the flesh, and pretend we are loving people Jesus did.

Allowing people to remain in their sin because we think that is loving them is apostasy from the truth of the Scriptures writ large.

Instead, when God divinely leads people to you, you are to take out your medicine bag which is the Word of God, and write them a prescription that will begin to address the disease of sin. Christians are to prescribe spiritual medication written by the Holy Spirit of God that provides the only healing available.

For the Church to be the Church once again, it must recognize several things. First, the Church must accept that America has been sabotaged from the inside out. That this sabotage has happened within the Church and has spread to our shared civic life is clear. The Church reflects the culture to its shame.

Second, the mission wherever the Church is found is to share the Gospel of salvation through faith in Christ alone and to denounce wickedness. Christians have been mesmerized by clichés and psycho-babble nonsense when it comes to denouncing evil.

One example of this is the common refrain I hear from pastors: “we want to be known for what we are for, not what we are against.” When you hear that you are listening to a coward or someone who is simply ignorant of the message of the Bible.

Either way, I encourage you to keep your time short with fools.[6]

Finally, the Church must begin to hold its services in the streets. Some of you are thinking through the implications of that statement right now. What I am stating is that worship, ministry, service, and obedience should happen much more often outside the walls of our buildings.

Our “church services” should be about equipping one another to do ministry and ministry happens in the streets more than inside the walls of the building you meet in. It is the world of people drowning in darkness that needs the ministry of God’s Holy Spirit empowered children.

I know of a group of Christians who have named their church, “The Church at Planned Parenthood.” You guessed it, they meet together at a local Planned Parenthood to pray, sing, and testify that God can redeem people.

They incorporate those things into their mission to try to persuade those who are about to destroy innocent life, to consider another option.

They speak of God’s holiness but they also point out the wickedness that is abortion of unborn children.

Now, make no mistake, persecution is the result of an obedient life lived for the glory of God.[7] We are sheep among wolves, but not ordinary defenseless sheep. We are to be shrewd sheep that understand the ways of the world and how we are to combat evil.

[8] The point that I want you to understand reader is that when you are humbled before God, He will send you on mission for Him. That mission will be to those who are perishing. You will find some whom God has made ready to receive His mercy.

You will find others who have become hardened in their sin and who reject you in the vilest of terms. Press on anyway.

Friends, we can no longer look the other way and expect someone else to get America back on the right path. We are fighting a cabal of evil. There are myriad people and organizations which are deliberately attempting to destroy America. They are well organized and they will not stop until they have turned America into a churning cesspool that envelops us all.

No President, Congress, billionaire, or corporation made by man is capable of winning this battle for the continued existence of America.

Only blood-bought, Spirit-filled, redeemed, born-again believers who unite together, who fear nothing that breathes on this earth, are capable of winning this war.

 Will you step up and join fight? One way to do that is to go to www.equaljusticetour.com and become involved.

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Present forms for the future — настоящее для будущего

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Английская грамматика полна сюрпризов, которые поджидают нас в каждом правиле – ведь всегда найдутся исключения, несоответствия, о которых нужно поговорить отдельно.

Вот, например, вы уже выучили английские будущие времена: Future Simple Tense, Future Continuous Tense и Future Prefect Tense. Но, возможно, не знаете, что в некоторых случаях будущее время можно выразить нестандартным способом.

Мы имеем в виду возможность выразить будущее действие при помощи настоящего времени.

The Present Continuous Tense

Рассмотрим сначала возможность выразить будущее действие при помощи времени The Present Continuous Tense. Обратите внимание на следующий пример: «Mary is meeting her husband at the railway station – Мэри встречает (встретит) мужа на станции».

В данном предложении  явно видно, что разговор идет о событии, которое произойдет позже момента речи. Можно предположить, что более одного человека знают об этом событии, и что имеют место определенные приготовления (к встрече).

То есть, Present Continuous употребляется для выражения запланированного действия в будущем. Вот еще несколько примеров:

  • Jane is flying to Paris tomorrow – Джейн завтра улетает (уедет) в Париж
  • What is she doing tonight? – Что она делает (будет делать) вечером,
  • He is planning to visit his friend next week – Он планирует навестить своего друга на следующей неделе.

Примечание: Если действие не было запланировано, а вы только что решили совершить какое-то действие, для его выражения используется Future Simple. Сравните:

  • Peter has broken his leg, he is in hospital now — I know, I’m visiting him tomorrow afternoon. — Питер сломал ногу и сейчас в больнице. — Да, я знаю. Я навещу его завтра после обеда (действие запланировано)
  • Peter has broken his leg, he is in hospital now — Oh, really? I’ll visit him tomorrow then.  — Питер сломал ногу и сейчас в больнице. — О, в самом деле? Тогда я навещу его завтра (не было запланировано, я решил только что)

The Simple Present Tense

Для выражения будущего времени также иногда используется время The Simple Present Tense, но, только если речь идет не о людях, а о расписании поездов, самолетов, о списках, программах и т.п.  Например, My plane leaves at 9 a.m. – мой самолет взлетит в 9 утра.

  • The shop closes at 22:00 – Магазин закроется в 22:00
  • The film begins at 9 p.m. – Фильм начнется в 9 вечера
  • Present Simple можно использовать, когда мы говорим о людях, в том случае, если их планы подчиняются расписанию:• Carol starts her new job next week. – Кэрол начинает работать на новом месте на следующей неделе• What time does your first lecture finish tomorrow? – В котором часу у тебя завтра закончится первая лекция?

    Но для личных планов, как уже было сказано выше, более употребимо время Present Continuous.

  • Также Present Simple употребляется вместо будущего времени в придаточных предложениях времени и условия (после союзов if, when, as soon as, unless, before):• When father comes home I will ask him to help me with my Math homework – Когда папа придет домой, я попрошу его помочь мне с домашним заданием по математике.• If she agrees, we will go to Spain for holiday. — Если она согласится, мы поедем в отпуск в Испанию.

    Подробнее смотрите в нашем видеоуроке:

to be  going to do smth

Будущее действие также выражается при помощи конструкции to be + going to do smth, которая на русский язык переводится как «собираться что-то сделать», например, предложение «Я собираюсь поговорить с ним» выражает будущее предполагаемое действие – I am going to speak to him.

  • He is going to work. Don’t bother him. — Он собирается работать. не беспокойте его.
  • Is she going to discuss this matter with her daughter? – Она собирается обсуждать этот вопрос со своей дочерью?
  • Конструкция to be going to также употребляется для выражения того, что может случиться в будущем.• There is a big hole in the bottom of the boat. It’s going to sink. – В днище лодки большая дыра. Лодка утонет!

    • Look at these heavy clouds. It’s going to rain. – Посмотри на эти тучи. Пойдет дождь.

    Кто бы меня ни разбудил, он за это заплатит!

Разница между “I am doing” “I am going to do”

Как уже было сказано выше, Present Continuous выражает то, что было заранее запланировано.

I am going to do something – означает, что я решил что-то сделать, но, возможно, еще не запланировал. Например,

  • Your jeans look rather worn. – Yes, I know. I am going to buy a new pair. – Твои джинсы выглядят довольно поношенными . – Да я знаю. Я собираюсь купить новые (то есть, я решил купить новые джинсы, но пока не запланировал поход в магазин).

Но часто разница между “I am doing” и “I am going to do”очень незначительна, поэтому не будет ошибкой употребление любой из этих форм. I’m going to the cinema tonight практически равно I’m going to go to the cinema tonight.

Надеемся, что данная статья поможет немного разобраться в нюансах английской грамматики. А чтобы это проверить, предлагаем пройти небольшой тест.

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