2** Complete the text with the, a / an, or- for no article.

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.

1We often do great harm to our environment Мы часто наносим вред окружающей среде
2 How can we protect it? Как мы можем защитить ее?
3 I’m sure that some of us don’t notice global problems which are taking place Я уверен, что некоторые из нас не замечают глобальные проблемы, которые сейчас имеют место
4 Has everyone heard about global warming, climate change, sea level rise, overpopulation? Слышал ли каждый о глобальном потеплении, изменении климата, увеличении уровня моря, перенаселения?
5 I think that we are more or less familiar with these issues Я думаю, что мы более или менее знакомы с этими вопросами
6 The problem is that we don’t pay enough attention to it Проблема в том, что часто мы уделяем достаточного внимания этому
7 Certainly, we need to think thoroughly about these problems Конечно, нам нужно тщательно подумать об этих проблемах
8 Let’s look at the problem of overpopulation Давайте взглянем на проблему перенаселения
9 How can we solve this problem? Как мы можем решить эту проблему?
10 We shouldn’t get married and have children, shouldn’t we? Нам не следует женить (выходить замуж) и иметь детей, не так ли?
11 Certainly not Конечно, нет
12 On the contrary, Russia has the opposite problem Наоборот, у России обратная проблема
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