(Кто сможет !) Exercise on Reading 1: fill in the gaps
-The Olympic Games were held every __ years in in honour of , who lived on Mount .
-The festival became a symbol of .
-The athletes competed in .
-The winners were given .
-The Olympic Games were revived only in due to Baron .
-The first modern Olympic Games took place in in .
-Since then the Games have been regularly held every four years in .
-The Olympic Flag is with in the centre whose colours are .
-The motto of the Olympic Games means “, , ”.
-The Olympic Fire is carried by relays of to the of the Games.
-At the opening ceremony all sportsmen carry the .
-The winners of the competitions are given : .
-The Olympic Games help together.

Exercise on Reading 2: fill in the gaps
The Olympic Games were heldin honour of became a symbol of competed in...
1) ... Laurel wreath.
2) ...were revived only in...
3) The first modern Olympic Games...
4) The Olympic Flag is...
5) The motto means...
6) The Olympic Fire is...
7) At the opening ceremony...
8) The winners...
9) Games help...

Reading 1
An athletic festival with competitions in music and poetry was held every four years in Greece. The period between the games was called an Olympiad. The games were held in honour of Zeus, the principle God of the Greeks, who according to the legend lived on Mount Olympus. The festival lasted 5 days and became a symbol of peace and friendship because no wars should be waged during the Olympiad. The athletes competed in running, boxing, wrestling, horse and chariot racing and the like. The winners were given Laurel wreath in the Temple of Zeus. The Olympic Games were held nearly 12 centuries and were abolished in the early Christian era in 394 A.D.

Reading 2
The Olympic Games were revived only in the end of the 19th century due to Baron Pierre de Coubertin. The first modern Olympic Games took place in Athens in 1896. Since then the Games have been regularly held every four years in different countries of the world.
Participating in the Olympic Games is a victory in itself. The winners of the competitions are given Olympic medals: Gold - for a champion, Silver – for a second prizer and Bronze – for a person who became the third.
Nowadays the Olympic Games have become a wonderful tradition which helps to bring people close together.

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We all look forward to our holiday. It’s a chance to forget about the stress of the office or the factory and relax for a week or two.
Recent research, however, suggests that for some people going on holiday might cause more stress than staying at work because  it's impossible to relax for them.
 
For a few weeks they are living in a different country or town they can't distract from usuall life,

There are also problems caused by spending twenty-four hours a day with the family. During the rest of the year, individual members of the family can get away from each other; they go to school or work; they see their friends. But on holiday, they can’t do that; there is no escape and can be tension, disagreement, arguing.

Also, the theory that most of us return from a holiday fresh and ready to start work seems to be largely untrue as it often takes them up to a week to get back to normal.

 We have spent so much time and money planning the holiday that we say ‘We had a great time, even if the weather was lousy and the hotel was a dump.

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Queen Ethelburga's College, compared with other schools, is special, friendly and pleasingly different having dedicated caring staff and the high academic standards.
 
They aim to give every pupil an Education for Life, with academic excellence at its core but with social and life skills at its heart.

They are top UK school for GCSE results and A-Level results.

Queen Ethelburga's College welcomes students aged 11 to 21. Their junior School, Chapter House welcomes pupils aged 2 to 11.

They aim to give first-hand the quality of education.

Their PHILOSOPHY and PRINCIPLES:

To offer all students a broad and balanced curriculum.
To treat all students as individuals.
To strive for academic excellence.
To develop and promote self-confidence, independence and co-operation.
To foster a spirit of enquiry.
To encourage self-discipline and a high standard of behaviour.
To provide a happy and stimulating environment for study.
To prepare students for future educational and working environments.
To foster and promote spiritual development.
To encourage physical and mental fitness.
To promote community and global awareness.
To equip students with technological expertise*.
To provide a safe and secure environment in which students thrive.

Their class sizes are small and their teachers are able to give every student a high degree of individual attention.
 
Their objective in the early years at school is to identify each student’s strengths, weaknesses and particular lines of interest in order to develop the most appropriate selection of GCSE subjects when that time arrives.

Those students who join them aged between eleven and thirteen will enter a broad programme of courses including English, Mathematics, three Sciences, Music, the Arts, Languages, Information Technology and the Humanities. PSHCE (Personal Social Health and Citizenship) includes Careers, Citizenship and RE (Religious Education). Sport is also included.

Class work goes well beyond the requirements of the national curriculum to every student could discover where his interests lies.

I called an Aunty of our colony 'Randi' in front of 15 other ladies.

( Randi is an explicit word in hindi which means Prostitute).

So this is a moment from the unbearable part of my life, which taught me a lesson,the hard way.

My mom had organized a Kitty Party on a Saturday, which was a school holiday for me.

I was asked to stay in my room & study until everything is over. I accepted over an offer of video games after the party .

One by one the guests started lining up & soon my home filled up with gossips, laughter and girly stuff.

The aroma of the snacks was adding its own flavor to the atmosphere.