homework to do. Generally, now you know about my working day enough.
7. My grandmother country house.
You are lucky if you have grandmother in the country to go to. Visiting
our old relatives gives us excellent chance to become children again. Every
time you are at your grannies they start to take care of you. That’s why
everybody loves his grannies very much. Countryside is always the nicest
place for everybody as its fresh air cheers you up and the low level of
noise helps you to have real rest.
My grandmother lives at Oceanskaya station. Every summer I got used to
spent my summer vocations at her place. It is the nicest place for me.
There is sand beach and deep forest – it is all I need for the rest. Every
day is full of adventures – you may investigate woods, get sunburn or swim
in the sea. And if you also find good friends to spend time with – you may
call this place real paradise. And all this pleasures one can get only in
25 kilometers of the city!
My grandmother is kind old woman. Her name is Lidia Federovna. All her
life she worked hard and now she is still very industrious and tender-
hearted. I love her very much. All best moments in my life I spent at her
place at Okeanskaya station. I will never forgot my grandmother’s house and
I am sure the impressions I got there will be among the brightest in my
life.
8. The lesson of English.
As you know, our group has two English lesson a week: on Tuesday and
Friday. When the teacher come and opens the door, we come in and sit down
at the tables. Then we open our bags and take our exercise-books and Bonk’s
text-books.
And soon the lesson begins... We usually start it by pronouncing
different words and sounds. Then we are usually invited to the blackboard
by the teacher and Oksana Victorovna asks us the words we were to teach by
heart. After that we usually do some exercises from the text-book. These
exercises teach us to ask questions, or how to make negative sentences and
so on. Then, having got our exercise-books for tests, we usually write
spelling, two tests and a quiz. During the lesson we speak mostly English,
but sometimes, when the students don’t understand the teacher or the task
in the text-book, we start speaking Russian.
What I like best of all in our English lessons is the gay, friendly
atmosphere in the class. The funny joke is always greeted.
To the end of the lesson the teacher always gives us a huge homework. It
usually consists of learning new words or a text by heart and making
several exercises in a writing form. Then we all say good-bye to our
teacher and begin preparing to the new lesson.
Here I want to end my small composition about the English lessons in the
university, where I study. And I want to say you that all English lessons
are among the most interesting and the most exciting lessons; that’s why I
like them very much.
9. What will be there in my new flat.
Every young man wants to live independently. And I’m not an exception. Of
course, the time will come, when I will alone in my flat. I wait for this
moment and imagine, that my new flat will be at least three roomed. There
will be a study, a bed-room, a dinning-room. Of course, there also will be
a kitchen and a bathroom. The dinning- room will be big comfortable room
with big table in the center. There also will be several armchairs, and a
big TV set in it. In this room I shall receive guests. I also shall put a
piano in the one of corners of the room and shall start taking piano
lessons cause I like this musical instrument very much.
The bed-room will become my favorite one because it is a room of rest
where everybody can spend several hours without noise and fuss. There I
shall put my PC that helps me very much.
Another room – study will be the place where I shall do all my work.
There will be a large table full of papers and several shelves. I am going
to gather big collection of books, so they won’t stay empty.
That’s how I imagine my future flat. I hope that these dreams will become
true.
10. How did I spend last summer?
I think summer is the best season for rest because it is warm, the nature
is beautiful and we have great opportunities for rest. Summer is a time of
holidays. We can go for a walk all day long, watch the clouds, swim, sit
down by a river or a lake on fresh, green grass, climb high hills, play
different games, ride a bicycle and so on.
I spend my summer holidays at my granny. There were many things there to
enjoy. I swam in the sea, laid in the sun and did many other things.
Sometimes I made a fire with my friends at the seaside and cooked potatoes
there. It was wonderful. We told anecdotes to each other, and did
everything we wanted. I also got used to walk alone in the forest.
When the August was coming to the end, I went on a small voyage by ship.
The ship name was «Olga Sadovskaya».
But the last summer wasn’t for me only sugar and honey. I have passed
through the graduating exams in school and entering exams in the university
and technical university. So the bigger part of my summer vocations I spent
at the books. Of course, it was not interesting, but I’m glad that I did it
because now I’m a student of the best university in Primorye and the whole
Far-East.
11.My first journey.
For some people there is nothing so exciting as traveling, and I’m not an
exception. And I’m happy that I have traveled a lot and I hope that my
first journey wasn’t the last one.
First I bought a ticket for plane. Many people think, that nothing can be
compared with traveling by air, because it is the most comfortable, and, of
course, the quickest way of moving. There is none of the dust and dirt of a
railway or car journey, none of the trouble of changing from train of
another to streamer and then to another train. But booking tickets in
summer is a problem. The air-fare is quite expensive and not all people can
afford it.
Then I continued my way by the train. This kind of transport has also
many advantages. With a train you have a comfort and speed combined. From
a comfortable corner seat of a railway carriage you have a splendid view of
a countryside. If you are hungry you can have a meal in the dinning-car and
if the journey is long one can have a bed in a sleeper.
But I believe that there is no travel so fine as by ship. It’s wonderful
to feel the deck of the ship under the feet, to see the rise and fall of
the waves, to feel the fresh sea wind blowing in the face, hear the cry of
the sea-gulls. Of course, the voyage isn’t exciting for those who are sea-
sick when the sea is a little bit rough.
Many people say: «Give me a walking tour any time». And it is not
surprising. The walker leaves the dull, broad highway and goes along little
winding lanes where cars can’t go. He takes mountain paths through the
heather, he wonders by the side of quiet lakes and through the shades of
woods.
He sees the real country, the wild flowers, the young birds in their
nests, the deer in the forest, he feels the quietness and calm of nature.
And besides, you are saving a lot of money by traveling on foot. No one can
deny that walking is the cheapest method of traveling.
12.My work at the foreign trade company.
Hello, my name is Maxim Sviridov. I work as a manager at the «Star tour»
company. It is Russian company which works on the business travel market.
Two weeks ago I was sent by the administration of our company to London
where I studied the English travel companies, their traditions, their
marketing and management. Now my business trip is coming to the end and I
want to share with you my impressions of English business world. First of
all English businessmen are well known all over the world for their honesty
and decency. If an Englishman gives you his word he will keep it in any
case. Besides that, nothing can prevent him from refusing the once taken
decision. Of course, there are some exclusions, but they are so rare that
nobody should put attention on them.
During the last two weeks my working day was approximately the same.
Early in the morning I took a taxi to my hosts’ headquarters, which is
situated in the City – the business heart of London. First of all I usually
asked Ms. Lapital – my secretary if there were any letters or cables for
me. Then she gave me my correspondence and fresh newspapers and I followed
to my office-room. There I studied all documents that had come for my name
and wrote a short report about previous business day and then faxed it to
my native company in Vladivostok. After that I went to Mr. Forsberg’s
office-room to get tasks for the new day and ask some questions about their
company, its history, traditions, clients, and so on. After that I usually
did what Mr. Forsberg asked. My usual job was meeting with potential
clients, discussing their rest plans and offering the services of Mr.
Forsberg’s company. I usually met with 10 or 12 people a day. They were
representatives of different social groups and communicating with them
increased my knowledge of England and Englishmen, their psychology greatly.
This business trip was a great chance for me and I hope I used this chance
fully. Now I know a lot about Western business world, about travel business
and this knowledge will, of course, help my in my future career.
13.My breakfast.
It is not a secret that our meals influence much on our health and our
mood. That’s why I consider breakfast to be the most important meal in the
day as it is the first our meal and it can put us in good spirits or it
can’t. Now I shall tell you about my breakfast.
In the morning I usually have porridge. I often start my breakfast with a
cereal which is not cooked, it is something dry, ready to be eaten or
muesly – some grain or porridge which is not cooked with dried fruit, nuts
and so on.
I also like eggs (cooked in different ways). I don’t practically eat
butter, I prefer soft margarine – made of vegetable fat, which is not heavy
and creamy. I don’t eat jam at breakfast, I eat marmalade which is not
sweet, there is slight bitterness; it’s rather pleasant.
I usually don’t have substantial breakfast on weekdays, I do it on
weekends when I get up late. Very often I have just tea or coffee with
sandwiches. Tea is usually taken by me with milk. I like very strong tea
without sugar.
Sometimes when I am in hurry I don’t have time to have proper breakfast
and I go to the university being hungry. In such case I usually buy
something like «Snickers» or «Mars» on my way to the Alma Mater.
14.My district and my flat.
As you know, Vladivostok, the capital of the Primorsky region, occupies
the peninsula of Murav’ev-Amursky which is washed by Amur and Ussuri gulfs.
One part of this peninsula, called Egersheld (it was named after one of the
explores of Russian Far-East), is my native district. Egersheld is known
from the foundation of Vladivostok. More then one hundred years ago the
first houses for the seamen appeared in it. Since that time Egersheld is
known as the working center of the city. Now, for example, the territory of
the commercial port is situated in this district. Egersheld is the most
environmental friendly district in the city as it is open to strong sea
winds which blow out all harmful substances in the air and clouds of dust.
Of course, this has a negative side – the average temperature in the
district in winter is lower than in the other parts of Vladivostok. As my
native district occupies very special geographical position (in fact,
Egersheld – is a small peninsula of Murav’ev-Amursky peninsula) so its
citizens may admire beautiful sea scenes every evening when the sun is
hiding for the horizon. These seascapes are really breathtaking and very
often you may see dozens of artists trying to carry this wonderful sight to
paper or canvas.
Now about my flat. I live in Sipyagina, 31. Our flat is not very large,
its double-roomed. If you know the word «khrushovka», you may imagine what
is our flat looks like. Besides these two rooms we also have a kitchen and
a bathroom. I think there is no any outstanding thing in our flat that is
worth describing. We have a TV set in one of the rooms, two wardrobes, two
working tables, and small bookcase where our home library is kept.
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