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Holidays
What is the best time for schoolchildren? Holidays, of course!
Autumn, winter, spring and definitely summer holidays. These are
the times when you can forget about homework, school and
teachers.
Usually autumn holidays are not very exciting. The weather is
getting worse, it's raining and you don't have much opportunity
to walk outside for a long time. During autumn holidays my
friends and I usually spend time at each other's places playing
computer games.
Winter holidays are much more interesting! I like skating and my
family usually goes to the skating rink in a nearby park.
Sometimes my friends and I go outside the city to the ski lodge.
We rent skis and go cross-country skiing in the forest. Just
before the New Year's Day a big fir tree is set in our park. It
is decorated with garlands and large toys. Ice hills are also
made in the park. I like going to the park with my younger
sister and my friends. At New Year's night my family usually
goes outside. My father and I make a fireworks display. My
mother always says that it is dangerous, but we all know that
she likes our fireworks. We also congratulate everyone who we
meet with the New Year and they congratulate us back. I like it
that people are so kind during this holiday!
The longest term is behind and spring holidays come. It is
getting warm every day, streams are flowing in the streets. It
is fun, but you should be careful not to slip on the spring ice
and fall in a puddle! I walk with my friends, go to the cinema,
ride a bike or roller-skate.
At last summer has come! The books have been taken back to the
library, now other children will use them next year. Summer is
my favourite season. I can wear only a T-shirt, jeans or shorts
and light trainers or flip-flops. I have three months of rest
which I can devote to myself and to my friends. During the first
two weeks of summer holidays my family and I go to some resort.
We have already been to Turkey and Egypt and this year we are
going to Spain. We like sunbathing and swimming in the sea. I
wish we could do this all year round!
Then we go back to the city and my sister and I go to our
grandparents' country house. It is not worse than holidays at
the sea. Our country house is rather far from our city - about
two and a half hours by car. But it is worth going there anyway.
I take a bike and a games console with me. I meet my friends
there. I see some of them every day at school and I don't see
others for the whole year, so I have an opportunity to meet them
again and catch up. We ride bikes, sunbathe on the river bank,
swim in the river and communicate with each other.
I wish holidays were all year round!
ПЛАН-ОТВЕТ. HOLIDAYS
1. Вступление (What is the best time for schoolchildren?
Holidays, of course! Autumn, winter, spring and definitely
summer holidays. These are the tunes when you can forget about
homework, school and teachers.).
2. Рассказать о школьных каникулах и о том, чем обычно
занимаются во время них (autumn holidays: not very exciting,
weather getting worse, my friends and I...; winter holidays:
much more interesting; I like...; my family...; New Year's Day;
spring holidays: the longest term; it is getting warm; streams;
I walk with my friends/go to the cinema/ride a
bike/roller-skate, etc.; summer holidays: I can wear...; three
months; my family and I...; this year we...; Then...; country
house; meet my friends, etc.).
3. Заключение (I wish holidays were all year round!).
QUESTIONS
1. What are holidays?
2. What school holidays are there in Russia?
3. What are your favourite holidays?
4. When are autumn holidays?
5. What do you usually do during autumn holidays?
6. When are winter holidays?
7. What do you usually do on winter holidays?
8. Do you like winter holidays? Why (not)?
9. Are spring holidays long or short?
10. What can schoolchildren do during spring holidays?
11. What do you usually do?
12. How long are summer holidays?
13. Where do you usually spend your summer holidays?
14. Do you go with your family?
15. Do you prefer to swim in the sea or in a swimming pool?
16. What do you think of spending a holiday in a village?
17. What is better to spend holidays with the family or with
friends?
18. Have you ever been camping? if so, where?
19. Do you take any school books to revise?
20. Do you read during your holidays?
21. Do you meet any English-speaking people during your
holidays?
22. What do you think of spending your holidays learning
languages?
23. What do you think of working during your holidays?
24. What do you think of people who work in summer?
25. How do you feel when your holidays are over?
USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES
Indoor activities Занятия в помещении
dance танцевать
listen to music слушать музыку
play board games/computer играть в настольные
games игры/компьютерные игры
read читать
study учиться
watch TV смотреть телевизор
Outdoor activities Занятия на открытом воздухе
birdwatching наблюдение за птицами
(downhill) skiing катание на горных лыжах
(ice) skating катание на коньках
(rock) climbing . скалолазание
(whitewater) rafting сплав по реке
camping идти в поход
canoeing заниматься греблей
cross-country skiing кататься на лыжах по пересе-
чённой местности
diving ныряние (дайвинг)
figure skating фигурное катание
fishing ловля рыбу
gardening садоводство
jogging бег
karting . картинг
make sandcastles строить замки из песка
paintballing пейнтбол
picnic пикник
play volleyball/football играть в волейбол/футбол
rowing гребля
sailing плавание (на яхте, на лодке)
scuba diving ныряние с аквалангом
sightseeing/doing the sights осмотр достопримечательностей
skateboarding скейтбординг
snorkeling плавание под водой с маской
snowboarding сноубординг
sunbathe загорать
surf сёрфинг
swim плавать
toboggan катание на санках
walk гулять
waterskiing катание на водных лыжах
windsurfing виндсёрфинг
zorbing зорбинг (катание/спуск со склонов внутри прозрачного
двухслойного шара «зорба»)
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