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every year i have winter holidays. they usually last for two weeks. holidays give me the opportunity not to get up early in the morning, so i sleep till 9 o’clock.

when the weather is cold, i prefer to stay at home and read something interesting, play computer games or surf internet. as i spend lots of time at home, i have to help my mother with cooking or cleaning. in the evening i usually visit my friends or go out with them to the cinema or cafе.

my hobby is mountain skiing, so when the weather is fine i go skiing. when i come back home i am usually very tired and go to sleep after supper.

of course, winter holidays are not so long and joyful as summer holidays, but in any case winter holidays is the time of rest.

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каждый год у меня есть зимние каникулы. они обычно длятся две недели. каникулы мне возможность не вставать рано, поэтому я сплю до 9 часов.

когда на улице холодно, я предпочитаю оставаться дома и почитать что-нибудь интересное, поиграть в компьютерные игры или посидеть в интернете. поскольку я провожу много времени дома, мне приходится маме с приготовлением обеда или уборкой. вечерами я обычно хожу в гости к друзьям или мы вместе идем в кино или кафе.

мое хобби – горные лыжи, поэтому, когда на улице хорошая погода, я еду кататься. когда я приезжаю домой, обычно я уставший, поэтому иду спать сразу после ужина.

конечно, зимние каникулы не такие длинные и веселые, как летние, но в любом случае – это время отдыха.

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two partially preserved terracotta figurines found during excavations in ugarit among other specimens of mycenaean ceramics were previously identified as centaurs, which allows us to speak of the bronze age as the period of origin of this myth [8]. a painted terracotta figurine of a centaur was found in the "grave of a hero" in lefkandi. the famous bronze statuette of the period of the geometric style, representing the warrior face to face with the centaur, is in the new york metropolitan museum of art