Convert into reported speech mike: hello, i’m looking for a place to spend my holidays. could you offer me something interesting? sam: yes, certainly. how long are you going to travel? mike: for about a fortnight. sam: do you like active holidays or would you prefer to stay somewhere in a quiet place just to relax? mike: well, i’d like to go on a sightseeing tour to europe. i think great britain is the best place for it. it’s a unique country, which is worth seeing. besides, it’s the best way to practise your english. sam: which cities and towns would you advise me to visit? mike: i think the best way to start exploration of great britain is to visit london, its capital. and how much is this tour? sam: well, it depends on the hotel, but the average price is about $600. mike: and which hotel would you advise me to stay at? sam: i would recommend you the new barbican. it’s a modern hotel, comfortably furnished and the prices are quite reasonable there. mike: is the hotel far from the main sights of the city? where exactly is it? sam: in central street. it’s not far from the tower of london and st. paul’s cathedral. mike: fine, that will do. let’s sign a contract.

The Russian name "I" may have originated from the old Slavonic "uzh" – "rope". Thus proto-Slavic word presumably comes from the Lithuanian angìs, which means "serpent's".
Among the snakes encountered a small snake with a length of 15 cm and a relatively large – more than 3.5 m in length. As a rule, females are considerably larger than males.

Snakes have a slender body. The head of a small snake, some species are more or less clearly protected by a pair of symmetrically positioned flaps, other flaps weakly expressed. The pupils of the eyes of the snake round, rarely vertically or horizontally-slit (for example, the vertical pupils observed the cat snakes and Bogi, which belong to the family of colubrid snakes).

New Year's Eve is the most wonderful night of the year. Millions of people of different nationalities, on different continents, do not sleep this night, as usual, but celebrate this magical transition from one year to another.Attributes of New Year's EveIn many windows, despite the fact that it is already midnight, the lights are on, the garlands are flashing. In houses and apartments there are dressed up Christmas trees with balls of different shades, champagne is pouring and festive tables are set. On TV there is a variety of concerts for every taste and age. This night, children are not forced to go to bed, but give them gifts, is not it magic?Everyone is preparing for the New Year's Eve in his own way. Someone is preparing a festive table, someone is mining and decorating a tree, and someone is writing a message to Santa Claus. In any case, everyone waits for magic and a miracle at midnight. Congratulation of the President on TV, the battle of the chimes, making wishes and exchanging greetings and gifts are invariable attributes of this night.New Year's Eve in my lifeNew Year is one of my favorite holidays. I am always tremblingly waiting for this night, when the new year is replaced by the old one. Wherever I am, when two arrows compare to the number 12, my heart freezes, I make a wish with the hope that it will necessarily come true. And how is it different? It's a magical night. And it does not matter how old I am, I believe in a miracle. With the battle of the chimes, I leave my problems and failures in the outgoing year and pin my hopes on the coming year.Mandarins, olivier and champagne on the table, a decorated house and a decorated Christmas tree, fireworks in the sky and Bengal lights in the apartment - these are my associations with New Year's Eve. And also my very own people close by. I always try to spend this holiday with my family. We exchange gifts, have fun and together make plans for the next year. After all, it will necessarily be better than the previous one.