2 Read the text about explorer Steve Buck. Then complete it with the words below.
desert continent volcano rivers
mountain the Earth island
mountain ranges Ocean
sea
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I'm Steve Buck and I'm an explorer. I've travelled
all over the Earth - it's an amazing planeti I've
swum in the Nile and the Amazon, the world's two
longest
and I've swum in the
Mediterranean - it's a lovely warm
.I've climbed Everest, the
highest
in the world. I've
crossed the Sahara, the driest"
in the world. I've travelled
by boat across the Atlantic
- it
has really big waves! I've
walked over the Alps and
the Dolomites, two big
I've
been to see Mount Etna -
it's a dangerous
! At
the moment my favourite
is
Europe. But when I'm old!
want to live on a beautiful
in
the Caribbean, like Cuba.
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Dear Ann,

Thanks for your letter. It was so great to hear from you! You want to know what relations with my parents I have.

Unfortunately, I often have arguments with my parents especially with my mum because of misunderstanding. She doesn`t support my interests and hobbies and I prefer going out with my friends to staying at home with my parents. I`m really bored with them!

I have a lot of fun with my friends! We go to the cinema, bowling club, discos. I feel excited, because we get on well.

And have you good relations with your younger sister? Do you share your secrets with her? Do you have arguments with her?

Sorry, I have to finish. My friend Olga came to me.

Write back soon.

A lot of love,

Masha

Дорогая Энн,

за письмо. Так приятно получить от тебя весточку. Ты интересуешься, какие у меня взаимоотношения с родителями. К сожалению, у меня часто возникают споры с родителями, особенно с мамой, из-за непонимания. Она не поддерживает мои интересы и увлечения, и я предпочитаю гулять с друзьями, чем быть дома с родителями. Я так устала от них.

Я весело провожу время с друзьями. Мы ходим в кино, в боулинг клуб, надискотеки. Я рада, что мы ладим.

А у тебя с твоей сестрой хорошие отношения? Ты доверяешь ей свои секреты? У вас возникают споры?

К сожалению, мне надо заканчивать письмо. Ко мне пришла моя подруга Ольга.

Отвечай быстрее.

С любовью,

Маша

Dear Ann,

Thanks for your letter. It was so great to hear from you! You want to know what relations with my parents I have.

Unfortunately, I often have arguments with my parents especially with my mum because of misunderstanding. She doesn`t support my interests and hobbies and I prefer going out with my friends to staying at home with my parents. I`m really bored with them!

I have a lot of fun with my friends! We go to the cinema, bowling club, discos. I feel excited, because we get on well.

And have you good relations with your younger sister? Do you share your secrets with her? Do you have arguments with her?

Sorry, I have to finish. My friend Olga came to me.

Write back soon.

A lot of love,

Masha

I think I gave myself a dare. It was the height of the Cold War. The readers, the young readers, if there was one thing they hated, it was war, it was the militarySo I got a hero who represented that to the hundredth degree. He was a weapons manufacturer, he was providing weapons for the Army, he was rich, he was an industrialistI thought it would be fun to take the kind of character that nobody would like, none of our readers would like, and shove him down their throats and make them like himAnd he became very popular.