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Text 1

My Family

Let me introduce myself. My name is Alexander, Alec for short. My full name is Alexander Sergeyevich Orlov. Orlov is my surname. Alexander is my first name and Sergeyevich is my patronymic. I am not yet nineteen. At the moment I am a first-year student at the University.

My parents have two more children besides me. Thus I have got an elder brother and a younger sister. My sister Helen is just out of school. She is seventeen. She is a pretty girl with brown hair and soft dark-brown eyes. Her dream is to become a pianist.

My brother, whose name is Michael, is eight years my senior. He is twenty seven already. He is a builder. He is married and has a family of his own. They are four in the family. He has a wife and two children – a son and a daughter. They are twins. They are lovely little children with golden hair and dark-blue eyes. They are always full of joy and gaiety. His wife’s name is Nina. She is a surgeon by profession. They are not in Saint Petersburg. They are in the Far East.

My parents are not old at all. Father is fifty, and Mother is three years junior. My grandparents are already pensioners but they are still full of life and energy. They have a house in the country. Aunt Mary is with them.

She is a pleasant-looking woman of about forty. Uncle Nick, her husband, is a librarian. He is a clever man but a little unpractical. Aunt Mary, on the other hand, is very practical and full of common sense.

They have a son. He is my cousin. Peter is nineteen. He is a fine fellow. He is at the University and is studying to be a chemist. He is a clever, hard working student, a first class footballer, and a good runner. He is strong, quiet and thoughtful like his father.

Text 2

About Myself and My Family

Let me introduce myself. I’m Igor Rostov. Igor is my first name. Rostov is my surname. I’m fourteen years old. I was born on the 10th of December in Moscow.

I’m a pupil. I go to school. I’m in the 9^th form. I’d like to be a computer programmer. I’m good at Maths and Physics. They are my favourite subjects.

I’m rather tall and slim. My hair is fair. I’ve got blue eyes. I like to joke and to laugh. I think I’ve got a sense of humor. I go in for sports. I play football. Our team takes part in different football competitions.

I want to tell you a few words about my family. My family is large. There are five of us: my mother, my father, my brother, my sister and me.

First of all some words about my parents. My parents have been married for twenty-four years. My father is fifty years old. He is an engineer. His name is Boris. He works in the office of a shipbuilding company. He is very experienced. My father is always busy. He likes his job very much. My father is a tall man with fair hair and green eyes. He can make different things with his own hands. We’ve got a car and my father always repairs our car himself. My father is fond of swimming. When he has some free time we go to the swimming-pool together.

My mother’s name is Sveta. She is forty-five but she looks much younger. She is slim. My mother has big blue eyes and brown hair. She is a doctor. She works in a hospital and likes her profession very much. My mother keeps house and takes care of us. She is very good at cooking. She often cooks something tasty for us. We try to help her about the house.

I’m lucky to have an elder brother. My brother Oleg is about twenty-three. He is married and has a family of his own. Oleg is a businessman and his wife Helen is a teacher of English. They have a small daughter who is two year old. Oleg is my best friend. I can always turn to him with my troubles.

My younger sister Olya is only five years old. Olya goes to the kindergarten. She is very funny. I like to spend my free time teaching her something. Sometimes I take Olya to the Zoo.

My grandparents are retired. They don’t live with us but I think them to be members of our family. They often come to see us. My grandparents like gardening. They spend a lot of time in the country. They grow vegetables and fruit.

I love my family very much. We always help each other. Everyone in my family is my best friend.

Text 3

Meet the Clarks

The Clarks live in a semi-detached house with a garden in London. They are four in the family: the father, Mr. Clark, the mother, Mrs. Clark, and their two children.

Mr. Clark is a tutor. He works at London University. He teachers English and American Literature. He is a quiet man, rather shy, but strict his students, a good listener, not much of a talker. He is in his early forties, a little above medium height, with regular features and fair hair slightly grey at the temples. He has hazel eyes.

Charles Clark is fond of music. He plays the piano very well. He is also fond of books. He knows French, German and reads, writes these languages very well.

His wife Mary is two years younger than her husband, tall and slim, with a lovely face and large grey eyes. She has beautiful brown hair. She makes up very little. Mary works in a service industry for three days a week. She quite likes her job as it gets her out of the house. She meets people and it is close to the children’s school. Charlie is proud of his wife, as she is kind and gentle and cooks perfectly.

Their daughter Kitty is a pretty little girl with dark blue eyes and chestnut hair. She takes after her mother. She is eight years old and goes to primary school in London. She is fond of books. Her favourite book is «Alice in Wonderland».

Her brother Bobby is a dark-haired boy of fifteen. He is not like his sister. He is a tall strong boy broad at the shoulders and thin at the waist. He is good at natural sciences and he is going to enter the University. He likes to play chess, tennis, football. He is the best footballer among his friends.

The Clarks are a friendly family. Their most popular evening entertainment is watching television or video. Sometimes they visit friends, go to the cinema or a restaurant. Their most popular hobby is gardening.

Studies

Text 1

Studies at University

I finished school last year and started University. Now I am a University student.

The academic year begins in September and ends in June. It has two terms. Each term ends with credit tests and examinations. Students have 2 examination periods a year: in January and in June. After examination periods students have holidays. The University course lasts 5 years.

During the academic year students do various subjects such as Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, History, Computing, Economics, Foreign Languages, Technology, Art, Psychology and others. It depends on the faculty they are in. Students have classes, lectures, seminars, laboratory works, and practical classes at the workshops. They also have classes of physical education. Students are very busy and have a lot of work to do. So they work hard during the academic year.

As for me I’ll finish University in five years. I would like to become a good specialist. I am going to be a teacher and teach pupils at school. The profession of a teacher is very noble but, to tell you the truth, it is not well-paid.

Text 2

My Working Day

My working day begins early. I always get up at 7 o’clock. Before I leave for the Institute I have a lot of things to do. First of all I do my morning exercises. When doing them I usually open the window and switch on the radio. I like to do my morning exercises to music. Then I go to the bathroom where I wash, clean my teeth and dress. At a quarter to eight I am ready to have breakfast. While having breakfast I often listen to the latest news on the radio or look through the newspapers.

It doesn’t take me long to have breakfast. At a quarter past eight I leave home for the Institute. As I live far from the Institute I go there by bus or by metro. It usually takes me half an hour to get there. I seldom walk to the Institute in the morning because I have no time and I am afraid to be late for classes.

I am never late. I always come to the Institute in time. Between classes we have short breaks. At 12.20 we have a long break for dinner. I usually have dinner in the dining room of our Institute which is always full of people at this time.

As a rule we have three lectures or seminars a day. Classes are over at twenty minutes to four. If I don t have a meeting, I go home. Sometimes I stay at the Institute if I have some social work to do. There is a Students’ Scientific Society at our Institute. I am a member of this Society. Once a month I attend its meetings. I am also a member of the English circle which meets on Tuesdays.

Sometimes I stay at the Institute because I need a book or an article which I only can get in the reading room. Before and after classes in the reading room there are always a great many students who read different books and articles, work at their reports or do their homework.

After classes I usually walk home. I like to walk after a busy working day. When I come home I have dinner and a short rest. Then I prepare my lessons. It usually takes me about three hours. In the evening I have supper and watch TV. Sometimes if I have time, I go to the cinema. I usually go to bed at 11 o’clock.