Active words and word combinations

an island

to call

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to consist of

to wash

an ocean

between

to travel (about)

to travel on business (for pleasure)

to pass through

a continent

by train

to cross

to fly (flew, flown)

to fly over

to fly across

a mountain

a mountain chain

to be famous for smth. (smb.)

a lake

deep

main

world

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1. В Советском Союзе много больших рек: Волга, Днепр, Лена и другие. 2. Днепр уже Лены. Но это самая широкая и самая красивая река на Украине. 3. Каждый год я проводил отпуск в Крыму, но на будущий год я поеду в дом отдыха на Волге. 4. Муж моей сестры не ездит летом на Кавказ, там слишком жарко для него. Он любит отдыхать на Балтийском море. 5. На будущий год наши студенты поедут на Урал. 6. Где больше рек: В западной части Советского Союза или в восточной части? 7. На севере нашей страны лесов больше, чем на юге. 8 Когда мы путешествовали в горах в прошлом году, мы встретили там человека, которому было более (over) ста лет! 9. Это место славится прекрасными озерами и свежим горным воздухом. 10. Вы полетите туда самолетом или поедете поездом?—Я поеду поездом, хотя это и займет у меня несколько дней. Я плохо себя чувствую в самолете (когда я лечу самолетом). 11. Когда мы путешествовали по Сибири в прошлом году, мы провели в Новосибирске несколько дней. Это один из лучших городов Сибири.

Lesson eighteen (the eighteenth lesson) the childhood and youth of dickens

Charles Dickens, one of the greatest and most popular English novelists, was born on the 7th of February, 1812, in a small English town. He was a weak child and did not like to take part in noisy and active games. The little boy was very clever and learnt to read at an early age. He read a lot of books in his childhood. When he was about six, someone took him to the theatre for the first time. He saw a play by Shakespeare and liked it so much that he decided to write a play of his own. When it was ready, he performed it with some of his friends. Everybody enjoyed the performance, and the little writer felt very happy.

When Dickens was nine years old, the family moved to London where they lived in an old house in the suburbs.

They had a very hard life. There were several younger children in the family besides Charles. The future writer could not even go to school, because at that time his father was in the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison. There was nobody in London to whom Mr Dickens could go for money, and his wife with all the children except Charles went to join him in the prison. The family lived there until Mr Dickens could pay his debts. Those were the most unhappy days of all Charles' life. The boy worked from early morning till late at night to help his family.

Charles was only able to start going to school when he was nearly twelve, and his father was out of prison. He very much wanted to study, but he did not finish his schooling. After two years of school he began working again. He had to work hard to earn his living, and tried very many trades, but he did not like any of them. His ambition was to study and become a well-educated man. At the age of fifteen he often went to the famous library of the British Museum. He spent a lot of time in the library reading-room. He read and studied there and in this way he got an education.

Later Dickens described his childhood and youth in some of his famous novels, among them "Little Dorrit" and "David Copperfield."

The great writer died more than a hundred years ago (in 1870), but everybody still enjoys reading his books.