I. Read the text and write about girls' and boys' preferences in reading magazines.
1. What are the main categories of magazines in Britain?
2. What category of magazines do British teenagers prefer?
3. What do girls like reading about?
4. Are there enough magazines for boys?
5. What do you think why 12-year-olds like reading the same magazines as 15-year-
olds?
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1.I ( played) computer games yesterday. 2. I (was playing) computer games at five o'clock yesterday. 3. He (was playing) computer games from two till three yesterday. 4. We  (were playing) computer games the whole evening yesterday. 5. What was Nick ( doing) when you came to his place? 6. What were you ( doing) when I rang you up? 7. I (was not sleeping) at nine o'clock yesterday. 8. What did he ( do) yesterday? - He ( read) a book. 9. What was he ( doing) the whole evening yesterday? --He (was reading) a book. 10. Was she (sleeping) when you came home? 11. My brother (did not play) tennis yesterday. He ( played) tennis the day be­fore yesterday. 12. My sister (was not  playing) the pi­ano at four o'clock yesterday. She (was playing) the piano the whole evening. 13. When I came into the kitchen, mother (was cooking). 14. She (was cooking) the whole day yesterday. 15. We ( washed) the floor in our flat yesterday. 16. We (were washing) the floor in our flat from three till four yesterday. 17. Did you ( do) your homework yesterday? 18. Were you ( doing) your homework from eight till ten yesterday? 19. Why was she ( sleeping) at seven o'clock yesterday? 20. He (was sitting) at the table the whole evening yesterday.

New Year's Eve in Scotland. In Scotland New Year is very important holiday. Scots take New Year's Eve very seriously. There is a New Year Eve Fire Festival; men parade with blazing tar (burning barrels of tar), they throw them into a great bonfire. The "First Foot" then set out.In Scotland "first foot" is a common custom; it is considered lucky if a dark haired man is the first to set foot in the house after midnight, bringing a coin, piece of  bread, or a lump of coal as a symbol of plenty for the year.​

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