Read a short text and choose the right Past simple/Continuous. We reached the hotel at 11:30 yesterday morning. The sun 1. (shine) brightly at the time and we were really excited to be there, so we 2.(drop) off our bags and
3. (go) to the water park. It was so nice! A lot of people
4. (swim) in the pool. My parents
5. (drink) juice and taking photos while we
6. (swim). As I was getting out of the pool, I heard someone call my name.

There are various types of media in the morden world. The most popular are TV and the Internet.
Millions of people love to watch TV. There are many different television programs, shows, TV shows, interesting films, commercials, news, plays, which can be viewed on TV. Nevertheless, people lose interest in television and fing new means of entertainment.
 Definitely, the Internet is the leader in the way my contemporaries spend their free time at the computer or on the internet television. You stay in touch with the world without leaving your room.
Newspapers, magazines and paper book lack behind the modern technology and hardly manade to regain the public attention and adoration. Paper book are turning into collectors' items as well as historical artifacts.
To sum up, the world is rapidly changing making the media technology combine the fuctions of entertainment and education. I thing, this is a positive tendency.

1. What is the Russian for "hobby"?- It's "хобби, любимое занятие" .

2. What is the Russian for "puzzle"? -It's "загадка, головоломка".

3. Look at picture 1. What does the word 'saw' mean in Russian?- It means "пила, лезвие пилы".

Can you explain in Russian why a  'jigsaw puzzle' is called so in English? - Потому что первые головоломки-пазлы делали,  распиливая на кусочки бумажную картинку, предварительно накленную на деревянную основу.

4. What do we call a 'jigsaw puzzle' (picture 2) in Russian?- We call it "мозаика, пазл"