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Учебное пособие «Тексты по английскому языку» содержит тексты и вопросы для совершенствования умений устной и письменной речи студентов неязыковых специальностей. Данное учебное пособие может использоваться по выбору преподавателя на занятиях по практике английского языка в рамках тем “Family”, “Studies”, “Holidays and travelling”, “Great Britain” на 1-2 курсах. Также пособие может использоваться для самостоятельной работы студентов с целью расширения лексического запаса студентов и совершенствования лексических навыков по английскому языку. Данное учебное пособие актуально для обучения студентов по профилю «Психология», «Логопедия», «Социальная педагогика», «Специальная психология», «Олигофренопедагогика» с квалификацией бакалавра, поскольку оно направлено на формирование следующих компетенций: · владеет культурой мышления, способен к обобщению, анализу, восприятию информации, постановке цели и выбору путей её достижения (ОК-1); · способен понимать значение культуры как формы человеческого существования и руководствоваться в своей деятельности современными принципами толерантности, диалога и сотрудничества (ОК -3); · способен логически верно вести устную и письменную речь (ОК-6); · владеет одним из иностранных языков на уровне, позволяющем получать и оценивать информацию в области профессиональной деятельности из зарубежных источников (ОК-10); · готов к толерантному восприятию социальных и культурных различий, уважительному и бережному отношению к историческому наследию и культурным традициям (ОК-14); · владеет основами речевой профессиональной культуры (ОПК-3); · способен к использованию отечественного и зарубежного опыта организации культурно-просветительской деятельности (ПК-10). CONTENTS
Family Text 1 My Family Let me introduce myself. My name is Alexander, Alec for short. My full name is Alexander Sergeyevich Orlov. Orlov is my surname. Alexander is my first name and Sergeyevich is my patronymic. I am not yet nineteen. At the moment I am a first-year student at the University. My parents have two more children besides me. Thus I have got an elder brother and a younger sister. My sister Helen is just out of school. She is seventeen. She is a pretty girl with brown hair and soft dark-brown eyes. Her dream is to become a pianist. My brother, whose name is Michael, is eight years my senior. He is twenty seven already. He is a builder. He is married and has a family of his own. They are four in the family. He has a wife and two children – a son and a daughter. They are twins. They are lovely little children with golden hair and dark-blue eyes. They are always full of joy and gaiety. His wife’s name is Nina. She is a surgeon by profession. They are not in Saint Petersburg. They are in the Far East. My parents are not old at all. Father is fifty, and Mother is three years junior. My grandparents are already pensioners but they are still full of life and energy. They have a house in the country. Aunt Mary is with them. She is a pleasant-looking woman of about forty. Uncle Nick, her husband, is a librarian. He is a clever man but a little unpractical. Aunt Mary, on the other hand, is very practical and full of common sense. They have a son. He is my cousin. Peter is nineteen. He is a fine fellow. He is at the University and is studying to be a chemist. He is a clever, hard working student, a first class footballer, and a good runner. He is strong, quiet and thoughtful like his father. Answer these questions: 1. What is your name? 2. How old are you? 3. What does your sister look like?4. Does your brother have his own family? 5. What is his brother’s wife by profession? 6. Who has a house in the country? 7. What is Uncle Nick? 8. Is Peter a fine fellow? 9. Why do you think he is a fine fellow? 10. Who does Peter take after?
Text 2 About Myself and My Family Let me introduce myself. I’m Igor Rostov. Igor is my first name. Rostov is my surname. I’m fourteen years old. I was born on the 10th of December in Moscow. I’m a pupil. I go to school. I’m in the 9th form. I’d like to be a computer programmer. I’m good at Maths and Physics. They are my favourite subjects. I’m rather tall and slim. My hair is fair. I’ve got blue eyes. I like to joke and to laugh. I think I’ve got a sense of humor. I go in for sports. I play football. Our team takes part in different football competitions. I want to tell you a few words about my family. My family is large. There are five of us: my mother, my father, my brother, my sister and me. First of all some words about my parents. My parents have been married for twenty-four years. My father is fifty years old. He is an engineer. His name is Boris. He works in the office of a shipbuilding company. He is very experienced. My father is always busy. He likes his job very much. My father is a tall man with fair hair and green eyes. He can make different things with his own hands. We’ve got a car and my father always repairs our car himself. My father is fond of swimming. When he has some free time we go to the swimming-pool together. My mother’s name is Sveta. She is forty-five but she looks much younger. She is slim. My mother has big blue eyes and brown hair. She is a doctor. She works in a hospital and likes her profession very much. My mother keeps house and takes care of us. She is very good at cooking. She often cooks something tasty for us. We try to help her about the house. I’m lucky to have an elder brother. My brother Oleg is about twenty-three. He is married and has a family of his own. Oleg is a businessman and his wife Helen is a teacher of English. They have a small daughter who is two year old. Oleg is my best friend. I can always turn to him with my troubles. My younger sister Olya is only five years old. Olya goes to the kindergarten. She is very funny. I like to spend my free time teaching her something. Sometimes I take Olya to the Zoo. My grandparents are retired. They don’t live with us but I think them to be members of our family. They often come to see us. My grandparents like gardening. They spend a lot of time in the country. They grow vegetables and fruit. I love my family very much. We always help each other. Everyone in my family is my best friend. Answer these questions: 1. What’s your name? What’s your surname? 2. How old are you? 3. When and where were you born? 4. Are you a pupil? 5. What form are you in? 6. What do you want to be? 7. What is your favourite subject? 8. Are you tall or short? 9. What hair have you got? 10. What colour are your eyes? 11. Do you like to joke? 12. Have got a sense of humor? 13. What is your favourite sport? 14. Is your family large? How many are you in the family? 15. Have got any sisters or brothers? How old are they? 16. What are your parents? Where do they work? 17. How long have your parents been married? 18. What is your father’s name? How old is he? 19. Is your father tall? Has he got a hobby? What is it? 20. What is your mother’s name? How old is she? 21. Can you describe your mother? 22. Who keeps your house? 23. What are your grandparents? 24. Does your family have a country house? 25. You love your family, don’t you?
Text 3 Meet the Clarks The Clarks live in a semi-detached house with a garden in London. They are four in the family: the father, Mr. Clark, the mother, Mrs. Clark, and their two children. Mr. Clark is a tutor. He works at London University. He teachers English and American Literature. He is a quiet man, rather shy, but strict his students, a good listener, not much of a talker. He is in his early forties, a little above medium height, with regular features and fair hair slightly grey at the temples. He has hazel eyes. Charles Clark is fond of music. He plays the piano very well. He is also fond of books. He knows French, German and reads, writes these languages very well. His wife Mary is two years younger than her husband, tall and slim, with a lovely face and large grey eyes. She has beautiful brown hair. She makes up very little. Mary works in a service industry for three days a week. She quite likes her job as it gets her out of the house. She meets people and it is close to the children’s school. Charlie is proud of his wife, as she is kind and gentle and cooks perfectly. Their daughter Kitty is a pretty little girl with dark blue eyes and chestnut hair. She takes after her mother. She is eight years old and goes to primary school in London. She is fond of books. Her favourite book is «Alice in Wonderland». Her brother Bobby is a dark-haired boy of fifteen. He is not like his sister. He is a tall strong boy broad at the shoulders and thin at the waist. He is good at natural sciences and he is going to enter the University. He likes to play chess, tennis, football. He is the best footballer among his friends. The Clarks are a friendly family. Their most popular evening entertainment is watching television or video. Sometimes they visit friends, go to the cinema or a restaurant. Their most popular hobby is gardening. Answer these questions: Where do the Clarks live? 2. How many are there in their family? 3. What is Mr. Clark? 4. Why is Charlie proud of his wife? 5. Who does Kitty take after? 6. What is her favourite book? 7. What is Bobby going to do after finishing school? 8. What does he like to play? 9. Are the Clarks a friendly family? 10. What is their popular hobby? Text 4 Miss Clara Flight Miss Clara Flight is a pretty girl with a good figure and an interesting face. She is always well dressed. Miss Flight is a secretary in an office in London. She is a good shorthand typist and a hard-working girl. Clara is fond of pop-music and films. She is a regular cinema-goer and she would like to be a film star. Mr. Geoffrey Baxter is a manager of a big London travel agency. Mr. Horace Hawk and Miss Clara Flight are employees of the firm. Miss Flight is Mr. Baxter’s secretary. Mr. Hawk’s advertisements are of no use in business, because they are too melancholy. Mr. Hawk’s life is not easy. It is the life of a genius forced to work in an office. Mr. Baxter has a fiancée. Her name is Alice Elliot. She is a University student. She is an undergraduate at Cambridge University. Her subject is sociology. Alice has a very interesting and original personality and she is a brilliant talker. She can talk about anything and everything. She can dance all the modern dances. She can make friends and influence people without much difficulty. Mr. Baxter is very proud of his fiancée but he is a little worried. He cannot talk with ease about anything interesting; he cannot dance the modern dances. Besides he is not very musical. What can he do? Who can help Mr. Baxter? Answer these questions: 1. What is Miss Flight? 2. What is she by profession? 3. What is her hobby? 4. What is Mr. Baxter’s fiancée’s name? 5. Is she a student? 6. What subject does she study? 7. Why is Mr. Baxter very proud of his fiancée? 8. Can Mr. Baxter dance the modern dances? 9. Is he musical? Text 5 The Greys There are six people in his family: Mr. John Grey, his wife Helen, John’s parents Jim and Margaret and their children Robert and Lucy. John is 36 years old. So is Helen. Their birthdays are late in September. They always have them at home. Jim Grey is 65. His wife Margaret is 17 years younger. She is Jim’s second wife. Susan, John’s mother, died when he was 5. Robert and Lucy are schoolchildren. Robert is 12. He is three years older than his sister. They are baptized like their parents and grandparents. They all were married in church. Jim Grey is a retired aircraft officer of the US air force. He has been a very experienced pilot of transport aviation for many years. Then he finished the US air force academy and became a top ranking commanding officer. His wife Margaret is a former school cooking teacher. After finishing her teacher’s college she worked at a small elementary school teaching music to 7-8 year old children. At 25 she married a 37-years-old very handsome and gay military pilot who soon perished in an air crash. Margaret became a widow with a two years old son. She saw Jim Grey for the first time at the restaurant where she had her birthday party. Jim was among her guests, very joyful and bright. They got acquainted while dancing. John didn’t want to take after his father in professions. He became a skillful lawyer working with Tomson’s firm. His salary is rather high. It is enough for the family’s good living standard. Helen is at work only 3 days a week. She earns less money but she has more time for her family. Helen is a computer engineer by education. She is good at sewing, painting, cooking. She is not fond of staying in the kitchen for long hours. She usually cooks on holidays when the Greys receive guests, coming to their small town from other US places. Margaret, John’s step-mother, can cook well. She has to cook almost every day. She is up and about since early morning. Jim, her husband, is always busy in their country house and kitchen garden taking care of their sheep, cows, pigs, hens, ducks and growing vegetables. Jim is a good farmer. Answer these questions: 1. How many people are there in the Greys family? 2. Were they all married in church? 3. What is Jim Grey? 4. Was he a very experienced pilot? 5. Where did Margaret meet Jim for the first time? 6. What is Helen by profession? 7. What is she good at? 8. Who can cook well? 9. Where is Jim busy? 10. Is Jim a good farmer?
Studies Text 1 Studies at University I finished school last year and started University. Now I am a University student. The academic year begins in September and ends in June. It has two terms. Each term ends with credit tests and examinations. Students have 2 examination periods a year: in January and in June. After examination periods students have holidays. The University course lasts 5 years. During the academic year students do various subjects such as Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, History, Computing, Economics, Foreign Languages, Technology, Art, Psychology and others. It depends on the faculty they are in. Students have classes, lectures, seminars, laboratory works, and practical classes at the workshops. They also have classes of physical education. Students are very busy and have a lot of work to do. So they work hard during the academic year. As for me I’ll finish University in five years. I would like to become a good specialist. I am going to be a teacher and teach pupils at school. The profession of a teacher is very noble but, to tell you the truth, it is not well-paid. Answer these questions: 1. What is the text about? 2. How long does the University course last? 3. How many terms has the University? 4. The University trains good specialists, doesn’t it? 5. Are students very busy during the academic year? 6. Do they work hard? 7. What subjects do they do? 8. What do they have after exams? 9. What does each term end with? Text 2 My Working Day My working day begins early. I always get up at 7 o’clock. Before I leave for the Institute I have a lot of things to do. First of all I do my morning exercises. When doing them I usually open the window and switch on the radio. I like to do my morning exercises to music. Then I go to the bathroom where I wash, clean my teeth and dress. At a quarter to eight I am ready to have breakfast. While having breakfast I often listen to the latest news on the radio or look through the newspapers. It doesn’t take me long to have breakfast. At a quarter past eight I leave home for the Institute. As I live far from the Institute I go there by bus or by metro. It usually takes me half an hour to get there. I seldom walk to the Institute in the morning because I have no time and I am afraid to be late for classes. I am never late. I always come to the Institute in time. Between classes we have short breaks. At 12.20 we have a long break for dinner. I usually have dinner in the dining room of our Institute which is always full of people at this time. As a rule we have three lectures or seminars a day. Classes are over at twenty minutes to four. If I don t have a meeting, I go home. Sometimes I stay at the Institute if I have some social work to do. There is a Students’ Scientific Society at our Institute. I am a member of this Society. Once a month I attend its meetings. I am also a member of the English circle which meets on Tuesdays. Sometimes I stay at the Institute because I need a book or an article which I only can get in the reading room. Before and after classes in the reading room there are always a great many students who read different books and articles, work at their reports or do their homework. After classes I usually walk home. I like to walk after a busy working day. When I come home I have dinner and a short rest. Then I prepare my lessons. It usually takes me about three hours. In the evening I have supper and watch TV. Sometimes if I have time, I go to the cinema. I usually go to bed at 11 o’clock. Answer these questions: 1. Is John a student? 2. When does his working day begin? 3. What does he do in the morning? 4. When does he have breakfast? 5. What does he do during breakfast? 6. How long does it take him to have breakfast? 7. He lives near the Institute, doesn’t he? 8. How does he get to the Institute? 9. Does he walk to the Institute in the morning? Why? 10. Is he often late for classes? 11. When does he usually have dinner? 12. How many lectures does he usually have a day? 13. What does he do after classes? 14. Does he prepare for his lessons after he comes home? 15. How does he spend his evening? 16. When does he go to bed?
Text 3 A Student’s Day My working day begins early as a rule. On weekdays I usually get up at a quarter past 7. I make my bed and go to the bathroom where I wash my hands and face, clean my teeth and comb my hair. It doesn’t take me long to dress. Then I take my dog for a walk in the park. Less than half an hour later I return home to have breakfast. My mother usually cooks the meals for our family. I seldom do morning exercises as I am often short of time in the morning. I have to hurry to the University because I hate being late for classes. I leave home at 10 minutes to eight and it takes me not more than ten minutes to get to University on foot. That’s why I almost always come in time. Our classes begin at a quarter past eight. As a rule we have 5 or 6 lessons a day. When the classes are over I go back home. Sometimes I have to stay in the reading-hall to read for my homework or do some social work. I like to take a walk together with my friends after my study. On my way home I often go shopping if my mother asks me to. When I return home from the University I take my dog for a run at once, have a short rest and then we have dinner which my mother has prepared. After dinner I often help my mother to wash the dishes and to clean up the rooms if it is necessary. After that I begin doing my homework. It never takes me more than two hours to get everything ready. I seldom have much time to spare but when I have some I like to read an interesting book, or to watch an interesting programme on TV, or to go to the movies with my friends to see a new film. If my father is not very busy we sometimes play chess. I never stay up late. Before going to bed I read a little and get ready for the following working day. I usually go to bed at about 11 p.m. Answer these questions: 1. When does your working day begin? 2. Who usually cooks your breakfast? 3. Do you do your morning exercises? 4. When do you leave home? 5. How many lessons do you usually have a day? 6. Why do you have to stay after classes? 7. What do you do after dinner? 8. Do you have much time to spare? 9. When do you go to bed?
Text 4 My Daily Routine On week-days the alarm-clock wakes me up and my working day begins. It is seven o’clock. If it is spring or summer I jump out of bed, run to the window and open it wide to let the morning air in. The bright sun and the singing of birds set me into a cheerful working mood. In winter I am not so quick to leave my bed, and I bury my head under the pillows pretending not to hear the alarm clock. But all the same, it is time to get up and I start getting ready for my work. I make up my bed and go to the bathroom where I turn on the hot and cold taps. While the water is running into the bath, I clean (brush) my teeth. Then I turn off the taps and have my bath. Sometimes I have a shower. If I am not short of time, I tidy up the room. I am through with it in 10 minutes. While I am having breakfast, I switch on the radio and listen to the news. Breakfast, as doctors say, must be the most substantial meal of the day. But I have neither time nor inclination to cook it, so I just have a cup of coffee and some sandwiches. I leave the house at 10 minutes to 8, and as I live quite near the station I like to walk there in any weather. My train to town leaves at 8.10 I arrive in town at a quarter to 9. My working day starts at 9 sharp, I work till half past 12 and then I go out for dinner to a canteen which is just round the corner. It does not take me long to have my meal. I return to work at half past 1 and work till 6. During my working hours I haven’t a spare moment to think of my University classes. I am a student at the Evening Department of the University. We have classes four times a week, and on other days I often spend my evenings in the reading-room of our library preparing my homework. It’s not easy to work and study at the same time, but I feel great satisfaction when I think of the future. Sometimes friends come to my place and we play chess; sometimes we go to the pictures or the theatre, but not very often. In summer I like to get out more; so in the evenings I go to the tennis court for a few sets of tennis, or take out my bike for a run in the country. Answer these questions: 1. When does your working day start? 2. What do you do in the morning? 3. When do you usually leave the house? 4. When do you have dinner? 5. Are you a student? 6. How many classes do you have a week? 7. How do you spend your evenings? 8. Where do you go with your friends? 9. What do you do in summer?
Holidays and Travelling Text 1 Travelling Part 1 Millions of people all over the world spend their holidays travelling. They travel to see other countries and continents, modern cities and the ruins of ancient towns, they travel to enjoy picturesque places, or just for a change of scene. It’s always interesting to discover new things, different ways of life, to meet different people, to try different food, to listen to different musical rhythms. Those who live in the country like to go to a big city and spend their time visiting museums and art galleries, looking at shop windows and dining at exotic restaurants. City-dwellers usually like a quiet holiday by the sea or in the mountains, with nothing to do but walk and bathe and laze in the sun. Most travelers and holiday-makers take a camera with them and take pictures of everything that interests them – the sights of a city, old churches and castles, views of mountains, lakes, valleys, plains, waterfalls, forests, different kinds of trees, flowers and plants, animals and birds. Later, perhaps years later, they will be reminded by the photos of the happy time they have had. People travel by train, by plane, by boat and by car. All means of travel have their advantages and disadvantages. And people choose one according to their plans and destinations. If we are fond of travelling, we see and learn a lot of things that we can never see or learn at home, though we may read about them in books and newspapers, and see pictures of them on TV. The best way to study geography is to travel, and the best way to get to know and understand people is to meet them in their own homes. Answer these questions: 1. Are you fond of travelling? 2. Why do people travel? 3. Why do people take a camera with them? What do they usually photograph? 4. What do we see and learn while travelling? 5. Do you agree that travelling broadens our minds? 6. How do different people spend their holidays? 7. What means of travel do you know?
Text 2 Travelling Part 2 People began to travel ages ago. The first travelers were explorers who wanted to discover new lands and to find wealth. Their journeys were very dangerous. Nowadays travelling is not as dangerous and much more convenient. Millions of people all over the world travel every day. You can choose the means of transport you like - plane, train, ship, bicycle or you can go hiking. Of course, travelling by plane is the fastest way of travelling, but it is also the most expensive one. We all agree that the future belongs to the air transport because it’s more comfortable and more convenient than other ways of travelling. There are a lot of advantages of travelling by air. There is none of the dust of a train or a car journey. Besides, flying is a thrilling thing. Although planes do not take us to small remote places, but only planes take us to other continents. If you are hungry you can have a meal. A stewardess serves snacks and drinks. Besides from the comfortable seat in a plane you can have a splendid view of the beautiful cloudy sky. But many people say that there are a lot of disadvantages of travelling by air. Planes make them nervous. And they are quite right because flying is not a good experience if you are air-sick. Besides, nowadays we have a lot of air-crashers. As you know, flying depends on the weather conditions. If the weather is cloudy airliners cannot fly. And travelling by air can cost a lot. Travelling by train is one of the most popular means of travelling. Trains go slower than planes but you can see much more interesting places of the country you are travelling through. Travelling by train is cheaper. Modern trains are very comfortable and you can enjoy a splendid view of the countryside. If you are hungry you can have a meal in the dining-car. Travelling by sea is usually called a voyage or a cruise. On board large ships people can visit foreign countries and see their own country. Travelling by bus is one of the cheapest means of travelling. Modern buses have comfortable seats, video and phone. You can have hot tea or coffee, drinks and snacks there. You can have a trip not far from your home or visit foreign countries. Many people prefer travelling by car. They don’t have to buy tickets. They don’t have to carry heavy luggage. They can stop wherever they wish and spend as much time as they like at any place. But some people like to travel on foot or by bike. It isn’t the most comfortable means of travelling, but it is the cheapest. I think travelling is the best way to spend your holidays. When we travel we can see and learn a lot of things that we can never see or learn at home. Answer these questions: 1. When did people begin to travel? 2. Who were the first travelers? 3. It was very dangerous to travel ages ago, wasn’t it? What about nowadays? 4. Do you like to travel? 5. What means of travelling do you know? 6. What is your favourite way of travelling? 7. What is the fastest way of travelling? 8. Some people say that the future belongs to the air transport, don’t they? 9. What are the advantages of travelling by air? 10. What are the disadvantages of travelling by air? 11. Why do many people often choose to travel by train? 12. What is the most comfortable and expensive means of travelling? 13. What is one of the cheapest means of travelling? 14. What are the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by bus? 15. Why do many people prefer travelling by car? 16. Have you ever travelled on foot or by bike?
Text 3 My Last Summer Holidays I always look forward to my summer holidays. In my opinion, there’s nothing like the Russian countryside. We’ve got a small country house in a very picturesque place not far from Zagorsk. There’s a river and a lake there. My friends and I often go swimming and boating there. I’m also fond of lying in the sun. There’s a lot of fish in the lake, so I sometimes go fishing. I like to sit in silence for a while waiting for a fish to get caught and listening to the birds singing in the trees. When I happen to catch a fish I set it free at once, because I do fishing just for pleasure. When it’s very hot I usually go to the forest. The air is cool there. I like to walk in the shade of trees and pick mushrooms and berries. I’ve got a dog called Jack. He becomes so happy when I take him with me to the forest. Jack likes to run after butterflies or dragonflies. But last summer my parents decided to go to some other place for a change. They made up their minds to go to the Crimea. I think it was the greatest mistake they had ever made. This, in a nutshell, is what happened. To begin with, it was very difficult to find a place to stay. We rented a room in a house a long way from the sea. It was the only place we managed to get. It took us about half an hour to get to the beach. But it didn’t matter, as it turned out a few days later. Suddenly our happy sunny days were over. It started to rain. It occasionally cleared up for a while but then the rain went on again. All we could do was to spend all our time in the cinema or in a café. It was impossible to leave because we had made reservations beforehand and we had to spend another week there. I had never seen so many films in my life. By the end of the week I got very tired of the cinema and I could only lie on the bed reading books or staring at the ceiling. At last the happy day of our departure came. You can’t imagine how astonished we were. The sun began to shine early in the morning. It seemed to me that it was laughing at us. After that holiday we decided to spend every summer in the country. Answer these questions: 1. Where do you usually spend your summer holidays? 2. Do you always look forward to your summer holidays? 3. What do you usually do in summer? 4. Do you like to go swimming (boating)? 5. Are you fond of lying in the sun? 6. What do you usually do in hot weather? 7. Are you fond of fishing? 8. What do you enjoy doing in the evenings? 9. Have you ever been to the Crimea? 10. Where did you spend your last summer holidays?
Text 4 Summer Holidays The English are quite right when they say: “All work and no play make Jack a dull boy”. I’m sure all students like summer holidays best of all, because they are the longest. During these holidays we can go to the country to walk in the woods, pick berries and mushrooms or go to the seaside to swim and to lie in the sun. I’d like to tell you about my last summer holidays. First we went to the country. My elder sister and I spent two months there, June and July. There is nothing like our village. It is situated not far from the city. It took our family about an hour to get there by car. Our family has got a small country house there. Our grandparents live in the village and sometimes they come to the city. There is a large river there. We often went boating and swimming in the river. The weather was always fine, and we liked to be outdoors. Every day there was something that was fun to do. We went for long walks to the woods, picked flowers, gathered mushrooms and berries. We watered the plants in the garden, took care of the domestic animals and helped our grandmother about the house. My sister is fond of lying in the sun. The weather was often hot, so she became sunburnt spending much time on the beach. We had a nice time in the country. Then August came and our family went to the seaside. Several years we dreamt of spending some weeks at the seaside. We decided to go to Sochi. We got there by plane. It was fantastic! Our parents rented a room in a house not far from the sea. It took us about ten minutes to get to the beach. The weather was wonderful! We spent a lot of time at the seaside swimming in the sea, playing volleyball on the beach and lying in the hot sun. The water in the sea was always warm. I think spending holidays at the seaside is a great rest. We returned to the city at the end of August, because our parents had to go to work and my sister and I had to go to school. And now I am looking forward to my next summer holidays. Answer these questions: 1. Did you go to the country last summer? 2. How did you get to your village? 3. With whom did you go there? 4. Where is your village situated? 5. How long did it take your family to get there? 6. Has your family got a country house? 7. Is it small or big? 8. Is there a river, a lake or a pond there? 9. Did you go boating or swimming last summer holidays? 10. What was the weather like last summer? Was the weather usually cold or warm? 11. Did you spend much time outdoors? 12. Did you go to the forest? 13. How often did you go to the forest to gather mushrooms? 14. How did you help your grandmother about the house? 15. Do you like to go to the seaside? 16. How did you get there? 17. Did you stay at a hotel or rent a room in a house? 18. How did you spend time on the beach? 19. When did you return to the city? Great Britain Text 1 |
