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the optimist sees the doughnut, the pessimist-the hole.
there is a story of identical twins. at school the optimist did much better than his twin brother, who was always sad and jealous.
the worried parents of the boys brought them to the psychologist. he thought of a plan to balance the twins' personalities. he advised the parents to give the pessimist the best, the optimist the worst presents for their next birthday. the parents followed these instructions.
when in the morning they looked into the pessimist's room they heard him saying: "i don't like the colour of this i hate this i know someone who's got a bigger toy car than "
the little optimist, anyhow, was happily looking through his pile of old torn magazines, laughing and saying: "that's exactly what i have always wanted to read! "​

1. Please, help Michael, he is not coping ...with the translation.
2. Can I ask you a question? What do you feel ...about learning 
two or three for eign languages at school?
3. Tanya always makes notes ...of new useful words that she finds in books.
4. How many new words can you learn ...at a time?
5. If you don't know what book to choose in the library, you can always ask ...  for information.
6. When we talk to Englishmen or Americans, we practise ...-- our English.
7. I never have a problem...---memorizing poems, but I know that a lot ...of students find it hard.
8. Are you happy ...with the way you are taught English?
9. The text was so difficult that I couldn't get the idea ...of it, though I read it three times.
10. You can use an old idiom and sound funny if you don't keep yourself ...-- up-to-date.
11. I must say I was quite disappointed ...with the film we saw yesterday.
12. My parents will be disappointed ...in me if I am late.

Indoor Christmas decorations

People decorate their homes at Christmas. They put up lights and illuminated Christmas figures outside their houses. Rooms are usually decorated with garlands, candles, wreaths and different Christmas plants such as mistletoe, holly and red amaryllis.

In the living room people put up a Christmas tree which is traditionally decorated with lights, bells, candy canes and tinsel. Beautifully packed presents are put under the Christmas tree. The traditional colours of decorations are green, red and gold.

Украшения дома

Люди украшают свои дома на Рождество. Снаружи вешают светящиеся гирлянды и ставят подсвеченные фигурки. Комнаты, как правило, украшены гирляндами, свечами, венками и различными рождественскими растениями, такими как омела, остролист и красный амариллис.

В гостиной ставят елку, которую традиционно украшают огнями, колокольчиками, леденцами и мишурой. Под елку кладут красиво упакованные подарки. Традиционные цвета рождественских украшений – зеленый, красный и золотой.