. Report the sentences. 1) Brian said, «Don’t phone me too late».
2) Sue said, «What newspaper are you reading, Irma?»
3) Elsa said, «I haven’t been to this shopping centre yet».
4) Eric said, «May I have a piece of cake?»
5) My neighbour said, «How did you like the concert, Fred?»
6) Patrick said, «Don’t open the window, Nick».

My favorite country is Italy.Моя любимая страна – это Италия.I visited Italy last summer when I was on holiday with my friends.Я была в Италии летом, когда ездила в отпуск с друзьями.Italy is a European country, situated on the shores of few seas including the Mediterranean Sea.Италия – это европейская страна, расположенная на берегах нескольких морей, одно из которых — Средиземное.We lived in a small family hotel on the seashore.Мы жили в маленьком семейном отеле на побережье.The weather was fine every day and we enjoyed sunbathing  and swimming in the warm sea all day long.Погода каждый день была отличной, и мы загорали и купались в теплом море все дни напролет.During my holiday in Italy I visited an ancient town Pompeii which was destroyed by awful volcano eruption.Во время моего пребывания в Италии я посетила древний город Помпеи, который был разрушен ужасным извержением вулкана.I also spent two days in the capital of Italy — Rome.Я также провела два дня в столице Италии — Риме.This magnificent city impressed me very much.Этот величественный город произвел на меня огромное впечатление.I managed to visit two museums, do some shopping, buy nice souvenirs for my relatives and eat excellent original Italian pizza and pasta.Мне удалось посетить два музея, пройтись по магазинам, приобрести милые сувениры для родственников и съесть отличную настоящую итальянскую пиццу и пасту.I threw a coin in Trevi Fountain to come back to Rome.Я бросила монетку в фонтан Треви, чтобы вернуться в Рим.I hope that soon I will visit my favorite country again.Надеюсь, что скоро я вновь посещу мою любимую страну.

The great Italian artist and inventor of the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci, was born on April 15, 1452 in the small village of Anchiano LU, located near the town of Vinci FI. He was the illegitimate son of a wealthy notary, Piero da Vinci, and a beautiful villager, Katarina. Shortly after this event, the notary married a girl of noble birth. They had no children, and Pierrot and his wife took the three-year-old child with them.The short period of childhood in the village is over. The notary Piero moved to Florence, where he gave his son as a student to Andrea del Veroccio, a famous Tuscan master. There, in addition to painting and sculpture, the future artist had the opportunity to study the basics of mathematics and mechanics, anatomy, working with metals and plaster, and methods of leather dressing. The young man eagerly absorbed knowledge and later widely used it in his activities. An interesting creative biography of the maestro belongs to the pen of his contemporary Giorgio Vasari. Vasari's book "The Life of Leonardo" contains a short story of how Andrea del Verrocchio attracted a student to fulfill the order "Baptism of Christ" (Battesimo di Cristo).