6 Write a description of a terrible weekend. Imagine you went camping last weekend
and a lot of things went wrong. You can use
the situation in the listening or in exercise 4.
Think about the following ideas and say what
happened and how you felt.
transport the weather activities
food equipment
Begin like this:
Last weekend, I went camping with ... and
It was terrible! We met on Saturday morning at ...
We travelled to ...
Kazakhstan is very beautiful country. It is one of the largest countries in the world.
The capital of the country is Astana. The Head of State is the President.
Kazakh is the official language; Russian is the language of international communication.
The territory of Kazakhstan stretches 3000 km from west to east and 1000 km from north to south. In the west and north Kazakhstan borders on Russian Federation, in the south – on Turkmenia, Uzbekistan, Kirgiziya, in the east – on China.
The central part of the country is the Kazakh low hills with not very big mountains. The southern chains of the Altai Mountains are in the east and southeast. The south is covered with Betpak-Dala and Moiynkum deserts.
There are a lot of rivers and lakes in Kazakhstan. The main rivers are the Irtysh, the Ural, the Chu and the Syrdarya. The main lakes are Balkhash, partly Aral and the Caspian Sea.
The country is situated far from the oceans. The climate is sharply continental. In the north winters are long and cold. In the central part winters are not so cold, but in the south they are mild and warm.
Summer is dry; in the south it is very hot. It usually rains in the steppes in summer and in the desserts in spring. It is windy in all parts of Kazakhstan.
The wildlife of Kazakhstan is very different too. There are about 155 species of mammals. Most of them are rodents. There are a lot of hoofed animals: saigas, dzeheirans in the deserts, marals, deer in the lowlands. In the mountains wild boars, roes can be met. There are predators in Kazakhstan: wolves, foxes and weasels can be met. There are many species of birds too.
I think my country is the best. I like it.
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.
I know there are many interesting and useful professions but most of all I like the profession of an interpreter. Why? Because I like English language. It is necessary to learn foreign languages. That is why pupils have got such subject as a foreign language at school. Everybody knows his own language but it is useful to know foreign languages too. I want to read in original literature.
I like to travel, but it is difficult to visit countries, when you do not know the language spoken there. If I know the language of the country which I am going to visit it will be easy to travel there. If I want to ask something, I can do it in English. There are international friendship camps in the world. If you can speak foreign languages, it will be easy for you to visit such camps and speak with people there. I think that English will be my future career because I am good at this language.