In the 15th century England started to establish overseas colonies. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. By the end of the 18th century the British Empire had grown quite extensive. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The British Empire had colonies in India, Africa, the Carribeans, Middle East and North America. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. In 1922 the British Empire covered almost half of the earth and about 1/5 of the world’s population. ………………………………………………………………………………………………… By the time of the First World War the British Empire had become a strong economic power. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… After the Second World War advertisement and technology gave rise to mass communication and media American movies, TV, music spread all over the world. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Today, over 96% of all articles in magazines are written in English. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. In the Internet most people communicate in English. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Everybody in the world speak English very well. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. English will be the International language forever. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Chinese will hardly ever become the next International language in the nearest future. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Millions of people all over the world are fond of sports and games. Sport helps people to stay in good shape, keeps them fit and makes them more organized and better disciplined in their daily activities. We have always paid great attention to sport in our schools, colleges and universities. You can hardly find a school without a gym or a sports ground. Every city and town has a few stadiums or swimming pools where local competitions are usually held. It's been a tradition in this country to divide sport into professional and amateur. There are different sporting societies and clubs in Russia. Many of them take part in different international tournaments and are known all over the world. A great number of world records have been set by Russian sportsmen: weightlifters, tennis players, swimmers, figure skaters, high jumpers. Our sportsmen also participate in the Olympic Games and always win a lot of gold, silver and bronze medals. There are also a lot of amateur clubs and keep-fit centres in Russia where people go in for aerobics, yoga, body-building, swimming, skating, jogging. Thousands of people go to the stadiums to support their favorite team and many many thousand more prefer to watch the games on TV. But watching sports events and going in for sports are two different things. My favorite kind of sport is tennis. I've been playing it since I was eleven years old, and the more I play it the more I like it. There is a good tennis court not far from my house and whenever I have a chance I go with a friend of mine. 

Миллионы людей во всем мире любят спортивные состязания и игры. Спорт людям оставаться в хорошем состоянии, держит их, соответствуют, и делает их более организованными и лучшими дисциплинируемый в их ежедневных действиях. Мы всегда обращали большое внимание на спорт в наших школах, колледжах и университетах. Вы можете едва найти школу без гимнастики или спортплощадки. Каждый город и город имеют несколько стадионов или плавательных бассейнов, где местные соревнования обычно проводятся. Это была традиция в этой стране, чтобы разделить спорт на профессионала и любителя. Есть различные спортивные общества и клубы в России. Многие из них принимают участие на различных международных турнирах и известны во всем мире. Большое число мировых отчетов было установлено российскими спортсменами: тяжелоатлеты, теннисные игроки, пловцы, фигуристы, высоко бурят ручным буром. Наши спортсмены также участвуют в Олимпийских Играх и всегда выигрывают много золота, серебряных и бронзовых медалей. Есть также много любительских клубов и центров аэробики в России, где люди занимаются аэробикой, йогой, боди-билдингом, плаванием, катанием на коньках, бегом трусцой. Тысячи людей идут к стадионам, чтобы поддержать их любимую команду, и многие еще много тысяч предпочитают наблюдать игры по телевидению. Но наблюдение спортивных событий и занимаясь спортивными состязаниями - две различных вещи. Мой любимый вид спорта - теннис. Я играл это, так как мне было одиннадцать лет, и больше я играю это, больше я люблю это. Есть хороший теннисный корт недалеко от моего дома и всякий раз, когда я имею шанс, я иду с моим другом.

Mr Small, Dr Foam ,Mrs Bulme  and their children saw an ald mam, who was 90.They asked his advice how to live a long life/ The old man advised them not tosmoke, not to drink,not to eat too much sugar or fat and  to drink lots of water. Then they saw another old man, who was 95. He said that he did exercise, and I didn't smoke or drink and he spent a lot of time in the open air and he was a vegetarian." 
Then they saw a very, very old man in the corner of the room, who had no teeth or hair and he couldn't see or hear very well. They asked them about his lifestyle.  He said that he smoked thirty cigarettes a day and drank a bottle of whisky every day. He said that sometimes   he also had two bottles of beer and he had never eaten vegetables or fruit and he lived on chocolate and cakes.
  The "old" man turned out to be 40