Fill in the gaps in Marzhan’s e-mail with the Present Perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
For example: 0) (be) - have been
Hi Sally!
How are you? I 0) (be) here in Thailand with my family for a week now and I’m having a
fantastic time! We 1) (see) so many interesting things! My brother and I 2) (go) on a river
raft and my brother 3) (even/do) a bungee jump! We 4) (not/ride) an elephant yet, but
we’re going to do that tomorrow. My parents 5) (not/do) so many adventurous things, but
my dad 6) (take) lots of photos under water at the beach – they’re amazing! Well, that’s
all for now. See you next week,
I enjoy the sport, as the high jump with a pole. I often watch your performance on TV. Must tell you that you are very well jump in height. I am very glad that you agree to participate in all Olympic Games! I believe that the Olympic Games is a great way for athletes to achieve the highest results, and to win prestigious awards. I am very glad that you have set 19 world records! And all the records, you bet on the Olympics. At the Olympic Games in Beijing, you have set a new world record, thereby bypassed 10 strongest competitors. I think the Olympics is an important part of life of an athlete. I found out that 10 years have you been doing gymnastics, and then, however, began to jump in the height of the pole vault. Sorry for the indiscreet question, why are you still away from the world of gymnastics?
For me personally, the Olympic Games mean a lot ... Firstly, only the Olympic Games, we can see the athletes involved in different sports, all collected in one place. Second, at the Olympic Games present the very best athletes. Third, only the Olympic Games, we can see athletes from around the world.
I also think that these athletes have achieved much in his career, and came to the Olympic Games to win the best prizes. Olympics for athletes mean a lot! Some even, Olympic games, this is the purpose for which they are going forward, for which they are doing the impossible, for the sake of which go to all ... Olympics is a very good incentive to be in the form of ... However, to get to the Olympics, it is necessary to achieve much in his sporting life .. Not enough to be, strong, and yet you have to be smart ...
The closer New Year, the stronger nostalgia on crunchy snow. Even at the most inveterate skeptics and cynics this night hearts fight a little faster. Because New Year, whatever one may do and pretend to be that you in what magic don`t trust, is all the same miracle expectation. It is enough to remember and feel at least taste of tangerines, a smell of woolen mittens to which have stuck snow, grandmother`s fritters with honey...
This night, fireworks everywhere blow up, and the sky lights up with a round dance of the color sparks similar to fantastic fairies from any forgotten children`s cartoon film, and habitual and simultaneously strange silhouettes of fur-trees through glasses look brilliant multi-colored eyes of spheres. It almost as is fantastic, as Santa Claus who has climbed through a window leaf. In the world smells like a holiday…
In life there is a place to a positive miracle. Sincere, genuine and improbable! Because the magic is when words are added in rhyme... Verses also turn out. Magic is when usual packing of oil paints turns on a canvas to a surprising landscape. Magic - it happens. It can`t be planned. It is always. It is necessary not to wait for miracles, and simply to trust in them. After all they trap us continually.
You would like a little more magic on New Year`s? Then it is necessary to go and buy all gifts. And then to be at home at the TV with a cup of coffee and to wrap them in celebratory packing, without feeling sorry for bright paints and spangles ...
Перевод:
Чем ближе Новый год, тем сильнее ностальгия по хрустящему снегу. Даже у самых закоренелых скептиков и циников в эту ночь сердца бьются чуточку быстрее. Потому что Новый год, как ни крути и ни притворяйся, что ты ни во что волшебное не веришь, - это всё равно ожидание чуда. Достаточно хотя бы вспомнить и ощутить вкус мандаринов, запах шерстяных варежек, на которые налипли катышки снега, бабушкины блинчики с мёдом...
В эту ночь, повсюду взрываются фейерверки, и небо озаряется хороводом цветных искр, похожих на сказочных фей из какого-то забытого детского мультфильма, а привычные и одновременно диковинные силуэты ёлок сквозь стёкла смотрят блестящими разноцветными глазами шаров. Это почти так же сказочно, как пролезший через форточку Дед Мороз. В мире пахнет праздником...
В жизни есть место настоящему чуду. Искреннему, неподдельному и невероятному! Ведь волшебство - это когда слова вдруг складываются в рифмы... и получаются стихи. Волшебство - это когда обычная упаковка масляных красок превращается на холсте в удивительный пейзаж. Волшебство - оно случается. Его нельзя запланировать. Оно есть всегда. Надо не ждать чудес, а просто верить в них. Ведь они подстерегают нас на каждом шагу.
Вам хочется ещё немного волшебства под Новый год? Тогда нужно пойти и купить всем подарки. А потом сидеть дома у телевизора с чашечкой кофе и заворачивать их в праздничные упаковки, не жалея ярких красок и блёсток ...