My Granny’s cottage

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Hi John,

Thanks for your email. I enjoy reading about your weekend in London.

Now I want to tell you about my weekends. You know that I live in Almaty, but at the weekend my family often goes to my Granny’s cottage. It is a little wooden house in the mountains, about 25 kilometers from Almaty. We go there by car. It has a garden and a beautiful view. What a wonderful place! It’s one of my favourite places.

The cottage is very small. There are only 2 bedrooms and a kitchen. But there are some chairs and a table in the garden. We usually have dinner in the open air.

There are a lot of trees in the garden: apples, plums, apricots, cherries and pears. I help to pick the fruit in the summer. Not far from the cottage there is a little river. When the weather is warm we often go swimming. Today it’s sunny and hot. Right now my brother and I are sunbathing. We are having a fantastic time here!

Write again soon, Erlan

1. Erlan lives in Almaty.

2. His parents have got a cottage in the mountains.

3. There are lots of different fruit in the summer.

4. They usually eat in the kitchen.

5. Erlan is sunbathing now.

6. There are lots of vegetables in the garden.​

Novgorod oblast has a unique location, which is called the transport-geographical. The region is traversed by several highways of Federal value and their total length exceeds 55 thousand kilometers. One of the environmental issues in Veliky Novgorod – the state of atmospheric air. Automobile emissions pollute the air, exceeding all the acceptable indicators.

Annual emissions of polluting substances in atmospheric air is about 48-50 thousand tonnes, of which only solids of about 11 thousand tons, gases and liquids – about 37 thousand tons, sulfur dioxide – 2.5 thousand tons, hydrocarbons – 7 thousand tons. The number of enterprises that pollute the environment, Acron, CHP of JSC "Novgorodenergo", JSC "Borovichi refractories plant". Despite the fact that many enterprises moderniziriruyutsya production base, and new equipment is installed, the environmental situation in General leaves much to be desired.

The main problem – air pollution is particularly acute in the major cities of the Novgorod region. For example, in Staraya Russa, the share of transport emissions accounts for about 80 percent of total emissions. Only in the last three years the volume of emissions into the air increased by 20 thousand tons.

Another environmental problem of the region - state water resources. Annually by the water users who are in different statuses, forms of ownership, was taken over 130 million cubic meters of clean water. Water consumption occurs irreversible way, with almost a third of the water is lost during transportation. The discharge of waste water in pools, local rivers is under the control of the controlling organizations, but the state of pure water is close to the critical point.

Study of water samples taken in different reservoirs, are the results of about 78 units for the sanitary-chemical indicators, and of the order of 33-35 units for microbiological indicators. Experts say that the annual discharge of sewage waters in the volume around 70 million cubic litres. It is from this indicator depends on the quality of drinking water in the region.

In the Novgorod region there are 72 wastewater treatment facilities and more than 250 stations physical-chemical treatment, they belong to different utilities of the region. In the process of purification of waste water brought to Sanmina established norms. But most treatment facilities have already outlived their usefulness and are in poor condition. Individual objects are not working effectively and therefore the definition of "insufficiently purified water in the Novgorod region is the place to be.

Environmental experts say that the natural sources of Veliky Novgorod have their own peculiarities of underground waters have a high content of salts of heavy metals, which affects the quality and security of supply of population with tap water. According to General Russian standards for drinking water of Velikiy Novgorod is classified as "moderately polluted". And this is because the natural sources contain elements of manganese, copper, iron, and purification process is not effective enough.

The next problem of the region is the warehousing of hazardous waste which are residues of raw materials and semi-finished products. They are classified as hazardous and moderately hazardous and non-hazardous. Hazardous wastes contain toxic, explosive and flammable substances, and placed in special landfills. For example, at the landfill "Krasny Yar" was recycled over 3 tons of toxic waste. Annually at the Novgorod landfills utilized up to 400 thousand tons of wastes which are classified as hazardous.

На английском языке и Перевод на русский язык Westminster Palace One of the most beautiful buildings in London is Westminster Palace. It’s a huge structure on the bank of the river Thames in Westminster district of London. The building connects with the Trafalgar Square and Whitehall Street. Originally, from 1529 the palace has been the English monarchs’ residence. After the fire in 1834, the building has been completely rebuilt and now it serves as the place of British Parliamentary meetings. The building contains about 1200 rooms, 100 stairs, and 5 kilometer of halls. The biggest and the oldest part of the building is called Westminster-hall. It was erected in 1097 and occupies the area of 1800 square kilometers. This room has once served a place of the English Supreme Court’s sessions. Many prominent people were sentenced to death here, among them, Guy Fawkes, Thomas Moore, Charles I and many others. Westminster Palace has several high towers. The most famous of all is Big Ben. Everybody knows that it’s the biggest clock in the world and that it’s the symbol of Great Britain. Another well-known tower is the Victoria Tower. It’s a bit higher than Big Ben. In 1987 the Westminster Palace and the adjacent Church of St. Margaret were included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. By the way the world-famous Westminster Abbey is situated right behind the Westminster Palace.                                                       Одним из самых красивых зданий в Лондоне является Вестминстерский дворец. Это огромное сооружение на берегу реки Темзы в Вестминстерском районе Лондона. Здание соединяется с Трафальгарской площадью и Уайтхолл-стрит. Первоначально, с 1529, дворец был резиденцией английских монархов. После пожара в 1834 году, здание было полностью перестроено, и теперь оно служит местом заседания британского парламента. В здании есть около 1200 комнат, 100 лестниц, и холлов в 5 километров. Самая большая и старинная часть здания называется Вестминстер-холл. Он был построен в 1097 году и занимает площадь 1800 квадратных километров. Эта комната когда-то служила местом заседания английского Верховного суда. Многие известные люди были приговорены к смерти здесь, среди них, Гай Фокс, Томас Мур, Карла I и многие другие. Вестминстерский дворец имеет несколько высоких башен. Самой известной из всех является Биг-Бен. Все знают, что это самые большие в мире часы, и что это символ Великобритании. Другая известная башня – это Башня Виктории. Она немного выше, чем Биг-Бен. В 1987 году Вестминстерский дворец и прилегающая к нему церковь Святой Маргариты, были включены в Список всемирного наследия ЮНЕСКО. Кстати, всемирно известное Вестминстерское аббатство находится прямо за Вестминстерским дворцом.