let me introduce myself, my name is olga petrova. i was born in the 19 th of february, 1994 in kursk, which is the town of russia. i am sixteen. i am a pupil. i study in the 11 th form. our family is big. there are four of us: mother, father, little brother and me.
my brother`s
name is anton. he is 11. anton is nice and funny.
my parents are young. my mom is a good-looking woman. she is 39. she has two high educations. she works as economist. my mother likes reading books and magazines and she knows a lot of interesting things. she always helps me with my
problems.
my father is 41. he is a journalist. he likes his work very much. my father cooks well too. he always makes new dishes and they are very tasty.
in the evening all members of our family like to watch tv. sometimes we go to the theater or concert. we are a
friendly family. we are deeply attached to each other, and we get on very well.
i study well. my favorite school subjects are english, russian, literature and others. i want to learn spanish and french too.
it is important to have friends. my friends name is oksana. she
lives not far from me. it’s not easy to meet a true and faithful friend. i am happy that i have got oksana. i trust her and i’m sure that i can rely on her in any situation. she is the single person who can ask for help and advice in unhappy moments of my life and whom i can tell all my problems.
she never lets people down. i miss oksana when we don’t see each other for a long time. i think our friendship makes me feel confident; share to over feelings and opinions. personally, i think that friendship is a great force.
there are many interesting and exciting things to do when
you are spending your free time. each person has his interests and hobbies such as reading books, watching tv, going in for sports. as for me, i have many hobbies: they are – cooking, dancing, singing, and english language. i also fond of reading books. my favorite books are adventures and horror,
love stories. when i am reading book i live the character`s life, suffer, and enjoy with them. my favorite hobby is studying english. i think it is necessary to have a hobby. your free time is not wasted.
everybody likes music – some people enjoy classical music, others are fond of
popular music. open-minded, i like all kinds of music. i am a meloman. some music is happy, and some is sad. some is serious, and some can make people laugh.
my family likes holidays a lot. we usually celebrate each of them with a lot of food and presents and big groups of relatives
and friends.
i like new year very much. my mother and i usually decorate a new year tree with colorful glass balls and toys. i also cook new year supper, especially salads. at night we have a real feast.
my other favorite celebration is my birthday which is in february.
this day i am in the centre of attention. my parents and friends give me presents, and i usually have birthday party. i invite my friends and we have fun together. i really enjoy holidays and celebrations.
in early childhood it does not take children much time to answer the question
«what do you want to be when you grow up? ». they mentioned many interesting and exciting professions, the most popular ones are a pilot, a cosmonaut, a businessman. as the years pass, they change their minds.
i know there are many interesting and useful professions but most of all i
like the profession of an interpreter. why? because i like english language. it is necessary to learn foreign languages. that is why pupils have got such subject as a foreign language at school. everybody knows his own language but it is useful to know foreign languages too. i want to read in
original literature.
i like to travel, but it is difficult to visit countries, when you do not know the language spoken there. if i know the language of the country which i am going to visit it will be easy to travel there. if i want to ask something, i can do it in english. there are
international friendship camps in the world. if you can speak foreign languages, it will be easy for you to visit such camps and speak with people there. i think that english will be my future career because i am good at this language.
Fox (Лиса )
Cunning beautiful fox is a favorite character of many Russian folk tales. You probably can’t find a single animal that wasn’t tricked by this scamp. It managed to eat even elusive Kolobok that was chased by all the forest creatures. Bus is a fox really so cunning?
(Хитрая красавица-лиса — любимая героиня многих русских народных сказок. Наверно, не найдется ни одного зверя, которого бы не сумела провести эта плутовка. Ей удалось съесть даже неуловимого колобка, за которым не могли угнаться остальные лесные жители. Но так ли хитра лисица на самом деле? )
It is really one of a kind animal when it comes to dexterity. It has well developed brain and can easily track down its victim, even if it is a field mouse hiding under thick snow, a fox can hear the noise a mouse makes. When a fox understands where exactly a mouse is, it jumps right there and gets back with the prey in its mouth.
(В ловкости ей действительно нет равных. Имея развитый интеллект, лиса с легкостью выследить свою добычу — полевую мышь даже под толстым слоем снега, ориентируясь на звуки, издаваемые грызуном. Поняв, где находится зверек, она делает мощный бросок в нужном направлении, а затем выныривает из норы уже с полевкой в зубах. )
It is hard to catch a fox even for predators that hunt it. Impressive hearing and keen sense of smell warn an animal that the danger might be near and its fast paws helps it to run away. When a fox runs away from its stalker it seems like it literally flies above the ground. If this scamp feels that a predator is stronger than him then it hides in one of the digs it finds on the way.
(Поймать лису хищникам, охотящимся на нее, также совсем не просто. Чуткий слух и острое обоняние вовремя предупреждают ее об опасности, а быстрые ноги уйти от погони. Когда лисица убегает от преследователя, кажется, что она буквально летит над землей. Если же эта плутовка чувствует превосходство противника, то тогда она прячется в одну из нор, попавшихся ей на пути. )
Frequently those digs are not abandoned. Badgers, white foxes and woodchucks may live in there. However, a fox doesn’t ask their permission to become a neighbor and just stays in there as an uninvited guest. That’s probably why a fox takes hosts off their homes and stays to live in there alone in most of the folk tales.
(Зачастую такие норы оказываются вовсе не заброшенными. В них могут обитать барсуки, песцы или сурки. Но лиса не спрашивает у законных хозяев, нужно ли им такое соседство, а попросту остается жить в приглянувшейся норе незваной гостьей. Вероятно, именно по этой причине во многих сказках лисица обманом выселяет героев из дому, становясь полноправной хозяйкой новых владений. )
Folk tales often make hares look like they are foxes’ main enemy but it is not always the case. Foxes hunt hares very rarely and they don’t ravage chicken coops in villages either.
(Народное творчество часто делает лис главными врагами зайцев, но на самом деле это не совсем правда. На зайцев эти животные охотятся крайне редко, так же, как и разоряют курятники в деревне.)
They actually benefit people a lot. They kill a lot of field mice and bad insects which help to preserve crops. That’s why farm owners are not in a hurry to get rid of them and set up traps if foxes decided to live near a farm, other way around, people are happy to have such guests.
(А вот пользы людям лисы приносят немало. Истребляя полевых мышей и насекомых-вредителей, они сохранить урожай зерна. Поэтому, если лисы поселяются вблизи фермы, хозяева не спешат избавляться от них и ставить капканы, а, напротив, с благосклонностью относятся к таким гостям.)
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