Reading Task 1. Read to the text and fill in the gaps.
life; spent; 18 or eighteen; country; relaxed; family;
and
"Home is where the heart is.” That's so true. I've lived in many different
houses during my 1.
but not all of them have been home. When you
are growing up, home
is where your 2.
lives. I left home when I was 3.
slowly my
childhood home was no longer. Now it's my parents' house and not my home. I
moved around a lot and only 4.
a year or so in most places I lived.
They never really felt like home.
A home is somewhere you feel totally 5.
and want to come
home to. The
expression "Home Sweet Home" is also true. You have to have nice feelings
about it to call it home. Home doesn't have to be in your home
6.
I've lived in several countries and have had a home in all of
them.​

I want to live in a spacious two-story house with large windows with carved platbands. On the roof there must be bright red tiles, and on the ridge, as in Pushkin's fairy tales, I will plant a rooster, which I myself will cut and decorate in the most incredible, bright colors. Around the house I will definitely plant, birch, spruce and chestnut. And in front of the house I will have a large front garden, not only for me and my family, but also for bees. In the house, on the ground floor, I will have a spacious kitchen equipped with modern appliances, a hall where there will be a fireplace and the whole family will bask near it on cold evenings. Nearby there will be a library room, and in it are books, a computer and a set-top box.

I'd like to go to Australia. I really like this country because it is very exotic. There are many unusual animals and plants which you can meet only in Australia. I know that in Australia there are many interesting and special things - the Great Barrier Reef archipelago, the Blue Mountains, the luxurious beaches, the unique building of the Opera House in Sydney, the stunning Harbor Bridge, the Kunguroo and the koala, etc. All of this I really want to see. But the main thing I want to enjoy the Australian landscapes and find out what they are - sunsets - on the other side of the Earth. The climate is hot. Sidney is the capital of Australia and it is famous worldwide for it's opera. The nature is actually impressive. I'd like to go to the beach and surf.

Я бы хотел поехать в Австралию. Я действительно люблю эту страну, потому что она очень экзотичная. Там есть много необычных животных и растений, которых вы можете встретить только в Австралии. Я знаю, что в Австралии есть много всего интересного и особенного - архипелаги Большого Барьерного Рифа, Голубые горы, роскошные пляжи, уникальное здание Оперного театра в Сиднее, потрясающий по своей красоте мост Харбор Бридж, кенгуру и коалы и т. д. Все это мне очень хочется увидеть. Но главное мне хочется насладиться австралийскими пейзажами и узнать, какие они - закаты - на другом краю Земли. Климат жаркий. Сидней - это столица Австралии, и он знаменит по всему миру своей оперой. Природа действительно впечатляющая. Я бы хотел пойти на пляж и заняться серфингом.